As Technical Manager, your responsibilities will include:
- Developing and maintaining the Quality Management System and the site HACCP plan
- Verifying that product quality meets customer specifications
- Setting QA compliance objectives and ensuring that targets are achieved
- Defining Quality & Technical procedures in conjunction with operating staff
- Assessing the product specifications of the company and its suppliers and comparing with customer requirements
- Ensuring the Internal Auditing Programme is being adhered to and actions from internal audits are followed through
- Writing technical and management reports (e.g., monthly technical reports based on KPIs)
- Carrying out shelf-life tests and ensuring that all staff involved in taking shelf-life samples are completing paperwork as required
- Ensuring that metal detector and weight checks are being carried out and documented at correct intervals. Ensuring failures are escalated with the Senior Management Team.
- Agreeing standards and establishing clearly defined quality methods for staff to apply.
- Carrying out product label audits.
- Working Knowledge of BRCGS
- HACCP L3, VACCP, TACCP
- Food Safety L3
- Experience working in similar role preferably within poultry industry
- Ability to talk to customers in a professional manner
- Good interpersonal skills, leadership and management skills
- To work as part of team with colleagues
- Good time management and organisational skills meeting deadlines as required
- Ability to identify needs and issues and recommend suitable courses of action
- Good IT skills including Word and Excel
- Self-driven and seeking professional growth