SITE TECHNICAL MANAGER, Beacon Foods, Brecon

Oct 30

Company overview

Beacon Foods is a family-owned business and one of the leading suppliers of fresh chilled and frozen added-value food ingredients.

The company is one of the country's fastest-growing independent suppliers of specialist flavourings and cooked ingredients to the UK food manufacturing and food service industries.

Role overview

We are looking for a Site Technical Manager to join the Beacon Foods team in Brecon.

The successful candidate will lead the site's Technical Compliance function, ensuring that legislative requirements for food safety are met within the production environment.

You will ensure that activities on site are robustly structured and managed in line with relevant industry standards, including BRCGS and customer COPs.

Purpose of the role

Customer compliance — Interface directly with customers regarding food safety and quality compliance issues.
Food safety and quality systems — Ensure procedures are in place to manage systems such as GMP and HACCP.
External audits — Interface with external bodies regarding customer and third-party audits, and follow up non-conformances in a timely manner.
BRCGS readiness — Ensure the site is prepared for the annual BRCGS audit.
Site standards — Drive GMP and standards across the site.

Key responsibilities

HACCP and controls — Facilitate stringent process and finished-product controls through the effective management of a robust HACCP system that is audited and reviewed on a scheduled basis.
Equipment specifications — Provide technical input into equipment specifications where required to ensure standards are met.
Customer specifications — Ensure customer specification-management systems are maintained.
Audits and non-compliances — Manage third-party and customer audits, and close out non-compliances.
Internal audits — Run and coordinate internal system audits.
Customer complaints — Investigate customer complaints and rejections, and respond to customers.
QA team development — Train and develop the QA team, and provide mentorship.
Legislation updates — Inform the site of upcoming food-industry legislation changes.

Skills and experience

Education — Ideally degree educated, preferably in Food Science, Food Technology, or Microbiology.
Food manufacturing experience — Experience at a similar level in food manufacturing, ideally within high-risk cooked foods and sauces.
Leadership level — Suitable for an existing Technical Manager or a high-calibre Quality Manager ready for the next step.
Man-management experience.
Communication and systems skills — Excellent communication, presentation, and computer-literacy skills.
Technical standards — Good working knowledge of BRCGS Version 9.
Development experience — Process or product development experience would be beneficial.
A consistent approach.