​Our client, a leading food producer in Northern Ireland has the need to recruit a Technical Assistant.

You will join an established Technical Team and you will be responsible for the completion and management of technical information and administration. To support the site Technical Department to maintain and update the Food Safety plan and Quality Management Systems in line with Customer codes of practice and legislation to ensure the safe production of food and to provide customer support to the Technical Manager.

Typical duties:

• To audit, monitor and evaluate implementation of Quality Systems and Procedure by Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain Teams
• To identify and highlight compliance and non-compliance with Legal and Customer requirements, especially food safety and integrity
• Working along with the operations team to identify root cause, corrective actions and to ensure continuous improvement
• Assisting in preparation and take part in customer visits / audits 
• To trend, monitor & investigate site complaints and report findings to management / customers
• Reviewing and updating online specifications and completing product set up
• To complete Customer KPI reports to agreed timescales. 
• To maintain the customer / certification schemes online systems - including customer questionnaires / requests for information.
• Maintaining and developing sections of the Quality management system in line with our customer requirements
• Ensure product testing schedules are adhered to
• Supporting other functions within the technical team as and when required

Requirements:

• To be considered for the Technical Assistant role, you will have a Food related qualification i.e. in food science, food technology or related science subject and possess Technical/QA admin experience within a food manufacturing environment.
• You will have a good knowledge of technical/quality management systems, have strong organisational and IT skills and additional qualifications such as food safety, HACCP etc. would be a benefit.

If interested please apply here or contact People HQ if you have any questions.