Senior Technical Manager

9 Days Old

Are you ready to take on a senior technical leadership role with full responsibility for elevating standards, developing people, and strengthening site-wide food safety and quality performance? This position sits at the heart of a fast-moving manufacturing operation, offering the scope to influence major retail customers, drive continuous improvement, and shape the long-term technical strategy of a flagship site. Responsibilities
Leading all onsite food safety, quality and compliance activities, ensuring systems, procedures and standards consistently meet legal, customer and audit requirements. Overseeing the full Quality Management System, ensuring documentation, internal audits, corrective actions and site controls are maintained and continuously improved. Leading the HACCP agenda, including reviews, updates and verification of prerequisite programmes. Managing site-based testing, verification and technical monitoring to ensure product integrity and compliance. Providing senior oversight of hygiene, ensuring cleaning systems, validation procedures and team capability meet required standards. Driving technical performance by developing, coaching and supporting the technical team, maintaining clear training plans and robust succession development. Supporting audit readiness at all times and leading on customer, third-party and regulatory audits. Maintaining strong internal communication across operations, engineering and commercial teams to ensure technical risk is understood, escalated and controlled. Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives and influencing site-wide technical strategy.
Qualifications
Extensive technical leadership experience within food manufacturing. Strong working knowledge of HACCP, QMS, retailer standards and food safety legislation. Proven experience of leading audits, managing compliance programmes and driving technical improvement. Ability to influence at all levels, with strong communication and stakeholder management skills. Experience developing and leading teams within a fast-paced, high-compliance environment. Strong organisational, problem-solving and analytical capability.
What's in it for you? A senior leadership role with autonomy, visibility and the opportunity to shape the technical future of a major manufacturing site. You'll join a high-performing team with strong investment, long-term stability, and the freedom to drive genuine operational excellence. Do you think you fit the criteria? #J-18808-Ljbffr
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Location:
Bedford
Job Type:
FullTime

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