Food Technologist

The People Co; South Nutfield; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

The People Co is seeking a Food Technologist to join its technical team in the United Kingdom. You will support day-to-day technical management of customer accounts, ensuring products meet food safety, quality, and customer requirements.

You will liaise with manufacturers, suppliers, and internal teams to drive NPD, maintain documentation, review packaging, investigate complaints, and assist with audits and compliance.

Qualifications

• HACCP and food safety principles knowledge.
• Understanding of BRC standards and quality management systems.
• Experience managing product specifications and technical documentation.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day technical activities for allocated customer accounts ensuring customer, legal, quality, and food safety requirements are met at all times.
• Support Own Label and Branded New Product Development projects from concept through to launch, ensuring all technical documentation is completed accurately and on time.
• Maintain customer specifications, technical documentation, online portals, questionnaires, certificates, and compliance records.
• Review and approve artwork, packaging, and product information to ensure compliance with current legislation and customer standards.
• Monitor product quality and specification compliance, supporting continuous improvement initiatives where required.
• Investigate customer complaints, conduct root cause analysis, and coordinate corrective actions to achieve timely resolution.
• Support customer audits, technical visits, meetings, and ongoing customer relationship management activities.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders, manufacturing sites, suppliers, and co-manufacturers to ensure customer expectations are achieved.
• Provide technical support across the business, helping to retain existing business and support new commercial opportunities.
• Participate in food safety, quality, compliance, sensory evaluation, and product assessment activities.
• Support technical projects, product withdrawals, recalls, and other business-critical activities as required.
• Contribute to process improvements and promote best practice across technical, quality, and compliance functions.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Attention to detail

Organisation & planning

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Driving licence

Education

Degree in Food Science/Technology/Nutrition

Job description

Our client is a leading international food manufacturer with a strong reputation for quality, innovation, and customer partnership. Supplying a broad portfolio of products to major UK retailers, foodservice customers, and consumers, the business is committed to maintaining the highest standards of food safety, quality, and technical excellence.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing Technical team and gain exposure to major customer accounts, product development projects, and cross-functional stakeholder management within a dynamic food environment.

The Role

Reporting to the Technical Account Manager, the Food Technologist will be responsible for supporting the day-to-day technical management of customer accounts, ensuring products meet food safety, quality, legal, and customer requirements at all times.

The successful candidate will act as a key link between customers, manufacturing sites, suppliers, and internal teams, helping to deliver excellent customer service while supporting technical compliance and new product development activities.

Key Accountabilities

• Manage the day-to-day technical activities for allocated customer accounts, ensuring customer, legal, quality, and food safety requirements are met at all times.
• Support Own Label and Branded New Product Development projects from concept through to launch, ensuring all technical documentation is completed accurately and on time.
• Maintain customer specifications, technical documentation, online portals, questionnaires, certificates, and compliance records.
• Review and approve artwork, packaging, and product information to ensure compliance with current legislation and customer standards.
• Monitor product quality and specification compliance, supporting continuous improvement initiatives where required.
• Investigate customer complaints, conduct root cause analysis, and coordinate corrective actions to achieve timely resolution.
• Support customer audits, technical visits, meetings, and ongoing customer relationship management activities.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders, manufacturing sites, suppliers, and co-manufacturers to ensure customer expectations are achieved.
• Provide technical support across the business, helping to retain existing business and support new commercial opportunities.
• Participate in food safety, quality, compliance, sensory evaluation, and product assessment activities.
• Support technical projects, product withdrawals, recalls, and other business-critical activities as required.
• Contribute to process improvements and promote best practice across technical, quality, and compliance functions.

Person Profile

• Degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Nutrition, or a related discipline.
• Experience within a food manufacturing technical, quality, or NPD environment.
• Knowledge of HACCP and food safety principles.
• Understanding of BRC standards and quality management systems.
• Experience managing product specifications and technical documentation.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Strong organisational and planning abilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to build effective working relationships across multiple stakeholders.
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel when required.

REF: PR/013314

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