Food Technologist

Mackenzie Jones Middle East; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the confectionery sector seeks a Food Technologist to innovate and optimize their product lines. The role involves developing new products, improving formulations, and ensuring compliance with food regulations. Ideal candidates will possess strong skills in quality assurance and formulation development.

Responsibilities

• Lead new product development and formulation of confectionery items.
• Improve existing product formulations for quality and cost-efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with food safety standards.

Skills

Innovation

Quality Assurance

Regulatory Compliance

Formulation Development

Job description

As a Food Technologist, you will play a critical role in the development, improvement, and quality assurance of our confectionery product lines. You will be responsible for innovating new products, optimizing formulations, ensuring regulatory compliance, and driving continuous improvements in taste, texture, shelf life, and manufacturing processes.

• Lead new product development (NPD) and formulation of confectionery items (e.g. chocolates and toffees).
• Improve and refine existing product formulations to enhance quality, shelf-life, and cost-efficiency.
• Conduct lab trials and scale-up in production while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Evaluate new ingredients, technologies, and suppliers for potential integration.
• Ensure all products comply with food safety standards, labelling regulations, and internal QA/QC protocols.