Balfour: Senior Technical Manager

About the Role

The Senior Technical Manager role is a critical position that requires strong technical expertise, leadership skills, and a deep understanding of food safety regulations. The successful candidate will lead and manage the site technical team to drive a strong food safety culture, ensuring compliance with BRCGS, customer standards, and regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the site technical team, providing clear direction and accountability.
• Maintain full compliance with BRCGS, customer standards, and all regulatory requirements.
• Drive strong food safety culture across the site, focusing on understanding, discipline, and execution.
• Take ownership of HACCP, risk management, and verification systems.
• Lead overall responsibility for all customer audits, visits, and technical communication.
• Manage complaints, non-conformances, and corrective actions, including root cause analysis and trend analysis.
• Collaborate with operations to ensure clear ownership of process controls, consistent product quality, and effective food safety responsibilities at all process stages.
• Provide strong technical presence at all process stages to verify compliance to specifications.
• Support new product development and process changes from a technical perspective.

Requirements

• Grade 12
• BSc Microbiology or Similar Experience in fresh produce, chilled food, or short shelf-life products
• Leading local and international retailers experience
• Experience in a multi-site or international business environment

Qualifications

No formal qualifications mentioned.