About this role
Why Greencore?
Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better.
As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn.
Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.
Here at Atherstone, we have a team of around 550 colleagues. We produce sandwiches, wraps, rolls, bircher pots and toasties for some of the biggest retailers in the UK including Aldi, Shell, Costa & Cafe Nero.
What you'll be doing
As Technical Controller you will head up the site technical function and lead multi-disciplinary teams ensuring that the manufacturing unit operate within the required technical and hygiene process standards by adhering to customer, business and legal standards. In this role you will be a member of the Site Leadership Team.
Provide leadership and direction to ensure that across the functions colleagues are engaged, focused, developed and delivering their potentialContribute to the site leadership team to ensure that food safety and quality systems compliment the operational modelProvide a senior interface with customers on joint business planning activities to deliver exceptional standards of customer service and adherence to customer policies and requirementsEnsure technical governance across a multi-disciplinary team to deliver audit compliance with respects to internal, external, legal and customer requirementsCreate and deliver an integrated business plan to ensure that technical and hygiene processes are resourced and directed to deliver manufacturing, customer and legal business objectivesIdentify and promote technical business improvement practices to deliver legal compliance and competitive advantage whilst driving functional improvementsDevise and implement a Quality Management Systems (QMS), ensuring that management information and statutory information is available for audit and MU Executive decision makingEnsure that the technical team has the appropriate capability to comply with food safety and quality complianceEnsure that a safe working environment exists for all colleagues and that as a minimum the department meets the standards set out in the Health, Safety and Environment Policy What we're looking for
We're proud to be recognised in the Gender Equity Measure Top 100 for our commitment to gender equality.
Desired: educated to degree level with a specialism in Food Science (or other relevant qualification)Holds the following relevant qualifications: Advanced food hygiene Level 4 or equivalent, Level 4 Hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP), Level 3 allergen management and Level 4 micro biological trainingHolds a lead assessor qualificationAwareness of Ethical and Supplier Ethical Data Exchange (SEDEX) managementExperience of creating and implementing an internal audit planExperience of developing and implementing a QMSExperience of creating and implementing a technical strategy for a manufacturing unitAble to lead projects and project managementDemonstrable experience of supplier negotiation and managing multiple external contracts with suppliers e.g., service providers, labs, laundry, pest controls and chemical providersIs experienced in liaising with government agencies e.g., Environmental Health Officer (EHO)Experience of applying advanced food legislation in a manufacturing environmentAble to implement and delivering KPI improvement plansDemonstrable experience of building sustained customer relationships and working with specific customer requirements e.g., Clean-in-place (CIP)/Thermal Process If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.
What you'll get in return
Competitive salary and job-related benefitsHolidaysCompetitive matched pension contributionsLife insurance up to 4x salaryCompany share save schemeGreencore QualificationsExclusive Greencore employee discount platformAccess to a full Wellbeing Centre platformEnhanced parental leave and menopause policies Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.
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