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Technical Assistant

Employer
b3 jobs
Location
Greater Manchester
Salary
£25,000
Closing date
5 Feb 2022

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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Graduate, Technical
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

Technical Assistant

Job ref: 7966 | £25,000 | Greater Manchester

The company

This is a brand-new position that has been created due to the expansion of this multi-sited, fast-growing company.

They have been established for over 50 years and supply into private label retailers and own brand, as well as foodservice and food manufacturing businesses.

The job

Key tasks of the Technical Assistant include:

  • Manage the specification system and ensure all specifications are accurate and up to date.
  • Manage the supplier approval system and ensure that all relevant details (GFSI, ethical, environmental) are kept up to date.
  • Update and manage packaging details.
  • Work with suppliers to reduce packaging where possible to reduce the company’s exposure to the PPT and subsequent EPR tax system.
  • Assist the Technical Managers to develop customer product specifications as required.

About you

The Technical Assistant job would suit a food science graduate (ideally with a technical placement) looking for their first food industry job, or someone with food technical experience looking to progress.

Key attributes:

  • Good IT skills including Microsoft Office software.
  • High attention to detail and great organisation skills.
  • Working knowledge of food technical specifications is highly desirable.
  • Knowledge of packaging and related legislation and requirements is also a great benefit.
  • Own transport is essential due to site location.

More details

The Technical Assistant job is based in Greater Manchester and is paying £25,000.

The working hours are 37.5 hours per week between 8 am and 5 pm with 1 hour lunch break with slight flexibility to start/finish times.

How to apply

To be considered for the Technical Assistant job, please click the Apply button.

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Alternate job titles

Technical Administrator| Technical Admin Assistant | Technical Coordinator | Food Technologist | Technical Information Officer | Graduate Specifications Technologist | Food Technical Jobs

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

If you are graduating soon and looking for your first job in food manufacturing, have a look at our Graduate Resource Hub on the b3 jobs website.

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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