Technical Supervisor

Greenyard is a global market leader in fresh, frozen and prepared produce. The Company provides efficient and sustainable solutions to customers and suppliers through best-in-class products, market leading innovation, and outstanding service. In doing so, it helps us enable a healthier future.

Greenyard is committed to leading the agricultural strategy and sustainability agenda, ensuring resilient supply chains, strong grower relationships, and measurable environmental impact.

We are seeking an experienced Technical Supervisor to join our team at our site in Boston, Lincolnshire

Must have at minumum of two years experience in a supervisory role within food manufacturing

Salary between £36,000 and £40,000 per year dependant upon experience.

Shift Pattern 06.00-18.00/18.00 - 06.00 on a 2-2-3 two weekly rotation

Overall Purpose/Objectives of Role

The purpose of this role is to lead and motivate the QA team in monitoring and evaluating product and processing systems, to ensure high quality standard of raw material and finished frozen bulk product is achieved at all times, whilst leading a culture where we produce products that we would like to eat.

Reporting into the Quality Manager, the Technical Supervisor will operate across both the Repack and Processing areas, working alongside the operational teams, ensuring due diligence is undertaken at all times.

The role

• To contribute to and direct the QA team to observe and audit production processes and GMP, ensuring products are made to specification and within customer codes of practice
• Support the Quality Manager to deliver a culture where food safety is paramount
• Manage and develop the QA team, including training, mentoring and coaching
• Ensure sufficient personnel to meet operational / seasonal requirements
• Collate and interpret micro results to measure food safety standards and offer solutions for improvements
• Report on factory technical status and issues of non-compliance, both verbally and in writing, and be proactive around tackling any issues by agreeing an action plan and taking this forward
• Action daily checks
• Ensure documented work instructions are adhered to
• Collate and file paperwork appropriately and methodically
• Support the goods-in department
• Control pesticide sampling
• Process environmental, micro and hand swabs
• Prepare KPI's to include GMP score; RAG %; HPT amount
• Provide reviews of the previous days performance, including food safety and food quality KPI's, at daily PDR meetings
• Carry out regular/routine audits of operational and ancillary areas.
• Effective employee/conflict resolution and escalation where necessary, maintaining highly professional standards of communication and conduct.
• Encourage a culture that supports all aspects of H&S and Lean Management.
• Continuously identify ways to reduce costs and improve systems and standards to optimise efficiency and effectiveness
• Any other ad hoc duties as required by the Quality Manager

PERSON SPECIFICATION

• Experience working as a QA Supervisor within food manufacturing industry
• Excellent understanding of Quality Assurance Principles
• Demonstrate auditing skills
• HACCP
• General understanding of microbiology
• Experience in aesthetic swabbing
• Understanding of commercial, operational, health and safety and engineering processes

PERSONAL SKILLS

• Ability to make rapid and balanced decisions
• Team player with excellent communications skills
• Impeccable attendtion to detail
• Ability to work in a pressured environment
• Resilient
• Excellent people skills
• Flexib;e
• Ability to take and give clear instruction
• Good IT Skills
• Strong desire to learn and develop self and others
• Positive
• Adaptable
• Enthusiastic
• Confident

VALUES

• Reliable
• Entre-preneurial
• Creative
• Passionate
• Sharing

Benefits include;-

• Company Pension
• Healthcare Cashback Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Salary Sacrifice Electric Car Scheme
• Life Insurance
• On-Site Parking

We are unfortunately unable to offer Sponsorships at the current time