Technical Manager

Location

Worksop (Manton 110), Hatfield, or Tamworth
Nationwide travel

As Technical Manager you will manage the technical function within the logistics and distribution unit, ensuring all materials, including finished products, are safe and conform to all relevant specification, legislation, and customer requirements.

• Ensure the operational process and production of finished goods are appropriately controlled, via Hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP), to ensure compliance with food safety and customer standards
• Ensure that technical governance is in place to deliver audit compliance with respect to internal, external, legal and customer requirements
• Investigations into key deviations from process and customer specification, taking appropriate action to bring the process back into control
• Monitor departmental key performance indicators and challenge improvement when required to ensure targets are achieved and improved
• Interface with the customers during site visits and audits, business reviews and other key opportunities
• Provide leadership and direction to ensure that within the function people are kept safe, engaged, focused, developed and delivering to their potential
• Ensure that a safe working environment exists for all colleagues and that, as a minimum, the department meets the standards set out in the Health, Safety and Environment policy

• Experience working in high care
• Desired: educated to degree level with a specialism in Food Science, Food Technology or Microbiological qualification
• Holds the following relevant qualifications:
  Advanced food hygiene level 4 or equivalent, level 4 HACCP
• Basic allergen awareness/practical knowledge of the management of allergens
• Demonstrable experience, at technologist level, of working with a retailer; expertise in interpretation of customer code of practice and competent in the use of customer technical databases
• Experience of maintaining an internal audit programme
• Experience of maintaining a quality management system
• Experience of technical strategy implementation
• Demonstrable experience of delivery of BRC certification (International standard for food safety and quality) and/or equivalent certification standards
• A skilled problem solver with experience of using root cause analysis techniques
• Experience of managing supplier auditors and customers
• Ability to evaluate and interpret shelf-life results
• Experience of applying food legislation to manufacturing practice

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Competitive matched pension contributions
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
  
  Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies