Technical Coordinator Apprentice

Summary

Excellent opportunity to join the largest independent & family owned cheesemaker in the UK. You will be implementing and maintaining site Food Safety and Quality Management Systems including HACCP, TACCP, VACCP, and GMP to ensure compliance with BRC Global Standard, relevant legislation, Halal, Red Tractor Certification and Customer requirements.

Annual wage: £30,000 a year
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Training course: Food industry technical professional (integrated degree) (level 6)
Hours: Monday to Friday between 8.30am to 5pm.
40 hours a week
Possible start date: Saturday 1 March
Duration: 4 years
Positions available: 1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

Ensure site HACCP Plans for all products are implemented, maintained and verified.
Promoting a culture of continuous improvement through the organisation of the internal audit process.
Ensuring an adequate document control system in place
Providing effective management of raw material packaging and service supplies to site.
Ensure effective management of new products and process development on site from initial concept to final launch.
Ensuring adequate and effective traceability and recall procedures are in place.
Completion and review of product, ingredient, services and packaging specifications.
Escalation of details of non-conformances to Senior Management.
Investigation, risk assessments and root cause analysis of non-conformances along with implementation of corrective or preventative action as agreed.
Ensuring effective calibration and control of critical instrumentation on site.
Review of process control records and release of product.
Provision of customer Certificates of Analysis / Conformity.
Provision of documentation for export control.
Assist in effective management and control on-site of water treatment systems, borehole water, cooling towers, chilled water treatment systems, CIP and manual cleaning systems.

Where you’ll work

Oldends Lane

Oldends

Stonehouse

GL10 3RL

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY

Your training course

Food industry technical professional (integrated degree) (level 6)

Equal to degree

Course contents

Lead, develop and implement the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point system and team on site
Interpret microbiological results; spot and analyse trends to diagnose or a nticipate issues; define and implement action plans
Develop product specifications taking into account the key risk factors in product design; ensure customer pre-requisites are implemented and followed
Manage, develop and implement internal audit schedule to ensure compliance with legal, industry and customer standards; keep abreast of new standards; credibly host third party audits
Select the most appropriate tools and methodology to demonstrate compliance, food safety culture and delivery of consistent quality of products
Establish cleaning and hygiene programmes and audit methodology; set up monitoring programmes; interpret data; identify different risk zoning in an operational area and the different hygiene requirements; manage internal and external cleaning contractors
Manage complaint performance through the identification of trends and the design of corrective action programmes to improve credibility with customer
Design and implement site procedures to ensure legal compliance with current food law; lead any investigation into legal contravention with the relevant enforcement authorities
Establish process parameters and control requirements; measure the impact of process on product, set limits and take action to deal with process and product non-conformance
Optimise and control parameters that influence common industry processes: washing, mixing, heating, cooking, cooling/chilling, freezing, drying, freeze drying
Be able to liaise and co-ordinate with other functions to deliver New Product Development projects. When appropriate take the lead and drive the project
Use project management tools to deliver projects to time, cost, specification and quality
Coordinate investigations into and responses to non-conformances and participate in incident management teams; implement incident management procedure
Review and select relevant scientific techniques taking into account cost and practicalities; experiment, collect and analyse data and formulate solutions
Manage supplier intake controls; carry out supplier a udit & performance reviews and risk assessment; maintain approved supplier, contractor and vendor performance process
Design and implement traceability system fully compliant with customer and legal requirements; monitor to verify validity of process
Lead and develop a small technical team on site
Develop and demonstrate critical evaluation/analysis of complex information and data

Your training plan

This training plan has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

Requirements

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Problem solving skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working

About this company

With state-of-the-art facilities in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire and Newcastle Emlyn, Wales; we supply foodservice providers and food manufacturers in the UK and across the globe. Proudly operating in Britain since 1938, our site in Wales specialises in making cheese by processing fresh milk into mozzarella blocks. In support of our proud British heritage, we have a direct milk supply contract with more than 150 local farmers. Our facility in Gloucestershire is home to our head office and the production facility that processes blocks for shredding, dicing and blending cheese products. We have invested in a brand-new purpose-built factory which is set to be the most advanced of its kind in the UK. This facility significantly increases our capacity and improves the working environment for our workforce.

http://www.dairypartners.co.uk (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Following qualification there will be various options within the company on a permanent basis.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

DAIRY PARTNERS LIMITED

Sam Jenner

sam.jenner@dairypartners.co.uk

01453 828890

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000294572.

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