Site Technical Manager - Newton Abbot

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.