Recruitment

Finding the right candidate for a technical role in your food business can be time-consuming and challenging. Phoenix Food Consultancy offers industry-specific recruitment support, ensuring you hire the right person with the right skills to meet your business needs.

Hire with Confidence

Technical recruitment is not just about filling a vacancy – it’s about finding the right professional who can protect your standards, support compliance, and drive continuous improvement. Hiring the wrong person can impact operations, audit performance, and product safety.

At Phoenix Food Consultancy, we understand the technical demands of the food industry because we’ve worked in it. From QA roles to senior technical managers, we provide expert support to guide you through the recruitment process – from role profiling to onboarding.

Whether you’re recruiting for a single site or building a team across multiple facilities, we ensure that your technical function is staffed by qualified, capable professionals who can deliver results.

Benefits Of Recruitment

Recruitment support from a food industry technical specialist - not a generic agency.
Role scoping and job description development tailored to your business.
Assistance identifying key skills, qualifications, and experience required for each role.
Advice on competitive salary benchmarking and market expectations.
Support with job advertising, candidate shortlisting, and interview preparation.

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Industry-Specific Recruitment That Works

We don’t just understand recruitment – we understand the technical, operational, and compliance challenges your business faces. That’s why our recruitment services are focused on finding individuals who not only meet the brief but also align with your company’s culture and goals.

Role-Focused

From QA Technicians to Technical Directors - we recruit across all technical levels.

Industry Insight

With direct experience in food manufacturing, we understand the roles we help fill.

Future-Proof Hires

We help you select candidates who will add value and grow with your business.

25+

Years Experience

Meet Tony Crilly BSc. (Hons) FIFST

Tony Crilly BSc. (Hons) FIFST brings over 20 years of technical management experience across the food manufacturing industry, including responsibility for building and leading technical teams. Having recruited QA staff, Technical Managers, and cross-functional roles, Tony understands the core competencies and soft skills required to thrive in these positions.

Tony applies his hands-on knowledge of food safety, compliance, and operational demands to the recruitment process ensuring that shortlisted candidates are not only technically competent but also a strong cultural fit for your organisation. His practical, personalised approach results in faster, more effective hiring.