- Ensure all relevant standards set for Hygiene and Good Manufacturing Practices are met at all times, working in conjunction with the relevant production or warehousing personnel.
- Ensure that all necessary cleaning/remedial works/actions are completed and any failure to complete requested actions to be escalated to the Technical Manager immediately.
- Identify, implement, set and maintain clearly defined standards for GMP, hygiene of the operational facility and develop systems to ensure these are maintained through audit processes
- Ensure that all product protection measures are in place and correctly equipped and operated. All items liable to cause product contamination are to be removed/resolved immediately by direct action and/or in conjunction with manufacturing/warehousing.
- Responsible for ensuring engineering work is satisfactorily completed to minimize the risk of foreign body contamination and all documentation completed prior to release to production.
- Resolve product quality issues promptly, ensuring any corrective action is correct and suitable and followed to conclusion and close out.
- To monitor plant hygiene standards through swabbing and sampling including, reporting on patterns and trend analysis.
- Ensure visual quality attribute standards are available for production use and are correct and up to date at all times.
- Participate in the site HACCP team, ensuring HACCP pre-requisite plans and procedures are maintained and remain up to date.
- Investigate to root cause and report on customer complaints and recommend corrective and preventative actions where possible. Brief factory teams on complaints performance.
- To manage the non-conformance system and ensure all internal and external close outs are carried out.
- Understand the requirement of 3rd party standards; develop and implement the required controls and audit compliance to the standard.
- Actively participate in identifying, designing and presenting technical training to all relevant employees across the business.
- Deputise for Factory Technical Manager in their absence
- Carry out complex root cause analysis using a variety of tools to provide solutions; escalating the learnings.
- Passionate about Food!
- FMCG or Food manufacturing experience
- Excellent knowledge of CCP’s, traceability and HACCP and Allergens
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- Actively works to improve the capability of others
- Is a role model, passionate and perseveres in pursuit of challenging goals
- Uses coaching techniques to help people reflect on feedback
- Involves the team in new projects and initiatives
- Talks positively about business challenges and future prospect
- 25 days holiday + all public holidays recognised in the UK
- A workplace pension
- Life assurance benefit