Development Technologist

Cranswick Country Foods PLC; Wembley; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits as a Development Technologist at a leading food production company in Wembley. You will support new product development (NPD) activities, ensuring compliance with technical criteria and maintaining safety standards. This role is crucial for delivering customer projects from concept to successful launch, requiring strong interaction with cross-functional teams and a focus on quality control.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in an NPD or food role.
• Ability to interact with site teams and if applicable customers.
• All core training and mandatory procedures must be completed.

Responsibilities

• Complete product cooking validations as per customer technical requirements.
• Support the NPD team in project goals and customer visits.
• Ensure all statutory and legal standards are adhered to.

Skills

Food Safety

Organoleptic assessment

Documentation

Team interaction

Health, Safety & Environmental awareness

Education

Level 3 or 4 Food Safety certificate

Job description

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An exciting new opportunity has arisen for a Development Technologist to join the NPD team at the Wembley site.

Job Purpose:

To complete NPD / site activities in support towards customer projects from concept to launch. Ensuring these meets both the customer and company expectations, whilst satisfying all relevant technical criteria, leading to a timely and faultless successful launch, supported by the relevant site functions and Senior NPD Technologist

Main Duties

• Always maintains an organised and audit ready working environment.
• Ensure organoleptic assessment on product is completed to customer and site requirements, information is collected professionally and able to be published for technical sign off .
• Completes from start to finish product cooking validations as per specific customer technical requirements, recording and documenting the results. Information gathered will be used on specifications for back of pack artwork or in support towards external cooking validations.
• Support the NPD team in any duties required to fulfil project or department goals or priorities .
• Play a supportive role in customer visits / pre-production / launches where appropriate.
• Support site benchmarking; organise samples and cooking.
• Support the site teams in carrying out an internal risk assessment to ensure that all aspects of safety, legality and product quality are being met by the company within the current manufacturing procedures.
• To perform other such duties as reasonably correspond to the general character of the post and be able to assist other departments within the business that is equal with level of responsibility.
• To demonstrate good housekeeping practices always.
• Challenge processes and practices within the department and suggest improvements where necessary
• Ensure that you understand and adhere to your personal responsibilities with regard the Health and Safety at Work Act , Environmental Protection Act , Site Environmental Permit, company HSE policies, site safety rules, and procedures at all times.
• To identify hazards in the workplace and to take corrective action or initiate controls to minimise the risk.
• To effectively promote Health, Safety & Environmental awareness within your areas of control.
• Carry out activities with awareness of their impact on the environment, both in terms of people and the local area.
• Ensure that all statutory (industry guidelines), legal, food safety & integrity, and customer requirements are met.
• Ensure adherence to all standards and processes relating to CCP monitoring, glass, complaints, label verifications and other paperwork in your area.
• Note that the list of duties is not exhaustive and is intended for guidance only.

Requirements, Experience and Person Specification:

• All core training and mandatory procedures
• All relevant site/area policies, procedures & processes (including customer specific requirements e.g. Sensory panel sign off)
• Level 3 or 4 Food Safety certificate
• Previous experience in an NPD or food role
• Ability to interact with site teams and if applicable customers

A full job description is available upon request

Salary to be discussed at interview stage