Technical Assistant - Hybrid
- Employer
- b3 jobs
- Location
- Braintree, Essex
- Salary
- to £35,000
- Closing date
- 28 Feb 2025
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- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Function
- Technical
- Business Sector
- Food Manufacturing
Job Details
Join an innovative, fast-growing food manufacturer where your talent will thrive in a rewarding and dynamic work environment. This company has achieved remarkable success and takes pride in its outstanding reputation for delivering top-tier customer service and premium-quality products. Be part of a team that sets the standard for excellence.
About the Technical Assistant job
The purpose of your role will be to take responsibility for managing product and supplier information, ensuring safety, quality, and compliance. You shall collaborate with the Technical Team, suppliers, and key departments while supporting operational needs and deputising as required.
Key tasks
- Manage supplier approvals, technical documentation, and compliance for raw materials and packaging, ensuring alignment with customer and legal requirements.
- Maintain risk assessments, approved supplier lists, and certification records, supporting compliance with legislation and retailer standards.
- Collaborate with internal teams (Purchasing, NPD, Technical, Warehouse, etc.) and provide technical input for projects, product launches, and customer requirements.
- Support audits, traceability exercises, and customer complaint investigations, assisting with documentation and Quality Management Systems.
About You
- Degree in Food Science or related field (preferred) or 2+ years in a technical role within the food industry and experience within supplier approval.
- Experience in supplier and packaging approvals, assurance systems, and food legislation.
- Strong project management, organizational skills, and attention to detail.
- Knowledge of HACCP, supplier management, BRC certifications, and retailer standards/audits.
More details
The Technical Assistant job (ref:8844) is paying £30,000 - £35,000 according to your experience.
There is the opportunity to work 1 or 2 days from home per week once established in the role.
The site is near Braintree, Essex and is commutable from Halstead, Colchester, Chelmsford, Haverhill, Sudbury, Witham, Ipswich and surrounding towns.
The working week is Monday to Friday.
Alternate job titles
Food technologist |Specifications technologist | Technical assistant |Raw materials technologist | Technical services assistant | Technical officer | Technical information officer | Technical supervisor
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.
- Website
- https://www.b3jobs.co.uk/
- Telephone
- 01435 866000
- Location
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Heffle Buildings
33a High Street
Heathfield
East Sussex
TN21 8HU
United Kingdom
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