As the Site Technical Manager at our Newton Abbot site, you will be expected to promote and support a continuous improvement-based food safety and quality culture across the site. You will be responsible for the strategic planning for the technical development of the site.
In this role you will partner with production and engineering colleagues to optimise the running of the site. Beyond your responsibilities on site, you will be a member of the company wide technical leadership team, responsible for setting and delivering the company wide Food Safety and Quality Strategy. As the on-site technical expert, you will lead with external audits and liaison with customers technical teams. Ultimately you are to ensure that all product despatched is safe and complies with customer and legal standards.
Key Objectives will include but are not limited to.
- To ensure the site technical team is trained in, and complies, with Health and Safety policies.
- To lead and ensure that product compliance, food safety and quality are always maintained through the effective management of the Site Technical Team.
- Ensure food safe systems of work are developed through risk assessment and monitored regularly.
- To set and develop site standards and monitoring to ensure compliance with relevant food safety and customer standards.
- Strategic development planning of the technical department and its staff.
- To facilitate and lead customer visits and audits.
- To ensure monitoring systems are in place to effectively identify deviation in technical KPIs.
- To lead the technical team and monitor its application of specific activities to maintain and drive improvements in food safety and quality.
- To attend regular Production and SMT meetings.
- To ensure co-owners within the technical team are managed and trained in accordance with company requirements.
- To manage the site technical resource plan to ensure there is sufficient capacity to meet current and future demand.
Essential:
- Excellent communicator.
- Demonstrable experience within a relevant technical management role within the food industry. A min 5yrs experience in senior technical role in a FMCG environment.
- Practical experience of BRC accreditation, HACCP Implementation, and quality system management.
- IT literate with Microsoft Office skills.
- A recognized audit qualification.
- Min Food Safety L4 and HACCP L4.
- Degree educated or equivalent in a relevant discipline.
Desirable:
- Previous dairy science / manufacturing experience / batch cook processes
- Knowledge of CiP
- Experience of UF Plants
- Previous experience in roles managing multiple production sites.
We’re independent, British and proud to be making the highest organic foods under the Yeo Valley brand and for many of the UK’s major retailers. We are a purposeful business, driven to make positive impacts on the world as we seek to Nurture and Nourish People and Planet.
We have now moved into a new era as a business, expanding beyond dairy. We are committed to making great food, the right way forever.
We’re sure you don’t need convincing, but there’s a whole host of benefits that we offer including:
- 25 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays
- non-contributory pension scheme
- life cover
- healthcare cash back plan
- cycle to work scheme
- subsidised Yeo Valley products and services
- preferential rates with our partners
- annual bonus (as part of the Employee Benefit Trust, based on company performance for the year)
- learning and development opportunities; we’re committed to ensuring all of our employees have the chance to grow
Our closing dates are a guide for when the application window should close, although we may close the advert sooner if we can. So, we recommend you get your application in straight away – and don’t miss the opportunity to join us!
Unfortunately, we’re not able to provide employment sponsorship to candidates at this moment in time.
Please note that Yeo Valley do not accept speculative agency applications; we will only accept applications from preferred suppliers that have been submitted to us via our recruitment portal at the point of instruction.
