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Technical Assistant

Employer
Jarvis Johnson
Location
London (North), London (Greater)
Salary
up to £35k per annum
Closing date
17 Oct 2024
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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Quality Assurance, Technical
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

Food Manufacturing

Technical Assistant

North London

Up to £35k per annum

Benefits

  • 28 days holiday including bank holidays 
  • Pension
  • Annual bonus potential   
  • Free Parking 


Our client, a family-owned Food Manufacturer, is looking for a Technical Assistant for their site based in North London.  The successful candidate will undertake a supporting role for both the Quality Manager and Production teams with a mix of factory and office-based responsibilities. 

Reporting to the Quality Assurance Manager, responsibilities for the role will include:

  • Completing Quality Control checks and daily checks, communicating and reporting discrepancies
  • Recording, monitoring and investigating any complaints to identify trends 
  • Conducting internal audits against BRCGS clauses or customer standards
  • Designing, implementing and maintaining the laboratory testing schedules (water, environment, products)
  • Updating existing product specifications in line with any recipe and other changes, including internal factory specifications, QAS / factory product guides, and external customer online portal specifications. 
  • Update supplier approval documents as necessary
  • Organising shelf-life monitoring of the existing and newly developed products
  • Maintaining the product organoleptic assessments, documenting findings and actioning if required

Essential / Desirable skills include:

  • A graduate in a food related area of study, for example, Food Science / Technology
  • Experience working in the QA, Technical or Process Development function of a food manufacturing business
  • Experience in implementing the requirements of a Quality Management System within the food industry
  • Relevant training in HACCP and Internal Auditing from previous employment

The Company:

  • A well-established family-owned Food Manufacturing Business with a reputation for reliability and consistency
  • Supplying superior fresh and frozen bespoke products to a wide range of customers including the Major Retailers 
  • Site has BRC AA Grade 

The working hours for the role are 7:00am – 4:30pm Monday to Friday. The salary is up to £35k per annum dependent on experience, plus an excellent benefits package. 

If you are interested, please respond AS SOON AS POSSIBLE quoting reference number JJ-P4876 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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