BASIC SALARY: to £60,000, until taking up the Technical Director role.
BENEFITS:
· 25 Days Annual Leave & Bank Holidays
· 4% Company Pension
· 3 x Death in Service
· Christmas Shut-down
· Company Bonus
LOCATION: Peterborough
COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: Huntingdon, Cambridge, St Neots, Bedford, Corby, Wellingborough, Kettering, Leicester, Stamford, Grantham, Spalding, Kings Lynn, March, Wisbech, Northampton
Why you should join us?:
· Guaranteed succession plan and growth opportunity with our Technical Director retiring
· We are a 3rd party and own label manufacturer - so there will be so much variety and NPD
· Ultimately full autonomy for all technical and compliance within the business
JOB DESCRIPTION: Technical Manager - Chemical, COMAH, Quality
I don’t like using the term “rare opportunity”, but opportunities like this don't come about very often. Our Technical Director is retiring after a very successful career with us. Before they do, you can ease and develop yourself into their role, utilising their mentorship and support. The time-scale for this handover is flexible and will fit around your profile and current levels of experience / knowledge.
You may be strong in COMAH, H&S, Environmental, Laboratory Management, Technical Sales, Chemical processing, NPD, Quality and Systems, or indeed any number of areas that could fall into a Technical role.
The Technical Director is currently responsible for (some directly and some indirectly via their reports):
· QHSE - Including GMP / VMD / ISO / H&S
· COMAH
· QP
· Laboratory / regulatory
· Technical leadership to manufacturing
· New Product Development (NPD
· Product registration
· Product pricing
· Process route advice
· Pre-sales technical input
· After-sales / customer support
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Technical Manager - Chemical, COMAH, Quality
Depending largely on your personal technical background in Leadership, Quality Management, NPD, COMAH etc. you can relatively quickly take responsibility for some areas within the remit, as you become more comfortable with other areas, they too can be transferred.
YOUR BACKGROUND: Technical Manager – Chemical, COMAH, Quality
· Degree educated in Chemistry or equivalent
· Chemical Manufacturing experience
· Led a Technical team or equivalent
· Likely experience of formulation development (NPD), and/or Quality Control, regulatory and compliance
· COMAH, although not essential, we’ll get you trained, would be desirable, as we are Upper Tier COMAH.
THE COMPANY:
We are a well-established own label and subcontract chemical manufacturer of primarily liquids. We pride ourselves on our quality, integrity, and traceability of all our products, formulating and packing them to the highest standards and continuously striving to gain new industry approvals. Our primary customer markets include agricultural, industrial, bio-security, home & garden and veterinary markets.
PROSPECTS:
You know there is a guaranteed succession plan - the chance for you to develop your knowledge in areas you are not as strong, before our Technical Director retires and you gain full autonomy for technical and compliance within our business.
It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles and/or markets, and worked with the following products and/or services: Technical Manager, Technical Leader, Head of Technical, COMAH, Chemical, Chemistry, COSHH, DSEAR, ATEX, Pharmaceutical, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Formulation, Laboratory, NPD.
INTERESTED? Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgement of your application.
Wallace Hind Selection, alongside our client embrace diversity, champion equality, and foster inclusion to create a work environment where everyone belongs and thrives.
Please Note: Wallace Hind Selection have been chosen as the retained recruitment partner of our client and therefore any direct applications to our client from candidates or agencies will be forwarded on to us direct.
REF: JAC18407, Wallace Hind Selection
Salary description
£50000.00 - £60000.00 per year