Why Greencore? 

We’re a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make everyday taste better. 

We’re a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing 13,300 colleagues across 16 manufacturing units and 17 distribution depots across the UK. We supply all the UK’s food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals, and in FY24, we generated revenues of £1.8bn. 

Our vast direct-to-store (DTS) distribution network, comprising of 17 depots nationwide, enables us to make over 10,500 daily deliveries of our own chilled and frozen produce and that of third parties. 

At Greencore we actively encourage our colleagues to apply for our vacancies, whether as a lateral move to broaden experience or the next step up to progress your career and development. We also welcome applications from external candidates who are eager to grow their career with us.   

Here at Crosby, we have a team of around 300 colleagues. We produce sushi for some of the biggest retailers in the UK including Asda, Aldi, Co-op, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s. 

What you'll be doing

As Technical Controller you’ll lead multi-disciplinary teams ensuring that the manufacturing unit operate within the required Technical / Quality / Hygiene / Process standards by adhering to customer, Group and legal standards.

• Provide leadership and direction to ensure that across the functions employees are engaged, focused, developed and delivering their potential
• Contribute to the BU/MU Executive team to ensure that food safety and quality systems compliment the operational model
• Ensure technical governance across a multi-disciplinary team to deliver audit compliance with respects to internal, external, legal and customer requirements
• Provide a senior interface with customers on joint business planning activities to deliver exceptional standards of customer service and adherence to customer policies and requirements
• Create and deliver an integrated business plan to ensure that technical and hygiene processes are resourced and directed to deliver manufacturing, customer & legal business objectives
• Identify and promote technical business improvement practices in order to deliver legal compliance and competitive advantage whilst driving functional improvements
• Budget setting, monitoring and compliance ensure that budgetary controls are managed so that the business targets are met
• Devise and implement a Quality Management Systems ensuring that management information and statutory information is available for audit and BU/MU Executive decision making
• Ensure that the technical team has the appropriate capability to comply with food safety and quality compliance
• Ensure that a safe working environment exists for all employees and that as a minimum the department meets the standards set out in the SHE Policy

What we are looking for

We’re proud to be recognised in the Gender Equity Measure Top 100 for our commitment to gender equality. 

• Degree calibre
• Food Hygiene level 4
• Level 4 HACCP certified
• Level 3 Allergen management
• Level 4 Micro biology
• Lead auditor qualification
• Awareness of Ethical and SEDEX management
• Demonstrable track record of creating and implementing an Internal audit plan
• Demonstrable track record of developing and implementing a Quality Management System
• Demonstrable track record of creating and implementing a Technical strategy for a Manufacturing Unit
• Demonstrable track record of leading projects
• Demonstrable track record of supplier negotiation and managing multiple external contracts eg service providers, labs, laundry, pest controls, chemical providers

If this sounds like you join us, grow with Greencore and be a part of driving our future success.

What you’ll get in return 

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits 
• Holidays 
• Pension up to 8% matched 
• Life insurance up to 4x salary 
• Company share save scheme 
• Greencore Qualifications 
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform 
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform 
• Enhanced 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.