Technical Leader - Leicester, United Kingdom - Recra Consulting

Recra Consulting

Verified Company

Leicester, United Kingdom

5 days ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

Recra is working in partnership with an innovative and fast-growing food manufacturer in the

Leicester area. They are keen to add a Quality

Technical Lead to join the team.

Technical Leader:

To work as part of the daysbased Technical Team to drive forwards departmental objectives and performance targets.
Provide assistance to the team by carrying out activities that maintain compliance assisting with and closing out corrective actions.
To create and train out SOPs, manuals, core procedures, and other defined standards
To have a flexible approach to work to meet the changing demands of the business.
To adhere to and undertake all the tasks and accountabilities related to your work area and level of role.
To be actively involved in setting standards and policing and advising where necessary.

Key Responsibilities:

People:

Integrate with all shifts ensuring employees understand and adhere to best practices.
Make sure all staff behave safely and you lead by example.
To coach and mentor QA and QC staff to drive standards forwards.
To educate and promote food safety and technical standards across the operational teams.
Competently liaise with customers and auditors.

Quality:

Conduct various analyses against defined parameters and report outofspecification promptly.
Maintaining and leading traceability routine testing.
Policing the line paperwork to ensure adherence and completion in real time.
Ensure lines are positively released promptly back to production using defined swabbing schemes through QATs.
Auditing against the defined schedule (glass/hard plastic, bait box, GMP, Internal Audits).
Knowledge and adherence to customerspecific QAS including driving adherence of site to standards.
Conduct and analyze QA Board Testing and Trending to identify key improvement areas.

Customer Service:

Know the main issues affecting the performance of your area during the last 24 hours, including reporting NCRs daily and following through to closure.
Communicate any issues promptly to the Shift Management / Management Team.
Liaise with customers regarding quality control visits.
Cost Optimisation.
Take positive corrective action if the product is not meeting specifications, including root cause analysis to prevent reoccurrence.
Report any repeat issues that should not be there to Shift Management.
Lead supply and replenishment of chemicals, consumables, and waste management to ensure no supply issues.

Health and Safety:

Ensure that you know your Food Safety and Health and Safety responsibilities.
Ensure all PPE is worn correctly at all times.
Ensure all equipment is cleaned in line with relevant CIC / SOP and QA Lab is kept clean at all times.

Continuous Improvement:

Be actively involved with continuous improvement projects and ensure all Quality procedures are followed.
Drive through the Quality agenda with the support of the Process Improvement Manager and Senior Process Technologist.

Hygiene:

Embrace a CAYGO approach to your work.
Drive site hygiene, including creation and training out of Cleaning Cards with the site.
Actively take part in weekly GMP audits with Area Managers.
Ensure that lines are walked and inspected throughout the day for Potential Foreign Body Hazards o Hygiene Improvements.
Essential Skills.
Ensures work is achieved and services provided are to the highest standards.
Applies relevant knowledge and skills.
Sets high goals or standards of performance.
Only accepts aboveaverage performance.
Promotes and delivers a safe working environment.
Motivated to learn, share and extend knowledge beyond that required for the role.
Literacy/Numeracy to National Standard Level
IT Skills
Word / Excel / Internal Systems.