Process Technologist

More Years GmbH; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £36,000 - £39,000

Medicash Level 4 Cashback plan

Spill EAP and Mental Health Support

Learning & Development budget

Wellbeing budget

Volunteer day per year

Team events

Exclusive discounts on Years treats

Lunch & Learn programme

Casual dress

Birthday day off

Job summary

Years is expanding its NPD team and seeks a candidate to own packaging change trials end to end, from planning with suppliers to execution and output review.

You will run trials, interpret results, and feed findings into development decisions, collaborating with the Development Chef during quarterly collections and with external suppliers.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years in a food or pet food manufacturing or development environment with direct exposure to trials, process validation, or technical change management.
• Ability to manage a trial end to end - from planning through to communicating the output.
• Strong attention to detail and a methodical approach to documentation and record-keeping.
• Confidence communicating with suppliers and internal stakeholders, keeping multiple workstreams moving.
• Collaborative working style across the NPD team; able to work across functions.
• Calm under pressure during launch periods where pace and precision must coexist.

Responsibilities

• Own packaging change trials end to end, from initial supplier communication and trial planning through to execution and output review.
• Run process and raw material change validations, including cook validations on new and existing SKUs.
• Ensure EPD activity across the team is supported by a consistent and robust trial framework, with clear records of outcomes and decisions.
• Provide technical support to the development chef during chef collection launch windows, ensuring collections are technically ready for production.
• Maintain strong supplier relationships throughout the trial process, with clear communication and on‑time timelines.
• Feed trial findings back into the wider team, flag risks early and recommend next steps.

Job description

Join Our Pack

From a bold idea to revolutionising dog food,Yearshas grown into a fast-scaling business dedicated to helping dogs live longer, healthier lives.

In just 3 years, we’ve built agreat start upbusiness, servingthousands of happy customers, all while striving to achieve our mission.

Our goal? To give dog owners abetter, fresher, and healthierway to feed their pets. We providehuman cut, personalised mealsdesigned to support each dog’s unique needs, delivered straight to their door - no preservatives, no compromises, just real nutrition.

You can find our customers across theUK, with future ambitions toscale internationallyand continue transforming how people care for their dogs.

Your Mission

At Years, we're only as good as the quality and consistency of what goes into our products. As the business scales and our range expands, the volume of packaging changes, raw material updates, process validations is growing and we need someone to own that rigour end to end. This role exists to make sure that nothing reaches production underprepared, and that every change we make is backed by solid evidence.

You'll sit within the NPD team, owning technical validation and change control end to end. Your closest working relationships will be with our Development Chef during quarterly Chef Collection launches and with external packaging and ingredient suppliers, who you'll manage through the full trial cycle; reporting to the NPD Manager.

You'll be running trials, interpreting results, and feeding findings back into development decisions - with real scope to grow your influence across broader technical workstreams as the NPD function expands.

Key Responsibilities

• Own packaging change trials end to end, from initial supplier communication and trial planning through to execution and output review
• Run process and raw material change validations, including cook validations on new and existing SKUs
• Ensure EPD activity across the team is supported by a consistent and robust trial framework, maintaining clear records of outcomes and decisions
• Provide technical support to the development chef during chef collection launch windows, ensuring collections are technically ready to go to production
• Maintain strong supplier relationships throughout the trial process, keeping communication clear and timelines on track
• Feed trial findings back into the wider team in a timely and useful way, flagging risks early and recommending next steps

What You'll Bring

• A minimum of 2 years experience in a food or pet food manufacturing or development environment, with direct exposure to trials, process validation, or technical change management
• The ability to manage a trial end to end independently - from planning through to communicating the output
• Strong attention to detail and a methodical approach to documentation and record-keeping
• Confidence communicating with suppliers and internal stakeholders, with the ability to keep multiple workstreams moving simultaneously
• A collaborative working style - this role touches most areas of the NPD team and requires someone who works well across functions
• Calm under pressure, particularly during launch periods where pace and precision need to coexist

What’s In It For You? Years Benefits

• Salary of £36,000 - £39,000
• Medicash Level 4 Cashback plan
• Spill EAP and Mental Health Support programme
• Annual £250.00 Learning & Development budget for courses, books or other self-learn activities each year
• Annual £200.00 Wellbeing budget each year
• Up to 2 weeks working abroad per year (selected roles)
• Monthly recognition through our Yappa of The Month programme
• 1 Volunteer day per year - dog themed or not: it’s your choice!
• Subsidised employee groups - from five a side to padel there’s loads to get involved in or the chance to start up your own group
• Quarterly subsidised team events from Axe throwing, crazy golf to cocktail making
• Exclusive discounts on Years and Years treats for yourself and friends/family
• Lunch & Learn programme - from dog first aid to financial savviness we’ve got sessions planned to cover all kinds of topics
• Casual dress
• Your birthday off or different day if it falls on a non-working day
• Ability to sell any unused holiday back to Years at the end of the Holiday Year (maximum 1 working week)