Job Title: Site Technical Manager
Main Purpose:
Responsible for ensuring food safety, quality, legality, and compliance across site operations, and managing the site technical team
Department: Technical
Location: Wincanton
Reports to: Group Technical Manager
Main duties
- Manage the food safety, quality and legality systems across the site
- Coach and develop the Site Technical Team and monitor performance
- Promote a strong food safety culture across the site.
- HACCP, VACCP and TACCP team leader for the site
- Drive and maintain site compliance to certification requirements, customer codes of practice, BRCGS requirements and export legislation.
- Work with the Site Management Team on all projects to ensure technical compliance.
- Lead the site technical function during customer audits, visits and regulatory inspections.
- Develop and review site technical KPIs, in line with the business objectives, and create a framework for continuous improvement.
- Manage the supplier and traded goods approval system and monitor performance.
- Explore innovative ways of driving improved site performance.
- Product Specification generation and control.
- Support the wider Technical function across Wyke Farms.
- As required assist with projects across the Wyke Farms business.
Qualifications, Skills & Experience
Essential:
- Strong background in food technical management.
- Proven track record in managing technical teams.
- Demonstrable audit leadership experience.
- Strong communication, organisation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong understanding of quality systems, food safety standards, and regulatory compliance.
Desirable:
- Experience within a dairy or cheese manufacturing sector.
- Qualification in Food Science, Dairy Science, or related field.
- Experience in export and multi-market compliance.
- Knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies.
The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your changing role within the organisation and the overall business objectives of the organisation.
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Last updated: 20th August 2026
Updated by: Technical Director
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