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 SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS WOULD YOU NEED?

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

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 Job Description for this role is available upon request.