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Technical Manager

Employer
Jarvis Johnson
Location
Warwickshire
Salary
£50 - £60k per annum
Closing date
24 Sep 2021

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Job Details

Our client, a bulk food processor who is passionate about sustainability seeks to appoint a Technical Manager to manage a small Quality and Laboratory team and lead the delivery and maintenance of standards and processes required to meet all legal, regulatory and compliance standards. They are looking for someone with Senior Technical / Quality experience in a large-scale Food Manufacturing Business (eg commodities, bulk products, industrial food products) rather than from a prepared foods background.

Leading the Technical Team, responsibilities for the role will include:

  • Developing and maintaining the Quality Management System to current BRCGS and customer standards
  • Leading  the delivery and maintenance of standards and processes required to meet all legal, regulatory and compliance standards (FSA, TSO, EHO, BRCGS, CLAS, HACCP)
  • Leading  and developing customer facing relationships to ensure customer audits run smoothly and all accreditations are progressed as required
  • Ensuring continual adherence to all agreed food hygiene and safety standards
  • Maintaining of critical control points, PRP’s, traceability and allergen management system ensuring that all employees are complying with procedures and verify that paperwork is checked and completed correctly
  • Responsible for ensuring the onsite laboratory is well run and meeting required standards
  • Responsible for analysing laboratory results, identifying trends and reporting deviations

Essential / Desirable skills and experience include:

  • Experience with large scale food manufacturing operating at Technical Manager level.
  • Need to have come from a “bulk” environment such as milling, oil, sugar, glucose syrup, malt
  • Extensive experience leading customer and 3rd party audits.
  • Experience of managing an on-site chemistry laboratory
  • Knowledge of and experience implementing UK Food Safety Law.
  • Experience undertaking supplier inspections.
  • Qualified to at least degree level in a food related subject.
  • Formal HACCP training (at least level 3)
  • Lead Assessor Auditor trained
  • Auditor training (Lead Assessor preferred)

The Company:

  • Sustainability is important to the company; the facility is powered by renewable energy and the  production methods result in zero waste; Big performance with a small footprint.
  • Small, dynamic and enthusiastic team, proud of championing UK farming and healthy eating in a sustainable way.
  • Greenfield production facility
  • Attracts employees with a can-do attitude with ambition and creative thinking
  • The company culture suits candidates who are proactive and flexible, with the commitment and drive to help drive the business forward

 

 

The role offers a competitive salary of £50-£60k commensurate with experience and will be a Monday to Friday site based role. If you have Technical Management experience in Food Commodities / Bulk Foodstuffs and have had responsibility for a Laboratory then this could be the role for you!

If this sounds like you, please apply AS SOON AS POSSIBLE quoting reference number JJ-P4567 with an updated CV, an indication of your current salary and your availability.

 

Company

Jarvis Johnson is a Specialist Recruitment and Interim Management Agency, set up by Technical Managers and “Placing Technical First” for the Food Manufacturing Industry.

We have a total database of over 6,500 candidates within our specialist areas of Technical, Quality and NPD, built up over the last 20 years.  

We identify candidates with specialist experience, seeking referrals from influential candidates within the market, combined with advertising on Food Industry specific and generalist job boards as well as searching external databases and our very wide LinkedIn Network.

We truly believe in building strong relationships with both our candidates and clients and we go the extra mile to find candidates who really fit in terms of experience, skills and personality/ culture fit.

If you’re an Interim Manager who wants to be notified on upcoming assignments or you are looking for a new permanent role and want to be kept updated on new vacancies then please email an updated CV together with location and remuneration details to enquiries@jarvisjohnson.co.uk 

If you are representing a Food Company and want to find out more about our Recruitment / Interim Management  services then please email enquiries@jarvisjohnson.co.uk  for a copy of our Terms of Business or call 01302 366967 to speak to our ex-Technical Manager Managing Director, Lisa Johnson

 

Company info
Website
Telephone
01302 366967
Location
70-72 Nottingham Road
Mansfield
Nottinghamshire
NG18 1BN
United Kingdom

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