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Technical Assistant

Employer
b3 jobs
Location
South West England
Salary
£22,000
Closing date
1 Oct 2019

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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Graduate, Technical
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

Technical Assistant

Job ref: 62318 | £22,000 | South West

The company

This family-owned business has been making award-winning products for many generations. The business is committed to producing high-quality, great tasting products which are supplied to the major UK retailers and the export market.

The job

This is a brand-new position which has been created due to the company’s ongoing success and growth. It is a fantastic opportunity for someone to join a talented team in a friendly environment where you can develop your skills and grow with the business.

Reporting to the Site Technical Manager, as Technical Assistant, the purpose of your role is to support the technical department in maintaining product quality, safety and legality throughout the business by ensuring procedures within the company are followed.

You will carry out internal auditing and routine traceability, assist with export documentation, assist the QA team with administration such as certificates of analysis, issue the weekly out of specification report, update the laboratory schedule plus carry out laboratory report filing, check invoices.

The role will cover QA’s absence or holiday and finally assist with any other task set by the Technical Manager as appropriate.

Your experience

To be considered for the Technical Assistant job, you will preferably be educated to a degree/HND level in a food science discipline and possess previous technical/QA experience either from a university placement or full-time role. You will be able to demonstrate a good working knowledge of technical administration, product traceability, have good communication skills and be IT literate. Additional qualifications including Internal Auditor, HACCP, Food Safety and Food Hygiene are all desirable.

More details

The Technical Assistant job is based in the South West region and is paying £22,000.

The normal hours of work will be Monday to Friday 8:30-17:00, however shift work (6am-2pm/10am-6pm) will be required to cover QA’s absence/holiday.

How to apply

If this really sounds like you and you want to be considered for the Technical Assistant job, please click the Apply button.

Or, alternatively you can apply directly for this job, by emailing me, Etienne Robinson-Sivyer, etienne@b3jobs.co.uk quoting job reference 62318.

What happens next?

On applying for this job, you consent to b3 jobs ltd holding your details on file to be able to contact you about your job search, for full details of our GDPR policy, please refer to the b3 jobs website. We aim to contact you within 24 hours on the assumption that your credentials fit the requirements for the role.

b3 jobs is a professional, friendly and progressive food recruitment consultancy established in 2000 dedicated to the food manufacturing industry. We are a market leader for permanent jobs within food and drink manufacturing throughout the UK. All of our consultants have considerable experience in recruitment so you can be confident that they will have your best interests at heart when finding the perfect job for you.

We deal with food jobs covering product development / NPD, quality assurance / QA, technical, process, production, operations, planning, supply, sales, account management, engineering, microbiology, food technology, specifications, marketing, logistics, purchasing, hygiene and auditing. We cover all job levels including Assistants, Technologists, Technicians, Supervisors, Team Leaders, Managers and Directors.

Alternate job titles

Technical Administrator | Technical Admin Assistant| Technical Coordinator | Food Technologist | Food Industry Graduate Technical Jobs | Technical Information Officer | Food Technical Jobs | Somerset | South West

Company

Since 2000, b3 jobs has been helping to further 1000s of people’s careers within the food manufacturing industry, throughout the whole of the UK. As one of the leading specialist food manufacturing recruitment agencies, b3 jobs cover all disciplines both permanent and interim and from graduates to MD’s,

Our core values are always:

  • to find the very best job for you - not us!
  • to give you friendly, ethical, honest and expert recruitment services
  • to advise and not pressurise, so that you can make the right decisions for you

We genuinely strive to provide you with what you want – a job that not only offers the salary you’re after, but also the career progression and job satisfaction that makes going to work all the more worthwhile. Enough trumpet blowing though – visit our website to read just some of our happy previous candidate testimonials - we are more than happy to let our reputation precede us!

For a full up to date list of our jobs, visit www.b3jobs.co.uk

Food Industry Graduates

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https://www.b3jobs.co.uk/graduates

Here you will find everything you need to get started on searching for a new position, from CV and cover letter writing tips, sample food industry job descriptions, informative and entertaining blog posts, useful links and even live graduate vacancies you can apply for.

Company info
Website
Telephone
01435 866000
Location
Heffle Buildings
33a High Street
Heathfield
East Sussex
TN21 8HU
GB

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