Technical Manager, Seafood

Job Details

LRQA Seafood's Technical Managers are primarily responsible for ensuring the technical quality of services delivered by LRQA’s seafood team. Core duties include:

• Ensuring the technical competence and performance of aquaculture and supply chain auditors, including by conducting technical and certification reviews and witness audits.
• Working with the Service Delivery Manager to contribute to the sourcing, onboarding, training, and performance review of auditors, and to address technical aspects of auditor performance including any required re-training.
• Be subject matter expert for seafood within LRQA, including externally as required.

Key Responsibilities

• Achieve and maintain professional statuses as required to deliver required core role functions, including auditing as required to maintain competence to perform core duties.
• May provide additional auditing capacity/cover but spending time auditing is not the core role of Technical Manager.
• Client relationship management for key seafood clients as required. Use sectoral knowledge to input into development and growth of LRQA seafood.
• Ensure reports, technical reviews and certification decisions are made within agreed KPIs.
• Develop relationships with scheme owners to keep up to date with scheme regulations, standard updates and other relevant communications.
• Any other duties as reasonably expected to effectively support the wider seafood business unit and organisation.

Requirements

Required:
 

• Tertiary qualification relevant to seafood, the marine environment, fisheries, aquaculture or equivalent (e.g. aquaculture, marine biology, food science etc.).
• Minimum of 3 years’ industry experience relevant to seafood, the marine environment, fisheries, aquaculture, food processing or equivalent.
• Minimum of 1 year auditing experience in the food or seafood sectors. Industry recognised professional qualifications and including up-to-date knowledge within at least one environmental, food safety or aquaculture management system.
• High-level of industry knowledge and demonstrate a portfolio of sound practical experience gained by working in a variety of aquaculture or food processing environments.
• Knowledge of quality assurance schemes within food supply chains, including production and product conformity.
• Knowledge of auditing protocols within the food production sector.
• Awareness of food, social and environmental legislation, and industry Codes of Practice.
• Awareness of quality management systems, HACCP and GMP.
• A good level of spoken and written English.
• Well-organised with the ability to plan and schedule work effectively.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Analytical approach to work and excellent attention to detail.
• Able to work well as part of a team.

Desirable: Prior experience of accredited certification schemes and auditing, particularly in aquaculture schemes specifically ASC. English is the working language for all Seafood Work.

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