Food Development Technologist

hireful; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-established commercial food product manufacturer in Nottingham is looking for a Food Development Technologist. In this role, you will collaborate with kitchen technologists to develop new food products, conduct trials, and ensure compliance for mass production. The position offers a salary of up to £42,000 per annum and various benefits including annual leave and health support. This is a full-time position on a 12-month fixed-term contract.

Benefits

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Pension 5% employer contribution

2 Volunteering Days per year

Onsite Parking

Staff Canteen

Health and well-being support

Online and high street discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role within an FMCG environment.
• Ability to create products that meet mass production requirements.
• Strong understanding of food development processes.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with kitchen development technologists to create new food products.
• Conduct testing and trials to ensure product quality and compliance.
• Log and store data from factory work for further product development.

Skills

Food manufacturing experience

HACCP / Food Safety Training

Experience with own label chilled foods

Job description

Do you love food? Want the opportunity to develop, test and bring to market some delicious creations?

Look no further.

Working for this well-established commercial food product manufacturer and supplier as a Food Development Technologist, you ll have the opportunity to get hands on with a mixture of both factory and office food development. This is a 12 Month Fixed-Term Contract.

Salary Up to GBP42,000 Per Annum

Location Nottingham

Role Type Full Time / 12 Month FTC / Mon-Thu / 8:30-5 / Fridays 8:30-4

Benefits - 25 days annual leave + BH, Pension 5% and 3%, 2 Volunteering Days per year, Onsite Parking, Staff Canteen, Health and well-being support and welfare community groups, Online and high street discount portal

The Role

You ll work closely with kitchen development technologists to create new foods for supermarkets and clients to try. The process involves creating a product that tastes great, then once customer buy in is achieved it s about scaling that product to be mass produced. This role involves trial and error, testing tolerances and variances, weighing and ensuring the product can meet the requirements of mass production.

It will be a mix of hands-on factory work which provides data that will need to be logged and stored in order to further develop the product.

We are looking for someone who has been doing a similar role with food manufacturing experience within an FMCG environment who possesses HACCP / Food Safety Training. Experience of working with own label chilled foods is desirable.

Sound tasty? Drop an application in today and begin your career within an organisation that will push you to professionally develop and hone your craft.