Job Description

Technical Officer

- We are looking for a Technical Officer to provide maternity cover in our Technical team at our Wrexham Bakery (LL13 9UZ) for a 12 month fixed term contract, starting from 3rd November 2025 to 30th October 2026.

The hours of work for this role are Monday to Friday 08:00hrs to 17:00hrs.

What would you get for working here?

If you have the Technical Officer experience and skills we are looking for then you will receive a total reward package that includes:

A competitive annual salary of between 28,194.07 and 31,101.52 depending on experience 8% Pension Contribution 28 days annual leave (Inc of Bank Holidays) 250 refer-a-friend scheme Access to an exclusive employee benefits/discounts platform where you can save s on your everyday spends Professional development opportunities and qualifications A progressive working environment that puts its people at the heart of what it does Great opportunity for career development

What would you be doing?

Our Vision as a business is to be the "Go-to" supplier of bakery products, working nationally with retailers such as M&S and Waitrose on their premium private label range and regionally through the Village Bakery brand. In achieving this vision, we want to be recognised as a family business that continually invests in the future through the development of our people, quality and food safety culture, equipment and processes.

As a Technical Officer you will be directly contributing to this vision through your core tasks and responsibilities these will include, but are not limited to:

To support the creation, review and maintenance of appropriate cleaning and hygiene cards and schedules. To audit compliance against cleaning and hygiene schedules. To maintain the current effective food safety plan and update and amend as required. Hold HACCP team reviews and ensure CCP compliance through training and auditing. Update associated HACCP documentation and systems. To conduct various types of food safety validations under the guidance of the Technical Manager. To assist with shelf life validation for all products and processes. To carry out ad hoc food safety project work as required - micro based, CCP based, allergen based. Carry out thorough customer and supplier complaints or manage technical enquiries. Maintenance of Pest control systems. Quality assurance (improving standards of quality, consistency and food safety). Maintenance of compliance of equipment to calibration schedule. Monitor, trend and produce data. Implementation and monitoring of microbiological testing programme. Liaise, develop and maintain good working relationships with Technical representatives from official bodies, i.e. Environmental Health, Trading Standards. Shelf life reviews. Allergen control. Issuing the internal audit packs & completing internal audits. Maintaining the non-conformance log and driving corrective actions with root cause analysis. A full for this role is available upon request.

What skills and qualifications would you need?

To be a successful Technical Officer you will need to demonstrate the following skills, qualifications and attributes:

Essential

Internal Audit training HACCP Level 2 Food Safety Level 2 Level 2 qualifications (to include English and Maths) Demonstrable experience within a Food Manufacturing or Pharmaceutical industry Quality Assurance / Technical role

Desirable

Food safety Level 3 HACCP Level 3 Experience of audits in food industry Level 3 qualified in a relevant subject Train the Trainer / delivery of training

So, who are we?

If you haven't heard of us before we are a family owned and managed Craft Bakery producing an award-winning range of Bread, Morning Goods, Pies and gluten free products.

Our business has been producing products in this category since 1964 and since then we have grown in success due to our reputation for quality, innovation and technical experience. As a result of this continued growth, we now operate from a number of world class and well invested bakeries in and around Wrexham, including our dedicated Gluten free site 'Gluten Freedom' and our state-of-the-art 'Super Bakery' at Ash Road.

If you would like to join our award-winning, quality-driven team please use the 'apply now' link and follow the on-line application instructions.

We look forward to welcoming you to our team soon!

Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

Pay: 28,194.07-31,101.52 per year

Benefits:

Company pension On-site parking Referral programme Store discount
Language:

English (required)
Work Location: In person

Expected start date: 03/11/2025