Technical Manager in Worksop

Location: Worksop (Manton 110), Hatfield, or Tamworth. Nationwide travel.

What you’ll be doing:

• Manage the technical function within the logistics and distribution unit, ensuring all materials, including finished products, are safe and conform to all relevant specifications, 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 specifications, 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.