Job Description
Fresh Kitchen is currently recruiting for a Site Technical Manager to lead and support elements relating to product quality, safety, legality, and integrity.
This role will ensure compliance with all current legislation, customer requirements, and company standards. The successful candidate will maintain the Quality Manual, inclusive of QMS, product, and raw material specifications, and ensure that all products meet these specifications.
The Site Technical Manager will be responsible for managing and maintaining company due diligence and ensuring that products produced are safe and legal. This includes managing the production technical requirements, ensuring that products are supplied to the necessary specifications, and meeting customer, legislative, and industry requirements.
The role also involves managing customer complaints, investigating and following up on issues, and implementing trend analysis to identify re-occurring problems and put in place corrective action strategies.
The ideal candidate will have previous high-risk product experience, ideally in products such as sauces, dressings, cooked rice and pastas, ice creams, sorbets and gelato, mousses, and pickles. They will hold a Food Science/Technology degree or equivalent and be minimum HACCP level 3 certified and preferably Lead Auditor qualified.
The Site Technical Manager will work closely with the Technical team to drive continuous technical improvement throughout the business. They will also be responsible for managing the site quality team, establishing and managing policies relating to due diligence, product safety, and integrity, and managing GMP and hygiene quality within the production environment.
About the Role:
* Ensure compliance with all current legislation and customer requirements.
* Manage and maintain company due diligence and ensure products produced are safe and legal.
* Manage production technical requirements and ensure products meet specifications.
* Manage customer complaints and implement trend analysis.
* Drive continuous technical improvement and manage the site quality team.