Technical Manager

Job Title: Technical Manager

Location: Cambridgeshire

Salary: £70,000 - £80,000

Hours: Monday to Friday

*Please note that this vacancy does not offer sponsorship or able to accept candidates on PSW Visa*

Job Purpose:

To support the technical department and Quality in the production environment. The technical manager ensures product safety/quality/legality through the continuous development of the HACCP and quality systems.

Main responsibilities:

* To ensure technical, specification or legislative information is provided to customers in a timely manner.

* Evaluation of products during development stage to ensure adherence to customer protocols, standards, and factory capabilities.

* Management of customer visits, audits, and trials from a technical perspective.

* Working with site technical team to ensure technical standards are implemented and always achieved.

* To ensure that all relevant information regarding changes, amendments to the Quality Manuals, customer product specifications, working practises and or legislation requirements are communicated to all relevant staff.

* To carry out Internal audits to check procedures and policies.

* Ensure that the department’s personal hygiene, housekeeping, health & safety, and welfare levels are always maintained to a high standard.

Experience:

* Technical experience in meat.

* Ability to highlight potential amongst colleagues and develop, in conjunction with personnel, to ensure succession planning is in place.

* Experience in QA, HACCP, Food Safety and Allergen Management

Knowledge:

* Ability to execute and implement change as necessary to ensure continued profitability of the department. Experience in a customer facing technical role,

* HACCP level 3 (Level4 preferred)

* Internal auditing training

* Third-party auditor training