Technical Manager - Warrington

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better. As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life.

Our Warrington site is also known as the Italian centre of excellence, recent expansion and investment make this site a state-of-the-art manufacturing unit! We produce high quality Italian ready meals for both Tesco & Co-Op.

What you'll be doing:

• Manage the technical function within the manufacturing 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.
• Investigate 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 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.

What we're looking for:

• 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.

What you'll get in return:

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

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.