Technical Compliance Technologist

About this role

To ensure technical risk assessments, validation, traceability, export compliance systems are maintained and continuous improvements made to drive high standards with compliance to customer codes of practice and external standards.

• Maintaining the HACCP, Allergen, Segregation, Label & Date Coding Risk Assessment system in line with BRCGS and Customer codes of practice to ensure full documentation.
• Monitor traceability throughout the site, carrying out regular audit with operations and QA, mass balance carried out and results fully communicated. Raise non-conformances for failures identified in traceability ensure route cause analysis and closure of actions to prevent repeat issues.
• Implement and drive improvements in the traceability system to ensure full compliance to required legal and customer standards.
• Carry out traceability’s for internal and external audits, ensuring training provided for all members of the Technical department to provide cover as required for external audits.
• Management of notification of change systems and document control
• Technical maintenance of business manufacturing systems
• Working with the Technical Process team to ensure Technical compliance for NPD and EPD, contributing to the accuracy of technical risk assessments.
• Carry out scheduled HACCP process validation tasks for new and existing (annual validations) processes. Ensuring full documentation of validations in the appropriate report format.
• Maintenance of validation equipment to ensure full working order and calibration status
• Carry out Technical project work as requested by BEF Technical management team.
• To manage the internal audits for systems against BRCGS and Customer standards and to carry out internal audits in line with scheduled requirement
• To manage external service suppliers approval documentation
• To work as part of the Technical team responsible for export documentation compliance, including management of export vet/ certification officer visits.
• Work positively and cross functionally with all departments to drive continuous improvement in technical systems
• Fully understand and comply with all department and company policies and guidelines
• Any other duties and projects that may be assigned as deemed necessary to the needs of the business.

Key Measurables and Responsibilities

• Technical risk assessments documentation up to date on a weekly basis
• Annual validations completed and documentation up to date on a monthly basis
• Trials attended and processes validated prior to launches
• Project work on target with agreed timelines
• Internal audits managed and completed within required deadlines to approved standard
• This role has a responsibility for food safety, brand integrity and Health and Safety

Qualifications & Experience

Essential

• Higher education qualification in Food: Science / Quality / Safety
• Minimum one-year experience in food industry QA or Technical role (can be placement year)
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Excel, Powerpoint, Word
• Fluent English language
• HACCP Level 3 or higher
• Food Safety Level 2 or higher

Desirable

• Internal Auditor Trained
• Previous similar role
• BRCGS and Retailer Codes of Practice experience
• HACCP/Allergen/Traceability experience

We require the completion of a behavioural assessment before interview for this role. If you have any possible adjustments (alternative native language to English, need the assessment read out to you, etc) please let the recruiter know at the time of the assessment being sent.

Hours of Work

Monday - Friday 08:00-16:30 with some flexibility.

Seafood environment - please ensure no allergies to prawns, crab other molluscs and crustaceans as may form part of taste panel

Cold environment - some factory based work, PPE (boots and jacket) provided but role is not 100% office based.

Please also be aware we have a peak around Christmas and do not allow holidays (in terms of weeks) from 12th December until new year.

Benefits

33 days holiday inclusive of Bank Holidays

Life assurance policy 4x basic salary from day 1

Retailer discount platform - Vivup

Access to GP Hotline through Your Care Platform

4% pension contribution

On site Parking

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