Working Monday to Friday, Shift pattern is 08:00 – 16:30, 1 hour lunch, 37.5 hours per week.

At Lineage Logistics, helping to feed the world is more than a job – it’s a purpose we live every day. Lineage is the world’s largest and most innovative provider of temperature-controlled logistics solutions.

We are currently recruiting for a Assistant Technical Manager/Specification Technologists Support to join our team located at our Heywood site..

As Technical Food Services Support, you will be joining our Yearsley Food team as we continue to grow our business throughout the UK and Ireland.

The role would suit someone who has been working with product specifications or who has quality experience in a food production environment. The successful applicant will report into the Director of Food Safety.

You must hold valid license and own your own vehicle as travel is required for this position.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide assistance and support to the technical team and sales managers.

• Managing suppliers of products.

• Management and maintenance of BRC Agents & Broker and Yearsley Food Ltd Procedures folder.

• B2B technical support.

• Review and approval of B2B supplying sites

• Specification maintenance
  Ensuring up to date product information is held, including: C of A’s, Pesticides, Heavy Metals, Chlorates, Micro, etc

• Managing and satisfying customer requests in a timely manner

• Managing and monitoring complaints for all B2B sourced products

• Site visits: Customer, Manufacturer, Repack.

• Provides support to the Quality Assurance Assistants and Repack Manager

• Maintenance of Food Hygiene qualifications for Repack staff

• Obtaining product from B2B deliveries to review with the B2B team

• Main accounts supported: all manufacturing customers

What are we looking for?

• To be a confident and compelling communicator to your fellow employees and our worldwide supply base and customer

• To have excellent organisational skills, with a keen attention to detail

• To be interested in working within the food industry

• To possess a full driving license.

What’s in it for me?

As well as a permanent contract and all the benefits you would expect by working for a global company you will receive:

• You will strengthen your position in and knowledge of the food industry.

• We are focused on internal development; we will help you learn the business and progress your career and gain promotions

• Learn from experienced team members in a friendly and supportive environment

• Longer term we can help support you to achieve life goals – many of our team have worked hard to realise their earning potential as they gain promotion

• Free onsite car park

Job Reference: INDUK

Why Lineage?

We are a global company with more than 22,000 employees spanning 20 countries and more than 400 locations across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and South America.

At Lineage Logistics, we have a shared purpose; we are transforming the food supply chain to eliminate waste and help feed the world. This means working at Lineage is not just a job – it’s an opportunity to innovate and put your mark on how food moves from the farm to dinner tables around the world. As a member of our team, you will be a critical link in the food supply chain.

Our shared purpose drives everything we do in all parts of our organisation, from the warehouse floor to the office. Our team members are passionate about the impact they make every single day.

We are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourage applications from persons regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. At Lineage we also recognise that Ex-Military, veterans, and military families have great experience with transferable skills and core values that can add significant value to our organisation.

Benefits

As a Lineage team member, we aim to provide everything you and your family need to thrive. That’s why we offer competitive rates of pay, paid time off, skills training, and development opportunities to grow a long and fulfilling career with us – plus generous financial rewards when you successfully refer new employees. This is enhanced by recognition schemes (so that your hard work won’t go unnoticed), plus the chance to make your salary go even further with our cycle-to-work scheme and preferential rates for loans and savings courtesy of a leading credit union.

Your everyday wellbeing is also important to us, so we will provide you with all the protective equipment you need to be safe and comfortable at work, and you will have access to a free 24/7 employee assistance phone line, which offers confidential counselling and advice. With all of this offered against the backdrop of a fun and social environment in which you will be supported by a team who enjoy helping each other in achieving their goals, we are confident you will excel with us.