Details:
- Salary: £75,000 - 85,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Tyne & Wear
- Date: 2 weeks ago
Description:
Market Leading Food Manufacturer now recruiting...
BASED TYNE AND WEAR
ROLE
Purpose:
To ensure full compliance to the BRC standard, all retailer manufacturing standards, codes of practice and current industry legislation. To ensure that both the Factory & Technical functions are kept up to date on all food safety & legislative changes. The Technical Team consists of QA Manager , Technical Coordinator, Technical Services Manager, 2x Admin, and 8x Shift QA’s.
Key Responsibilities:
• Ensuring the site Quality systems, legality and governance are adhered to.
• Maintaining & reporting on technical due diligence and business technical integrity
• Site leading manager for ensuring that the company meets BRC and customers COP requirements (codes of Practice)
• To support in ensuring all products are manufactured to the sites agreed specifications alongside driving hygiene standards within the business.
• Ensuring that the Technical Team are aware of updates and changes made to Customer Codes of Practises and implement areas of change within the business.
• Ensure that the HACCP system is maintained and fully implemented. The process flow and systems aligned to HACCP are trained to the teams effectively.
• To ensure defined Microbiological standards in alignment with Customer Codes of Practice are in place to ensure product food safety and due diligence.
• To ensure Group Technical Policies and Procedures are implemented and adhered to.
• To review and approve all technical documentation before implanting.
• To co-ordinate and ensure resource and personnel for all Customer and third party audits.
• To ensure all Technical and Quality audits are reviewed, updated and maintained.
• Site Technical lead for all site related customer technical contact, ensuring customer technical representatives are provided with all required information
• To ensure all personnel pursue safe working practises, both within Food Safety and Health & Safety.
CANDIDATE
• Specifically experience with Tesco, Sainsburys, Asda or M&S would be an advantage.
• Good at managing customers day to day, and during audits and visits.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills with relevant experience in a leadership role.
• Strong knowledge of BRC food safety and industry wide standards is also key.
• Strong understanding of HACCP and the practical implementation of this in the factory. .
• Ideally Degree educated in food science/food related area or equivalent.
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