Technical manager

Job Title: Technical Manager Location: Cambridgeshire Salary: GBP70,000 - GBP80,000 Hours: Monday to Friday *Please note that this vacancy does not offer sponsorship or able to accept candidates on PSW Visa* Job Purpose: To support the technical department and Quality in the production environment. The technical manager ensures product safety/quality/legality through the continuous development of the HACCP and quality systems. Main responsibilities: * To ensure technical, specification or legislative information is provided to customers in a timely manner. * Evaluation of products during development stage to ensure adherence to customer protocols, standards, and factory capabilities. * Management of customer visits, audits, and trials from a technical perspective. * Working with site technical team to ensure technical standards are implemented and always achieved. * To ensure that all relevant information regarding changes, amendments to the Quality Manuals, customer product specifications, working practises and or legislation requirements are communicated to all relevant staff. * To carry out Internal audits to check procedures and policies. * Ensure that the department rsquo;s personal hygiene, housekeeping, health safety, and welfare levels are always maintained to a high standard. Experience: * Technical experience in meat. * Ability to highlight potential amongst colleagues and develop, in conjunction with personnel, to ensure succession planning is in place. * Experience in QA, HACCP, Food Safety and Allergen Management Knowledge: * Ability to execute and implement change as necessary to ensure continued profitability of the department. Experience in a customer facing technical role, * HACCP level 3 (Level4 preferred) * Internal auditing training * Third-party auditor training