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Quality Technician - Food £32,000 - £35,000 + Progression + Training + Benefits Monday - Saturday, 2 week rota (Week 1: 6am - 2pm. Week 2: 2pm - 10pm) Southall, London Do you have experience working within the food industry as a Quality Technician? Are you looking to join a manufacturing organisation that offers first-class training, development, and long-term career progression? Due to continued growth, my client is looking to recruit a Quality Technician to join their team at a state-of-the-art facility near Southall. The successful candidate will support key quality functions including new product development, sample preparation, production trials and taste panels when required. You will support across multiple product ranges within the facility where full product and company training will be provided. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a food manufacturing background who is looking to progress into senior or team leader roles within a growing business. The company is a highly successful and well-established manufacturer at the forefront of its sector, continuing to expand across all departments. You will be joining a loyal, experienced, and supportive team within a business that prides itself on staff retention, development, and career progression. For further details, please click apply - REFERENCE 5083- (phone number removed) The Role: Investigating customer complaints Provide training to operational staff as required Work a Monday - Saturday pattern on a 2-week rota (with potential for Monday - Friday during quieter periods) The Candidate: Knowledge of HACCP level 2 or 3 Exposure to high risk/high care food production processes is advantageous Previous experience working in food manufacturing Consultant: Patrick Walsh Elix Sourcing Solutions is a specialist recruiter for Engineering, IT and Science roles ranging from mid to senior level positions. Please be aware that we will only accept applications from candidates that have a valid work permit to work in the UK. By applying to this job, you are confirming that you do not hold a criminal record and that you know of no legal reason why you would be ineligible for employment. FMCG|QC|QA|Inspector|Wembley|Quality Technician|Food Safety|HACCP|High Care|Food Production|Southall|West Ealing|West Drayton|Brentford|Hounslow|Greenford| INDLP

Job Title: Technical Manager (Hybrid) Location: Unit 7a, Odhams Trading Estate, St Albans Road, Watford, WD24 7RY Salary: Competitive Job Type: Permanent, Full Time. 40 hours per week, with core office hours of 08:30-17:00, Monday to Friday, including a 30-minute lunch break. The role is hybrid, with an average requirement to work from the office a minimum of 3 days per week. Office days will need to remain flexible to meet business and operational requirements. We are looking for an experienced and commercially minded Technical Manager to lead our technical agenda and ensure Vegetarian Express continues to meet all relevant food safety, quality, regulatory and customer requirements across the production, storage and distribution of our products. This is a key role within our Operations function, with responsibility for maintaining technical integrity across the business, leading the Technical/QA function, and ensuring we remain audit-ready and compliant. You will play a critical role in protecting our customers, our products and our reputation, while supporting innovation, business growth and continuous improvement. You'll be a hands-on technical leader who is equally comfortable working on the operational floor, engaging with suppliers and customers, and presenting technical performance and risk to senior leadership. Key Responsibilities: Certification, compliance and audit readiness; Own and deliver BRCGS and other external certification programmes, including gap analysis, corrective action planning, documentation, training, audit management and continuous improvement activity. Lead the response to customer audit non-conformances, including root cause analysis, corrective and preventive action, and close-out with customer technical teams. Act as the primary technical contact for customer audits, third-party auditors and enforcement authorities Maintain permanent audit readiness across the site Provide technical leadership for own-brand conversion, packaging and product compliance projects. Food safety, quality systems and technical governance; Own, develop and maintain the HACCP plan, ensuring risk assessments are current and operationally embedded Build and maintain the quality management system, including specifications, traceability, labelling compliance, supplier approval and raw material risk profiling Develop, implement and maintain accurate product specifications. Provide expert oversight of allergen management and controls across a multi-temperature environment Establish and manage testing regimes, product verification, shelf-life validation and environmental monitoring Investigate customer and supplier complaints and non-conformances, driving corrective action and trend analysis Ensure that technical governance is in place to deliver audit compliance with respect to internal, external, legal and customer requirements Monitor departmental KPI's and develop a quality culture Provide leadership and direction to ensure that within the function people are kept engaged, focused, developed and delivering to their potential Keep up to date with relevant legislation and implement changes where required. Work closely with Supply Chain and Operations with the introduction of new raw materials, packaging materials and products Delivery of customer complaint information and other monthly information as requested by internal and external stakeholders Commercial support and continuous improvement; Support new product development and product changes from a technical and legal perspective Manage supplier technical performance and raw material specifications Provide technical support in customer onboarding and tenders, where certification and compliance are increasingly a commercial requirement Report monthly to the Director of Operations on technical KPIs, audit status, complaints and programme progress Manage the technical resource within budget and set realistic project schedules. Consistently deliver high-quality service to both internal and external stakeholders. Provide day-to-day technical support to suppliers, logistics and internal teams to maintain continuity of product and ingredient supply. Essential Qualifications & Experience: HACCP Level 3 qualification. Full clean driving licence. Proven experience as a Technical Manager, Food Safety Manager or Senior QA Manager within food manufacturing. Experience managing customer, supplier and third-party audits. Experience handling and closing out non-conformances under time pressure. Demonstrable auditing skills. Proven experience in the technical aspects of food storage and distribution. Strong working knowledge of HACCP, UK food law, food safety, labelling and allergen legislation. What We Offer: Competitive salary based on experience 33 days' holiday, including public holidays Option to purchase up to 3 additional days' annual leave Cash health plan, including money back towards dental, optical, physiotherapy and other eligible treatments Life assurance - 4 x salary Staff discount on all products Pension - 3% employer contribution and 5% employee contribution Hybrid working, with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office, with flexibility around business needs. Candidates with experience of; Senior Technical Manager, Food Technical Manager, Food Safety Manager, Senior Food Safety Manager, Technical Services Manager, Quality Manager, Senior Quality Manager, may also be considered TPBN1_UKTJ

Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities. GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we're inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We're proud to play a part in protecting the world's democracies. And we're committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16,000 employees globally, across 33 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world's aircraft and engine manufacturers. There are no limits to where you can take your career. It's great to know you're making a difference to the future of aviation! Whatever part you play you'll be helping us deliver operational excellence to our customers. Based at our Luton manufacturing plant you'll do just that. Established in 1993, GKN Aerospace in Luton is a world leader in commercial and military ice protection systems and transparencies. Offering a full range of capabilities; design, analysis, testing, certification and manufacture of electro-thermal ice protection, military fast jet canopies and flight deck windows to over 20 programmes including: Boeing 787, Dreamliner, AgustaWestland, AW101, Eurofighter Typhoon and Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor. Our customers include Boeing, Airbus, Lockheed Martin, Bell Helicopters, Textron, BAE Systems, Pratt & Whitney, Leonardo. Our Luton site is home to 370+ employees and onsite facilities including onsite parking, food hub and vending machines. The Luton Engineering & Technology team is focussed on developing product and manufacturing process technology related to aircraft ice protection systems, transparencies and coatings, and specialist structures for both civil and defence applications. We're looking for a Senior Materials Engineer with a strong non-metallic materials engineering background, to join our materials and test team to support the production and development of next generation composite aero structures, ice protection and transparency products. The role will be based in the Materials and Test (M&T) team within the wider Engineering and Technology department and report to the Functional Team Leader. The role as a Senior Materials Engineer will support the business and engineering team, with non-metallic, polymer materials science and processing knowledge and guidance. Concentrating on thin film coating technologies and transparency materials. The role will initially lead a transparency coatings validation project before moving onto site production support and material obsolescence projects. The role will require a knowledge of the interactions between processing parameters and material properties of Acrylics, Polycarbonates and Polymers, being able to guide new technology test plans and current production deviations. You will support the work of the business to establish safe working practices and necessary level of documentation. You will be involved with projects from the planning / assembly / instrumentation / commissioning phase though to successfully performing and reporting the test. You will also be responsible for providing specialist support to existing programmes within your field of expertise, helping to resolve manufacturing issues and supporting continuous improvement efforts. You will have a proven track record of leading and delivering technical work, with strong communication skills being confident working with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders, including non-technical audiences. • Development of manufacturing processes in relation to transparent polymer and adhesive materials, • Qualification of materials and processes to ensure they comply with the requirements, • Lead thin film polymer coatings projects, • Lead material obsolescence and REACh affected material replacement projects, • Interact with different levels of leadership across the business, reporting progress to senior managers and site leadership team., • Work closely with Principle Materials Engineer to effectively manage the Material Obsolescence process, • Collect inputs, related to a task and take it through an identified process to produce an output / deliverable adhering to quality and schedule requirements., • Exemplifying a safety-first mind-set and ensuring compliance with the GKN Aerospace Health, Safety and Environmental policies and standards., • Supporting production material related queries and issues, regarding re-life, testing and investigations., • Developing, optimizing and maintaining specifications and handbooks related to non-metallic polymers; ensuring they are compliant with all relevant customer, regulatory, and airworthiness requirements., • Preparing and defining tests/test plans; critical and systematic interpretation and analysis of test data, applying the outcome of tests for substantiation of specification changes., • Defining activities in a project-oriented fashion with identification of deliverables, milestones and associated planning., • Troubleshooting and production support on Materials Issues (e.g. Polymers and bonding)., • Interfacing with customers on a technical (M&T) level., • Maintaining contacts with suppliers regarding alternative/new products., • Integration into the wider, global engineering function, collaborating with other sites around the world., • Contribute to the development of GKN as a 'great place to work', aligned with the core principles - safe, innovative, open & honest, care & respect, and ownership. To help us make a difference, you'll bring your passion and talent for what you do along with the following skills, experience, qualifications and attributes: • Chemistry / Materials Science / aerospace engineering education, BSc / MSc level, • Knowledge of / experience in Polymer material science and processing, • Significant relevant experience within an industrial engineering discipline, preferably within an aerospace environment, • Experience with quality systems, specifications, standards, etc., with the ability to oversee the broader field, • Excellent reporting and project management skills; Good command of the English language, both verbally and in writing,, • Team player at all levels in the company, pro-active attitude, but also capable of acting on an individual basis and reporting back to the relevant parties within GKN., • Ability to plan work through formal project management processes, to ensure successful delivery of required outcomes., • You will have an awareness of aerospace certification requirements., • Knowledge of / experience in Transparent thin film coatings As Senior Materials Engineer you should have a broad interest in Aerospace engineering with a high level of understanding in non-metallic material technologies & testing and characterisation techniques. You'll be able to adapt to changing priorities to meet business priorities handling multiple enquires at once. Your proactive nature will enable you to understand and adapt to new technology areas quickly. Your good communication skills shall enable you to confidently engage with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders, including operations and other business functions. The successful candidate should be adaptable in their approach to work, and be able to adapt to potentially dynamic priorities. As a Senior Materials Engineer, you will be naturally curious and seek to increase/deepen their own technical knowledge through study, collaborative working, hypothesis testing and experimentation. Note: Some GKN programmes are subject to regulatory restrictions which may impact certain nationalities. As part of the application process you will be asked to declare when applying for this role. The position requires UK National Security Vetting (UKNSV) Security clearance (SC) due to the nature and responsibilities of the work carried out. In order for us to obtain an SC you usually need to have been resident in the UK for a minimum of 5 years to current date (but we will assess each case individually). Once you're on board you'll get the following perks and benefits: • Competitive salary dependent on experience, • The opportunity to earn up to 15% bonus, • Industry Leading Pension Scheme = we'll match your contributions up to 8% on a 1 : 1.5 basis, • Life Assurance 8 x salary, • 185 hours holiday + bank holidays, • Income protection, • Shopping discounts, • Cycle To Work Scheme, • Employee Assistance Programme, • Virtual GP Clinic for you and immediate family, • Electric Vehicle (EV) salary sacrifice scheme (Insurance, servicing, maintenance, roadside assistance and more included), • Free onsite parking, • Local gym discount, • Free airport parking, • Enhanced family friendly leave, • A collaborative, dynamic working environment As well as a competitive package we'll offer you a world of opportunity. We want to see your career fly! We'll support your career progression by providing you with learning and development opportunities. That's the beauty of being part of a global business, once you're on board you never know where you career journey may take you! A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we've created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It's a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award'. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work. We're also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know. We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology. ? ? JBRP1_UKTJ #J-18808-Ljbffr

We're on the lookout for a superstar Product Manager to join the team. As a Product Manager, you will lead, inspire, and empower your store team to deliver an inspirational customer journey and a great place to work for our teams. You will be an expert in product handling and will constantly strive to improve the customer journey through delivering exceptional visual execution and a high level of customer service. Supporting the Store Leader to develop the team and maintain operational standards, and in turn generating outstanding sales, all round KPIs and high performing teams., What You'll Be Doing • Deliver great product placement and 'wow' wearable outfits., • Consistently deliver strong visual standards with the customer journey at the forefront of every decision., • Confidently duty manage in all areas of the store operation including service, people, and operations., • Empower the team within store to deliver for the customer by always putting customer experience at the centre of decision making., • Full understanding of commercial tools and how to use to drive actions to support store performance., • Support the Store Leader to deliver on store KPIs, including sales, stock loss, payroll, conversion, voice of customer, RFID, and people KPIs., • Support the management of store operations, including compliance with health & safety standards., • Support the development of the store team to deliver a high performing, motivated and engaged store team who feel valued and recognised for their contribution. You have a strong commercial mindset and thrive in a fast-paced, data-driven retail environment. • You're passionate about fashion and have a natural flair for visual merchandising and creating stunning store layouts., • You possess excellent problem-solving skills and can quickly adapt to shifting priorities while maintaining a sharp focus on business objectives., • You're both creative and analytical, able to turn sales data into actionable insights that drive store performance., • You're an inspiring leader who can motivate and engage your team to achieve ambitious goals., • You have exceptional attention to detail and take pride in presenting a well-organised, visually appealing store., • You're proactive, results-oriented, and always seeking new ways to optimize product placement and sales opportunities., • You have a deep understanding of your customer base and are excited to curate a shopping environment that meets their needs., • And most importantly love our products as much as we do so we create the best possible customer journey!, • Fast-Paced Environment: This is a high-energy role where priorities can shift quickly based on sales performance, customer trends, and seasonal demands. You'll need to be comfortable adapting to situations and juggling multiple tasks., • Reporting: Your ability to analyse customer feedback and sales data will be crucial in driving improvements to your store., • Managing People: Strong emotional intelligence is essential, as you'll be managing a diverse team., • Hands-On Role: While this position is strategic, it also requires you to be hands-on with product movement, floor resets, and physical tasks like adjusting layouts, displays, and stock replenishment., • Weekend Work: As part of the retail environment, you'll need to work on weekends, public holidays, and during key seasonal periods. This is especially crucial during busy times like sales events, product launches, or store promotions., • Deadlines: Strong time management skills are important for balancing multiple responsibilities and meeting deadlines., • Leading a Team: Your ability to foster a positive team culture will be crucial in creating an enjoyable work environment. Generous 50% staff discount & uniform allowance so you can treat yourself to our latest products! • Reducing Islanders everyday expenses through discounts, benefits, financial advice, wellbeing solutions and more through the Retail Trust., • Stores fitted with Kindness Cupboards to support Islanders with basic food & hygiene products if needed. We also work closely with the Retail Trust to create dedicated support for all our Islanders!, • Every family is unique, we support Islanders with all different family setups enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption & fertility treatment. We also work closely with the Retail Trust to create dedicated support for all our Islanders!, • Give as you earn scheme, a 'Giver Island' day each year and receive matched funding., • Progression focus throughout Retail & Head Office. Support with upskilling skills through on the job training and qualifications., • A generous bonus scheme & private pension plan., • 28 days (UK) 30 days (ROI) paid holiday, inclusive of Bank Holidays. Also the option to buy additional holiday for whatever the need!, • We mentioned the discount, right? Keeping You Safe We are committed to providing a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. We expect all employees to uphold our values and contribute to a positive working environment. #J-18808-Ljbffr

smoothly across 10+ countries.In this role, you will have the opportunity to:Build and scale in Go: Develop and maintain robust, high-throughput microservices and features in Go.Work proactively in Kanban: Thrive in a continuous delivery environment. You'll participate in refinements and actively pick up work rather than waiting for it to be handed down.Champion system health: Take a proactive stance on reliability. You'll participate in our weekly signal channel reviews to identify, investigate, and resolve production anomalies before they become major issues.Contribute to system design: Help implement scalable solutions and contribute to technical discussions, working alongside senior engineers as they shape the wider architecture.Collaborate across teams: Support product and delivery teams to ensure our integrations roll out smoothly across international markets. What will you bring to the table? We aren't looking for someone who knows absolutely everything about system architecture from day one; that's what our senior engineers are here to help with. But we are looking for a proactive problem solver with a solid foundation. Here’s what we'd love to see: • Solid Go experience: A few years of commercial experience writing clean, efficient, and testable code in Go., • A proactive mindset: You don't just wait for the next ticket; you actively look for ways to improve the codebase, fix bugs, and streamline processes., • Event-Driven know-how: A good understanding of microservices and event-driven design (e.g., you grasp the complexities of eventual consistency and distributed systems)., • An SRE mindset: You care deeply about what happens after your code goes live, with a strong focus on maintaining and improving production services., • Great communication: You are comfortable "working out loud" (WOL) and can confidently explain technical concepts to non-technical folks., • Quality first: Experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD) and an openness to pair programming when tackling complex problems., • AI-Assisted Development: You are comfortable using AI coding assistants and LLMs to accelerate your daily workflow, from scaffolding code and writing tests to debugging complex issues., • AWS Cloud Services: Hands-on experience with specific Amazon Web Services, including DynamoDB, SNS, SQS, and S3., • Bonus points: Previous experience working in an international company or dealing with high-volume transactional systems (like POS or e-commerce). Experience with Kafka is also a strong plus. Our teams forge connections internally and work with some of the best-known brands on the planet, giving us truly international impact in a dynamic environment. Fun, fast-paced and supportive, the JET culture is about movement, growth and about celebrating every aspect of our JETers. Thanks to them we stay one step ahead of the competition. No matter who you are, what you look like, who you love, or where you are from, you can find your place at Just Eat Takeaway.com. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture, encouraging diversity of people and thinking, in which all employees feel they truly belong and can bring their most colourful selves to work every day. What else are we delivering? Want to know more about our JETers, culture or company? Have a look at our career site where you can find people's stories, blogs, podcasts and more JET morsels. Hungry for a challenge? That's good, because at Just Eat Takeaway.com (JET) we believe everything is possible, or, as we say, everything is on the table. We are a leading global online food delivery marketplace. Our tech ecosystem connects millions of active customers with hundreds of thousands of connected partners in countries across the globe. Our mission? To empower every food moment around the world, whether it's through customer service, coding or couriers. The Go Engineering role plays a critical part in connecting partners with the Just Eat Takeaway platform. We are looking for engineers to take our integration platform to the next level while maintaining core functionality on which thousands of our partners depend. These are some of the key ingredients to the role: As an engineer in the JET Connect team, you won't just be writing code; you'll be building the high-volume POS and menu integrations that keep global brands like McDonald's, KFC, and Domino's running #J-18808-Ljbffr

Our client: Extremely successful, global market leading consumer brand, with £multi billion turnover Customers first choice in the sector they operate, highly innovative with extremely high levels of consumer engagement across all channels Head of NPD will lead a small team to define and deliver the food and beverage strategy that will deliver growth, customer delight and brand excellence. -Fantastic culture with a genuine care and focus on employees Role split between West London office (2-3 days a week) and home (2-3 days a week) The role: As Head of NPD, you will set the strategic direction for food and drink innovation playing a key role in growing sales and margin of a key food category. You will develop and implement strategic and operational plans focused on developing brand consistent, consumer led innovative products, Leading a small team the Head of NPD will be responsible for developing a product category strategy focusing on product, packaging, price, promotion and in store operation and display. The Head of NPD will lead, develop and support the team to exceed expectations. Working loosely with key stakeholders across the business both in the UK and with global teams the Head of NPD will develop and execute the strategy launching new ranges, reinvigorating existing ranges and manage the end-to-end product life cycle. The Head of NPD will have commercial ownership of the innovation strategy assessing commercial performance and taking appropriate action to address or accelerate performance. In the role the Head of NPD will ensure the team monitor and immerse themselves in trends and insight working closely with suppliers to deliver the category strategic direction developing innovative products, packaging and end to end concepts. The Head of NPD will own and lead the end-to-end process from idea to roll out to stores Ideal candidate: You will have in depth NPD and category management gained from either UK food retail or hospitality and will have operated in a leadership position. For the role it is essential to have a combination of fantastic product development expertise combined with excellent commercial awareness. The Head of NPD will have a proven track record of developing food concepts and products which meet consumer needs and match brand values It is essential that you have managed at least 3 team members You will have in depth of experience of working with the supply base and managing NPD projects Ideally you will have an understanding of operational capabilities and be able to consider these as part of your role It is essential for the Head of NPD to be a self-starter and be able to support and develop a team Strong organisational skills and the ability to thrive in a large matrix company culture You will have fantastic influencing skills and have a collaborative style with a proven track record of engaging and working with internal and external stakeholders at all levels across multiple functions Benefits & details: Excellent package – up to £100,000 plus excellent benefits Location = Role split between West London office (2 -3 days a week) and home (2 -3 days a week) Please send your CV using the form on this page, quoting reference 1/17770/7 . Confidentiality assured. Whilst we would like to respond to all our on-line applicants, regrettably we are unable to do so due to the high volumes we receive. If you do not hear back within 14 days unfortunately the relevant consultant has decided not to progress with your application. For alternative opportunities please search our vacancies on our website. Seven Search & Selection Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary (interim) workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found on our website. TPBN1_UKTJ