Technical Manager

Technical Manager - Food manufacturing

Northamptonshire

Permanent | Mon-Fri

£65,000 - £75,000 + bonus

Are you a strategic Technical leader who thrives on building high-performing teams, safeguarding food safety, and delivering excellence for customers? This is a pivotal leadership role with real influence across the site and wider business.

What you'll be doing at the Technical Manager:

People & Culture Champion - Lead, coach and develop a capable technical team, driving succession planning, capability building and people metrics while embedding company values and a high-performance culture.
Operational & Quality Excellence - Own site technical performance, ensuring products are manufactured and distributed to exacting quality, specification and cost standards through robust QA systems and audits.
Food Safety Leadership - Set and deliver a clear food safety strategy aligned to business goals, owning HACCP, SOP governance, pest management and a strong, visible food safety culture.
Health & Safety Accountability - Act as a senior site leader for H&S, championing safe systems of work, risk assessment and compliance, with safety at the heart of every decision.
Customer & Commercial Impact - Partner with Commercial teams to deliver industry-leading technical service, insight, hygiene standards and innovation, while managing departmental budgets effectively.
Continuous Improvement Driver - Create and own a live technical improvement plan, identifying efficiencies, reducing cost, improving margin and moving systems towards best-in-class.
Customer Relationship Builder - Be the trusted technical face of the business, strengthening relationships with key customers and technical stakeholders through service, expertise and credibility.
Sustainability Advocate - Lead environmental and sustainability initiatives, embedding responsible practices and driving innovation to reduce impact across the operation.

What you'll need as the Technical Manager:

Experience within a leading technical and/or quality role within the UK food manufacturing industry is required
Experience with short shelf life / chilled products is advantageous
Own transport
Full UK working rights - no sponsorship or visas available
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed