Technical & Food Safety lead

About the Role

As Technical & Food Safety lead, you will own and drive all aspects of product quality, food safety, technical compliance and continuous improvement for our beverage production business. You will ensure that our processes, products and facilities meet the highest standards of regulatory compliance, customer requirements and internal best-practice. You will work cross-functionally across production, R&D, purchasing, supply chain, and regulatory affairs to ensure safe, consistent, high-quality syrup manufacture and distribution

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Responsibiliti

• es
  Develop, implement and maintain the food safety management system (FSMS) for our syrup business, aligned with relevant standards (e.g., BRCGS, FSSC 22000, HACC
• P).Lead hazard analysis, risk assessments and mitigation plans specific to syrup manufacture (e.g., microbiological, chemical, allergen, physical hazard
• s).Ensure compliance with UK, EU and USA food safety legislation, labelling, allergen control, nutritional declaration, e
• tc.Work with R&D/Production to ensure new syrup products and formulations (e.g., flavour syrups, dairy-free syrups) meet safety, stability, shelf life and pumpability requiremen
• ts.Manage shelf-life studies, stability testing, process validations, and technical tria
• ls.Support facility qualification/validation: CIP (clean-in-place), sanitation regimes, hygiene monitoring, environmental controls, equipment maintenan
• ce.Oversee supplier approval, audits, specification management and traceability for raw materials, ingredients, additives, packagi
• ng.Perform internal audits and manage external audits/inspections by certification bodies and customers. Develop corrective/preventive actions (CAP
• A).Analyse quality/food safety performance metrics (non-conformances, customer complaints, returns) and drive continuous improvement initiativ
• es.Provide technical support to production and operations (e.g., root-cause investigations, change-control management, deviation handlin
• g).Maintain and update technical documentation: HACCP plans, allergen registers, process flow diagrams, sanitation schedules, specification sheets, certificates of analysis (CoA
• s).Provide training to production, QA/technical staff on food safety, hygiene, GMP and technical matte
• rs.Work with regulatory/label-compliance teams to review and approve labels, marketing claims, nutritional data and packaging materia
• ls.Act as point of contact for customers’ technical/food safety queries and manage customer audits when requir
• ed.Keep abreast of industry trends, regulatory changes, emerging risks (e.g., syrups stability, clean label, allergens), and advise senior leadership according

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Qualificat

• ions
  Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Food Science, Food Technology, Microbiology or a related discip
• line.Minimum three years’ experience in technical/food safety roles within the food & beverage sector (experience with syrups, beverages, liquid ingredients or formulations is strongly prefer

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Required

• Skills
  Proven hands-on experience with implementing and managing FSMS (HACCP, BRCGS, FSSC 22000 or si
• milar).Strong understanding of UK/EU food safety regulation, labelling, allergen control, shelf-life & stability t
• esting.Experience conducting internal and external audits, managing customer technical requests and supplier
• audits.Demonstrated ability to manage stability/shelf-life programmes and formulation/process trials from NPD all the way through to
• retail.Excellent problem-solving skills, root-cause analysis and technical investigation expe
• rience.Strong interpersonal skills; ability to lead cross-functional teams, train staff, influence senior leadership and communicate technical content c
• learly.Good project management skills — ability to manage multiple concurrent initi
• atives.Proficiency with Microsoft Office (especially Excel, data-analysis) and quality management so
• ftware.Experience working in a manufacturing environment (preferably UK-based) with good knowledge of GMP, hygiene, sanitation, CI
• P, etc.Strong organisation, attention to detail and proactiveness — ability to anticipate issues and act to mitigat

e risk.
Preferre

• d Skills
  Certification in food safety lead auditor or eq
• uivalent.Experience working with liquid/flowing products, pumpable syrups, concentrates or b
• everages.Experience with shelf-stable liquid products (e.g., concentrates, flavour syrups) and knowledge of microbiological stability in low-pH or sugar / high-sugar
• systems.Knowledge of clean-label, allergen-free, or sugar-reduced produc
• t trends.Familiarity with UK retail/foodservice customer technical requirements (spec sheets, audits, site
• visits).Lean manufacturing/continuous improvement experience (Six Sigma, Kaizen or
• similar).Technical innovation experience — supporting new product launches, process optimisation and scale-up (which is relevant since you plan to scale syrup pro

duction).
Pay range and compensati

• on package
  Employment type: Full-time
• , permanentTravel: Occasional visits to suppliers, customers, relevant conferences or
• audit sitesGenerous employee share and opt
• ions schemeLocat
• ion: LondonStart

date: ASAP
Equal Opportuni

ty Statement
We are committed to diversity and