Technical Manager, Seafood

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom Full Time

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.

    Additional duties include:

    • Performing seafood audits as required to maintain competence to perform core duties.
    • Client relationship management for key seafood clients as required.
    • Use sectoral knowledge to input into development and growth of LRQA seafood.

    Key Responsibilities

    • Develop, ensure and manage the technical competence and performance of seafood (excluding fishery) auditors; this will generally consist of performing Technical and Certification reviews and Witness audits as required to validate auditor competence.
    • A linked responsibility is to achieve and maintain a low no. of customer or scheme owner complaints or accreditation body NCs related to auditor competence/quality.
    • Work with the Service Delivery Manager to contribute to the sourcing, onboarding, training, and performance review of contracted and employed auditors and to address technical aspects of auditor performance including any required re-training.
    • Support and develop in-house training to maintain and improve auditor competence.
    • Be a subject matter expert for aquaculture and seafood supply chain within LRQA including:
      • Developing and maintaining a thorough understanding of relevant scheme requirements (e.g. BAP. Global GAP, ASC, MSC (ASC) COC).
      • Participating in Standard Owner meetings and/or Accreditation Body audits as required.
      • Taking part in ongoing training as required to maintain appropriate competence and technical understanding.
      • Providing technical direction to non-technical teams/colleagues.
    • 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 significant time auditing should not be considered the ‘norm’.
    • Client relationship management for key seafood clients as required.
    • Use sectoral knowledge to input into development and growth of LRQA seafood.

Requirements

Technical/Professional Qualifications/Requirements:

  • 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 such as Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP), Global GAP or equivalent but alternatively in other seafood or food-related schemes (MSC, BRC, SQF etc).
  • Second or subsequent languages (other than English).

Contact Information

LRQA



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Post Date: 7/18/2024 10:50:15 AM
Closing Date: 8/1/2024 12:00:00 AM