Technical Administrator (Chilled Foods)

GBR Recruitment are working in close partnership with a well established & progressive chilled / frozen food manufacturing business, recruiting for an experienced Technical Administrator to work Monday to Friday (07:00 - 15:00 or 08:00 - 16:00) 5 days onsite.

In this key Administrative / Business support role, you will assist the Technical Manager & wider Technical team, with driving the business forward from a QMS, traceability & product conformance perspective (reducing NCR's etc).

This is a fantastic opportunity for an accomplished Technical Administrator / Coordinator Food Industry Specialist, with strong major retailer experience (the Big 4, plus others) & ideally with previous exposure to own label / branded product ranges (not essential, but beneficial).

If you are a passionate foodie with superb Administration & Communication skills then this could be your ideal role.

The Role:

To assist with all Technical / Quality administrative activity, successfully policing the QMS, in order to meet & to exceed customers finished product expectations.

• Ensure site QMS is accurate, maintained & kept up to date
• Schedule gap analysis reviews of new retailer codes of practice
• Ensure site contact details are up to date on all customer specification systems, such as Connect, HIVE etc
• Log all consumer complaints and keep complaints log up to date
• Assist traceability exercises for mock recalls, customer / BRC audits with suppliers within a four-hour timescale
• Keep weekly KPI slide up to date.
• Ensure external calibration of equipment is maintained (checkweighers, metal detectors, probes, scales, ovens etc)
• Responsible for collecting & sending samples off for testing to the approved laboratories, testing to include; micro, gluten free, water, listeria, acrylamide, hand-swabbing and report out of spec results to drive corrective actions.
• Accurately log all microbiology results & findings
• Maintain site production paperwork, inc. organisation & archiving of files.
• Accurately input ingredient trace information / data, onto the P2D system
• Upload Export information onto the Government portal.
• Analyse Trends within all Non conformances (NCR's)

Experience, Skills & Qualifications Required:

• Technical Administrator, Technical Coordinator or similar experience in Food
• Chilled / Frozen food business experience is ideal
• Experience of dealing the Big 4 food retailers is ideal (beneficial)
• Knowledge of GMP, HACCP, BRC Audits & Compliance, NCR's, Food Safety & Food Hygiene is all beneficial
• Low & High Risk food site experience is an advantage (but low care site)
• Experience of being with a food company that carries out cooking & cooling processes as well as the relevant food safety risks & required control measures associated with this (beneficial)

This position is commutable from; Gainsborough, Lincoln, Doncaster, Scunthorpe, Worksop, Retford, Rotherham, Sheffield, Goole, Pontefract, Wakefield, Newark, Barnsley, Dewsbury, Leeds, Bradford, Grimsby or areas close to these

Interviews to take place immediately