Job Description
Technical Lead
Leading UK / EU Food Manufacturer
Greater Manchester
£90,000 + Car Allowance + Benefits
This is a career-defining technical leadership role for someone ready to transform, modernise, and lead at scale.
We’re partnering with a leading UK/EU food manufacturer to appoint a Technical Lead who will take full ownership of food safety, quality, and hygiene at a flagship site. This role goes far beyond compliance — it’s about driving cultural change, building capability, and raising standards to world-class levels.
If you’re a credible, influential Technical Leader who thrives in fast-paced manufacturing and has a proven track record of delivering large-scale transformation, this is an opportunity to make a visible and lasting impact.
The Opportunity
As Technical Lead, you will lead the Technical, QA, and Hygiene functions, setting the strategic direction while remaining hands-on where it matters. You’ll have the autonomy and senior backing to reshape systems, develop people, and embed a robust food safety and quality culture across the site.
Key accountabilities include:
- Owning and strengthening the Food Safety Management System, HACCP, and QMS
- Leading end-to-end technical transformation across people, processes, and standards
- Delivering effective change management and capability uplift across the technical team
- Managing BRCGS, retailer, and regulatory audits with confidence and credibility
- Overseeing hygiene, validation, risk assessment, traceability, and due diligence
- Driving sustainable corrective actions for complaints, non-conformances, and audit findings
- Embedding accountability, continuous improvement, and a positive food safety culture
- Reporting meaningful technical KPIs and insights to senior leadership
About You
You’ll be a senior technical leader with the presence and experience to influence at all levels of the business.
You’ll bring:
- Significant experience in a senior Technical / Quality role within food or FMCG manufacturing
- A proven track record of leading transformation and change at scale
- Deep expertise in BRCGS, HACCP, food legislation, and retailer standards
- Experience leading sizeable Technical, QA, and Hygiene teams
- A coaching-led leadership style that develops, empowers, and retains talent
- Strong stakeholder management skills with customers, auditors, and regulators
- A resilient, pragmatic, and solutions-focused mindset
