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Job Title: Assistant Technical Manager
Salary: £30,000 - £32,000 per annum
Location: Sittingbourne, ME10
Department: Technical
Reports to: Technical Manager
Job Summary
Responsible for all aspects of the company’s technical administration function to enable the site’s compliance to regulatory, food safety, and quality standards.
Communication
- Communicate with other relevant departments including the wider operations team.
- Keep the Technical Manager fully informed and up to date on any issues
Strategic
- Have a good understanding of HACCP, regulatory requirements, IFS / BRCGS / SEDEX
- Be up to date with all technical functions, QMS, internal & external audits, site non-conformances and specifications
- Lead on NPD/NPI and be up to date with all NPD functions – new product trials & launches, new packaging introduction
Responsibilities
- Carry out internal audits, address non-conformances ensuring these are closed off in a timely manner
- Ensure specifications exist for raw material and packaging utilised across the site
- Maintain and update approved supplier lists
- Lead on NPD/NPI, assist in the introduction of new regulatory, food safety, quality standards across the site
- Logging & investigating customer complaints
- Assist in third party audits, and customer visits where appropriate
- Assist in traceability and product recall exercises
- Participate in HACCP review meetings
- Manage specifications for new product and updating existing ones when necessary.
- Assist in dealing with internal and external (customer) queries.
- Participate in annual technical and quality review meetings.
- Assist in technical and operations projects, and any other task deemed the responsibility of the technical team
Compliance
- Maintain a full understanding of the legal requirements required within the departments and also within the business to be able to operate with full legal compliance
- Comply with all policies, procedures and risk assessments relevant to the position of Technical Assistant
Personal attributes required:
- Ability to communicate both verbally and in writing
- Ability to lead by influencing
- Good interpersonal skills
- Computer literacy (Word, Excel etc) Experience with Orderwise would be an advantage
- Attention to detail
- Ability to assist in solving problems/offer solutions
Working hours:
- Monday – Friday 08:00 – 16:00
Occasional working outside standard working hours to meet business needs. Notice would be given in such instances
Deputising/absence cover:
The responsibilities listed above shall be covered by the Quality Assurance Technician in the event of absence
If this sounds like the opportunity for you, please apply ASAP.
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