Job Description
Job Title: Technical Assistant
Description
We are hiring for our client for a Technical Assistant to join a well-established and growing food manufacturing business based in Craigavon.
This Technical Assistant role will support the Technical team in maintaining high standards of food safety, quality and compliance across the site. You will play a key role in ensuring all documentation, audits and quality processes are completed accurately and in line with customer and regulatory requirements.
The successful Technical Assistant will gain exposure across all areas of site technical operations, making this an excellent opportunity for someone looking to develop their career within food manufacturing.
Top 3 Things to Know About this Job
- Salary up to £32,000
- Monday to Friday – strong work/life balance
- Excellent opportunity to develop within a growing food business
The Role
- Support the Technical team in maintaining the Food Safety & Quality Management System
- Assist with internal audits and preparation for external and customer audits
- Ensure all technical documentation and records are accurate and up to date
- Support traceability exercises and product testing programmes
- Assist in managing customer complaints and logging non-conformances
- Monitor and maintain quality checks across production
- Support allergen control, hygiene and GMP standards across site
- Work closely with production teams to ensure compliance with food safety requirements
- Assist with continuous improvement initiatives across quality and technical processes
The Person
- Food-related qualification or relevant experience (desirable)
- Experience within a food manufacturing or technical/QA environment (advantageous)
- Good understanding of food safety, HACCP and GMP (desirable)
- Strong attention to detail and organisational skills
- Good communication skills with the ability to work across teams
- Proactive and willing to learn with a strong work ethic
- Comfortable using IT systems including Microsoft Office
The Reward
- Salary up to £32,000
- Monday to Friday working hours
- Strong work/life balance
- Opportunity to gain broad technical exposure across site
- Clear progression opportunities within the technical function
- Supportive and collaborative working environment