Technical Manager

Techniche Global is supporting a leading food manufacturing company to appoint a Technical Manager who will 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. Salary: up to £60k depending on experience Location: Crewkerne, Somerset- 100% onsite Duration: Permanent/ full-time Key responsibilities: 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 BRC and MandS requirements Own and develop Quality Management System (QMS) Investigations into key deviations from process and customer specification and work with operations to implement corrective action Monitor departmental key quality performance indicators and challenge improvement when required Interface with the customers during site visits and audits, business reviews and other key opportunities Provide leadership and direction to ensure that people are kept safe, engaged, focused, developed and delivering to their potential Direct food safety and quality training for site Ensuring production/QAs are unannounced audit ready Overseeing laboratory activities Involvement in projects to deliver site cost reduction and ..... full job details .....