Food Product Development Technologist

Hollybank Trustees Ltd; Buckie; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

Job summary

Associated Seafoods is seeking a passionate and motivated Process Development Technologist to join our New Product Development team at our Buckie site.

You will play a key role in delivering new product development and continuous improvement projects, supporting products from initial concept through to full-scale production, while ensuring safety, legality and high quality across collaborations with Commercial, Technical, Operations and Finance teams.

Qualifications

• Background, qualification or strong interest in Food Production, Food Science, Product Development or a related discipline.
• Strong collaboration across Commercial, Technical, Operations and Finance teams.
• Experience in a food manufacturing environment and knowledge of HACCP/hygiene requirements.

Responsibilities

• Support development briefs with NPD and Commercial teams.
• Conduct recipe development, process development and product improvement activities.
• Generate new product ideas and support innovation projects.
• Prepare, cook and evaluate products for internal reviews and factory trials.
• Present samples to customers and senior management as required.
• Coordinate and document factory trials and communicate results clearly.
• Maintain development documentation such as NPD specs and QA records.
• Keep Buckie NPD Tracker up to date with product changes and samples.
• Assist with customer factory visits and project reviews.
• Ensure NPD kitchen hygiene, stock control and equipment maintenance.

Skills

Food Production

Product Development

Communication

Organisational Skills

Microsoft Office

HACCP

Teamwork

Food Safety

Education

Degree in Food Science/related

Tools

Retailer specs systems

Job description

Associated Seafoods is seeking a passionate and motivated Process Development Technologist to join our New Product Development team at our Buckie site.

You will play a key role in delivering new product development and continuous improvement projects, supporting products from initial concept through to full-scale production, while ensuring safety, legality and high quality across collaborations with Commercial, Technical, Operations and Finance teams.