Technical Director

Overview

Company Description We are FBC UK, Fox's Burton's Companies! ……And we bake the UK's most incredible biscuits (we might be slightly biased, but we will leave that for you to judge).

Date:
Feb 4, 2026

Location:

St. Paul’s, GB

Place of Work:
Hybrid

We are FBC UK, Fox's Burton's Companies! ……And we bake the UK's most incredible biscuits (we might be slightly biased, but we will leave that for you to judge).

FBC UK was a match made in heaven, with two of the top UK biscuits manufacturers (Burton's Biscuits and Fox's Biscuits) coming together to create one unique, integrated company. We are home to famous iconic brands, including Maryland, Fox's, Jammie Dodger & Rocky, to name just a few. We are proud manufacturing partners to some of the biggest UK retailers and household names.

We bake our incredible biscuits at eight bakeries across the UK, located at Isle of Arran, Livingston, Blackpool, Llantarnam, Edinburgh, Kirkham, Batley & Dorset and our HQ in St Paul’s. Together, we employ circa 4,000 amazing colleagues across all our locations.

Whilst we know that we have delicious products we also know that that the key ingredient to our success is our people, and the passion we have for our brands. You could be the jammy to our dodger, party ring to our Fox’s or the choc-chip to our Maryland?! We knead people with innovative ideas, an entrepreneurial spirit, and the commitment to drive FBC UK to success.

We are committed to building an inclusive workforce that feels empowered to build a fulfilling and successful career. By embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) we create a supportive environment for people to thrive and strive to have more positive impact.

We understand that having formal and on-the-job learning opportunities is key to our colleagues’ professional and personal growth. We are committed to providing an environment where everyone can learn from each other and grow through a variety of learning experiences.

Our colleagues make our business special. With strong community values, we believe FBC UK is a more prosperous and fun place to work when people feel free to be themselves. We believe in the power of being authentic, entrepreneurial, and supporting each other whilst meeting our business goals.

We are looking for an experienced Central Technical Director to lead Food Quality and Safety across our central functions, including operations and third‑party manufacturers. You will head the central FSQ function, ensuring compliance with regulatory, customer and industry standards while driving continuous improvement.

Working closely with R&D, Operations and Supply Chain, you will ensure the consistent delivery of safe, high‑quality products aligned to customer frameworks and business strategy. You will also lead Product Incident Management where required and play a key role as a member of the Technical Leadership Team.

• Customer Interface
  • Lead and maintain strong technical relationships with existing and new customers, acting as the senior technical representative on quality, food safety and sustainability matters
  • Oversee delivery of customer quality plans, technical activities and portal requirements for strategic accounts
  • Provide clear direction to internal teams on customer technical expectations and strategy
  • Ensure effective management of artwork changes, corrective actions and continuous improvement in response to customer and audit feedback

• Performance Management
  • Oversee the development of technical scorecards and evaluate performance review outputs, providing guidance and challenge where required.
  • Ensure impactful customer requests are assessed in alignment with FBC strategies.
  • Oversee the Product Quality Assessment framework, providing feedback to Operations and defining clear success measures for improvement.

• Product Development
  • Oversee teams responsible for evaluating technical aspects of new product launches, finished product specifications and artwork origination/changes, escalating unmitigated risks where necessary.
  • Lead delivery of technical support for retailer brand project work.

• Food Law
  • Ensure effective evaluation of global and local food law…