Vickerstock are working in partnership with a leading food manufacturing business to recruit a Quality Technologist for their expanding technical team. This is an excellent opportunity for a quality professional with experience in food manufacturing to join a well-established business committed to food safety, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
Reporting to the Quality Leader, you will play a key role in maintaining and enhancing food safety and quality standards across the site while supporting customer, supplier, and third-party audit requirements.
What’s in it for You?
- Opportunity to join a leading food manufacturing business.
- Exposure to customer, supplier, and third-party audit processes.
- Involvement in key technical and continuous improvement projects.
- Ongoing training and development opportunities.
- Collaborative and supportive working environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive compliance with food safety and quality standards across all production areas.
- Support and participate in internal, customer, and third-party audits, ensuring corrective actions are completed effectively.
- Investigate customer complaints, supplier non-conformances, and production-related quality issues using root cause analysis techniques.
- Lead technical projects including allergen validation, hygiene validation, and site claims verification.
- Manage supplier complaints and support supplier performance reviews.
- Conduct factory inspections, line walks, and quality assessments to ensure standards are maintained.
- Support mock recalls, traceability exercises, and food safety investigations.
- Deliver technical training across the site, including HACCP, food hygiene, and allergen awareness.
- Analyse quality and food safety data to identify trends and drive improvements.
- Work collaboratively with manufacturing teams to promote a strong food safety and quality culture.
What you’ll need to succeed
- Experience within a Technical or Quality role in a food manufacturing environment.
- HACCP Level 3 qualification.
- Strong knowledge of BRCGS standards and food industry regulations.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong problem-solving and root cause analysis capability.
- Good IT skills, including Microsoft Office.
- Ability to prioritise workload and work effectively in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- Experience writing reports, investigations, and risk assessments.
Desirable Criteria (it would be great if you have these but don’t worry if you don’t!)
- Food Science, Food Technology, or related qualification.
- Experience leading third-party audits.
- Knowledge of 8-Step Problem Solving methodologies.
Get in touch: Sound like the career move you’ve been after and would like to hear more, pick up the phone to Anna now on T , or send an updated CV – in Word format – via the link on the page (or email).
If this opportunity doesn’t quite get the taste buds flowing but like me you are passionate about food, let’s get a chat and see how I can help grow your career.
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Skills:QUALITY FOOD SAFETY TECHNICAL HACCP
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