Technical Manager - Wellington, United Kingdom - Yolk Recruitment Ltd

Yolk Recruitment Ltd
Yolk Recruitment Ltd
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Wellington, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Technical Manager

£55,000 - £70,000

Telford
Yolk recruitment is working with a growing manufacturer who are looking for a Technical Manager to join their team.


This is a great opportunity for a Technical Manager to really make positive changes within a company with full autonomy.


What you will be doing as Technical Manager:

  • To lead and develop a high performing Technical team, focusing on training and development through annual reviews and consistently striving to improve team performance on a day to day basis.
  • Head up the site training plan with regards to food safety, CCPs, quality briefs, allergens, microbiology awareness and Good Manufacturing Practices.
  • To continuously improve the Quality Culture Plan by encouraging the wider team to embrace the standards set.
  • Provide a strong presence in the factory and on site by spending time there daily. During this time to have a particular focus on hygiene standards and GMP.
  • To periodically spend time on each shift, including night shift and weekend deep clean shifts in order to maintain contact with every part of the operation and the teams involved.
  • Manage the site HACCP and its use to facilitate food safety of our products.
  • Ensure site compliance to the latest BRC version standard and the also site approval to this standard, be fully up to date with the manual and any updates.
  • Maintain and review internal procedures and documentation as set by BRC requirements and specific customer requirements.
  • Ensure full traceability is achievable and routinely test / review.
  • Supplier specifications for all raw materials to be maintained and up to date. Library to be kept for the relevant information and documentation.
  • Site quality risk assessments and validations to be completed for raw and finished product for allergens, microbiology for process, product and the environment.
  • Finished product specifications to be kept up to date.
  • Customer specification systems to be completed and maintained in a very timely manner
  • To ensure that all areas have adequate pest control mechanisms in place limiting any threat to food safety, and to work closely with the pest control provider.
  • Manage and maintain the quality system for all procedures ensuring document control.
  • Internal auditing schedules to be followed and audit corrective actions followed up.
  • Liaise with suppliers on quality and technical issues, including warranted nonconformance's.
  • Responsible for overseeing customer complaints, whilst ensuring comprehensive responses are actioned quickly to key customers such as Iceland, Aldi and Tesco.
  • Requirement for up to date, in depth knowledge, of individual customer standards to ensure these are met consistently.
  • Make meaningful use of the microbiological results for suppliers, highlighting best and worst suppliers and where potential further action is needed.
  • Ensure that the set temperature parameters across the factory are maintained at all times (Site Engineer to be responsible for overseeing repairs and maintenance).
  • Oversee the MCG system, ensuring that it is maintained and adhered to in respect of its function for managing shelflife.
  • Responsible for managing the daily Concession report from MCG and making the appropriate decisions for products that have been placed on hold.
  • To ensure that hygiene practices within areas are adequate to ensure safety standards.
  • To actively improve Technical KPI's through the implementation of robust action plans which deliver results.
  • Responsible for auditing suppliers as requested by the business.

The skills you will bring as Technical Manager:

  • Chilled experience
  • Desirable


  • Food Manufacturing experience

  • Essential
  • 34 years' experience in a Technical Manager role
  • Customer facing experience with Aldi, Lidl, Morrison and Iceland
  • Hygiene and NPD experience and leadership would be advantageous
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