We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Factory Technical Manager, to join our team here in Irthlingborough.
As Factory Technical Manager, you will be a pivotal part of our dynamic operations team, reporting directly to the Operations Director. You'll be the link between management and the operations team, building strong relationships.
You will be responsible for compliance with Whitworths Quality Systems; maintaining our accreditations, oversee our HACCP/TACCP and VACCP practices, enforce our Food Safety standards and drive good manufacturing practise with our Operations Team, enabling the business to deliver outstanding performance against all customer product and process expectations.
We are already BRC accredited to an AA standard and expect you will maintain this as well as continuing to drive our culture of food safety excellence. You will also be proactive in implementing and advising on technical best practice and legislative changes across the product range.
Our Factory Technical Manager plays a pivotal role as part of our Senior Technical Leadership Team. In addition, it has two areas reporting in; Quality, headed up by our QMS Manager supported by our Quality Assurance Technicians, and Hygiene, who oversee the hygiene standards / pest control across the whole site.
Our ideal candidate not only has experience within this role already, backed by formal food qualifications and/or relevant experience, but will be able to demonstrate strong knowledge of industry standards. You will be a good influencer, able to bring people on the journey as you share your ideas and continue to drive our technical agenda. You will work across many functions in our business and so need to build strong relationships quickly. You will also need to be calm under pressure, leading our customer audits.
If this is you and you believe you have the skills and experience required to join the Whitworth’s family as Factory Technical Manager then click ‘apply’ now! We look forward to receiving your application. All applications will receive a response