Technical Manager

At The Wise Seeker we are looking for a Technical Manager to work with one of our clients located in the UK: a food company that passionately delivers straight forward (clean & natural) nutritious sustainable plantbased food with absolutely no compromises on flavour or quality.

Location: Kings Lynn

Team: 13 team members

Tasks

1. Be the technical and compliance contact for our customers and service providers.
2. Be the technical support for the growing team where required providing monthly reporting oncompliance growing pest & disease product quality customer issues and complaints
3. Advise product development team of all relevant food safety guidance and legislation
4. Ensure product packaging compliance
5. Liaise with the Qualipak site team on all matters related to product quality and report back to the team when required
6. Complete inbound product checks of all raw materials and components
7. Provide additional QC support during PACKD production runs
8. Manage weekly monthly quarterly and annual tasks associated with PACKD Quality Management System.
9. Lead the annual BRC certification renewal audit
10. Oversee the HACCP TACCP & VACCP systems
11. Product & service supplier approval and management
12. Corrective actions nonconformances
13. Manage laboratory testing compliance finished product release recall program document control and traceability programs
14. Responsible for management and development of raw material and final product specifications
15. Managing the technical(at) inbox and Outlook calendar.
16. Manage the Organic certification compliance and annual renewal audit
17. Decision on HACCP systems TACCP/VACCP system supplier approval corrective actions nonconforming products product testing finished product release product recall document control and customer complaints.
18. Full authority on all aspects of Quality Management System

Requirements

1. Experience in a Quality assessing field previously
2. Have a good knowledge of HACCP TACCP & VACCP systems
3. Understanding of trace testing
4. Strong Excel knowledge and skills
5. Attention to detail quality controlling
6. Experience within BRC Supply chain assurance
7. Must have experience in running a QMS
8. Preferable to have food industry background sampling food knowledge
9. Meticulous and really organised
10. Easy going laid back in personality for cultural fit
11. Beneficial to have food quality certifications Worked in product testing or analysis

Benefits

1. Flexible hours (mutually beneficial) 8am4pm/9am5pm on occasion they may be able to work from home 1 day per week production line schedule permitting.
2. Salary:3540k
3. Enrolled in work pension scheme
4. Free products
5. 20 days bank holidays
6. Opportunity to progress alongside the company
7. Training courses can be provided