Technical Manager

Why Greencore?

We're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 13,300 talented colleagues across 16 manufacturing sites and 17 distribution depots throughout the UK. Together, we bring delicious food to life, from sandwiches, soups, and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles, and ready meals. In FY24, our shared passion helped us achieve revenues of £1.8bn.

Our extensive direct-to-store (DTS) network, with 17 depots nationwide, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring our customers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.

At Greencore we actively encourage our colleagues to apply for our vacancies, whether as a lateral move to broaden experience or the next step up to progress your career and development. We also welcome applications from external candidates who are eager to grow their career with us.

Here at Spalding, we have a team of around 540 colleagues. We produce coleslaw, potato salad, salad bar bulk products (2kg), pasta salads and couscous/grains for some of the biggest retailers in the UK including Morrisons, Co-op, Asda, Aldi, Sainsbury's, Nando's and Pizza Hut. Our Spalding site has a restaurant with hot food available to all our colleagues.

What you'll be doing

As Technical Manager you will manage the technical function within the manufacturing unit, ensuring all materials, including finished products, are safe and conform to all relevant specification, legislation, and customer requirements.

• Ensure the operational process and production of finished goods are appropriately controlled, via Hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP), to ensure compliance with food safety and customer standards
• Ensure that technical governance is in place to deliver audit compliance with respect to internal, external, legal and customer requirements
• Investigations into key deviations from process and customer specification, taking appropriate action to bring the process back into control
• Monitor departmental key performance indicators and challenge improvement when required to ensure targets are achieved and improved
• Interface with the customers during site visits and audits, business reviews and other key opportunities
• Provide leadership and direction to ensure that within the function people are kept safe, engaged, focused, developed and delivering to their potential
• Ensure that a safe working environment exists for all colleagues and that, as a minimum, the department meets the standards set out in the Health, Safety and Environment policy

What we're looking for

• Experience working in high care
• Desired: educated to degree level with a specialism in Food Science, Food Technology or Microbiological qualification
• Holds the following relevant qualifications: Advanced food hygiene level 4 or equivalent, level 4 HACCP
• Basic allergen awareness/practical knowledge of the management of allergens
• Demonstrable experience, at technologist level, of working with a retailer; expertise in interpretation of customer code of practice and competent in the use of customer technical databases
• Experience of maintaining an internal audit programme
• Experience of maintaining a quality management system
• Experience of technical strategy implementation
• Demonstrable experience of delivery of BRC certification (International standard for food safety and quality) and/or equivalent certification standards
• A skilled problem solver with experience of using root cause analysis techniques
• Experience of managing supplier auditors and customers
• Ability to evaluate and interpret shelf-life results
• Experience of applying food legislation to manufacturing practice

This role is Monday to Friday but we operate 24/7, meaning there will be times flexibility is required for visibility on shifts.

We're not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity.

If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.

What you'll get in return

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Pension up to 8% matched
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
• Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.