Technical Administrator (Food) inSelby inSelby PUBLISHED 2 JUN 2024

Log all consumer complaints and keep complaints log up to date.
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
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


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