NPD Food Technologist: Concept to Commercialisation

Sharp & Carter; Victoria; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Sharp & Carter is seeking an experienced Food Technologist to join its technical team in Australia. The role covers from concept to commercialisation, with hands-on involvement in formulation, laboratory trials, product optimisation, troubleshooting and production scale-up.

You will work across formulation, testing, and documentation while collaborating with production, quality, and customers to drive new and existing product improvements through bench to commercial scale.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Food Technology, NPD, Applications or a related technical role.
• Strong experience within food manufacturing and product development.
• Experience with food formulation and product optimisation.
• Good understanding of food ingredients, processing and manufacturing.
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Good understanding of sensory evaluation and product performance.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and competing deadlines.
• A hands-on approach with the ability to work autonomously and take ownership.

Responsibilities

• Developing and optimising food product formulations
• Supporting new product development and existing product improvement projects
• Conducting laboratory trials, testing and sensory evaluations
• Supporting ingredient and formulation selection
• Troubleshooting formulation, processing, stability, sensory and manufacturing issues
• Preparing formulations, specifications, trial reports and technical documentation
• Supporting pilot plant and production trials
• Assisting with product scale-up and commercialisation
• Managing multiple projects and competing priorities
• Working closely with internal teams across technical, production and quality
• Liaising with customers and suppliers where required
• Taking projects from bench development through to commercial production

Skills

Food Technology

NPD

Applications

Food manufacturing

Product development

Formulation

Troubleshooting

Sensory evaluation

Stakeholder management

Project management

Autonomous work

Job description

Sharp & Carter is seeking an experienced Food Technologist to join its technical team in Australia. The role covers from concept to commercialisation, with hands-on involvement in formulation, laboratory trials, product optimisation, troubleshooting and production scale-up.

You will work across formulation, testing, and documentation while collaborating with production, quality, and customers to drive new and existing product improvements through bench to commercial scale.