Site Technical Manager

At Yeo Valley, we’re not just about making great dairy – we’re about making a difference. Family-owned and proudly independent, we believe in doing things the right way: from sustainable farming to producing top-quality products and fostering a people-first culture. Right now, we’re looking for a Technical Manager to join our team and help advance us into the future.

As a Technical Manager, you’ll be at the heart of our operation, ensuring that our products meet the highest standards of quality, safety, and compliance. But this role is about more than just ticking boxes – we’re looking for a manager who can inspire and develop a team, drive innovation, and champion our values.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Managing 2 direct reports and 10 indirect reports, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.

• Ensuring compliance with all relevant food safety and quality standards, keeping us ahead of industry regulations.

• Working closely with production, engineering, and NPD teams to maintain and enhance product excellence.

• Driving a proactive approach to quality, encouraging a culture of accountability and ownership across the site.

• Building strong relationships with suppliers, customers, and regulatory bodies to uphold our reputation for excellence.

• Championing sustainability and ethical sourcing within the technical function

Essential:

• Excellent communicator.
• Demonstrable experience within a relevant technical management role within the food industry. A min 5yrs experience in senior technical role in a FMCG environment.
• Practical experience of BRC accreditation, HACCP Implementation, and quality system management.
• IT literate with Microsoft Office skills.
• A recognized audit qualification.
• Min Food Safety L4 and HACCP L4.
• Degree educated or equivalent in a relevant discipline.

We’re family owned and proud to be making the highest quality yogurts, desserts and ice cream under the Yeo Valley brand and for many of the UK’s major retailers. Operating from four dairies and two logistics centres in Somerset and Devon, we employ over 1700 staff and produce more than 25% of the UK’s packaged yogurt.

We’re sure you don’t need convincing, but there’s a whole host of benefits that we offer including:

• competitive holiday allowance
• free on-site parking
• lockers for your belongings
• non-contributory pension scheme
• life cover
• healthcare cash back plan
• annual bonus (as part of the Employee Benefit Trust, based on company performance for the year)
• referral bonus scheme
• staff shops with subsidised products
• break out areas 
• learning and development opportunities; we’re committed to ensuring all of our employees have the chance to grow
• cycle to work scheme

Our closing dates are a guide for when the application window should close, although we may close the advert sooner if we can. So, we recommend you get your application in straight away – and don’t miss the opportunity to join us!

Unfortunately, we’re not able to provide employment sponsorship to candidates at this moment in time.

Please note that Yeo Valley do not accept speculative agency applications; we will only accept applications from preferred suppliers that have been submitted to us via our recruitment portal at the point of instruction.