Process Technologist

Avara Foods; Wednesbury; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturer in Wednesbury is seeking an experienced Process Technologist to coordinate NPD and production. Responsibilities include managing factory trials, ensuring compliance, and maintaining specifications. The ideal candidate will have a food-related qualification and strong communication skills. This position offers £27,000–£32,000 per annum with extensive benefits in a supportive environment.

Benefits

31 days holiday allowance

Secure contract with career development opportunities

5% pension contribution

Employee benefit scheme including remote GP appointments

Life assurance

Qualifications

• Experience in food manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of food safety and quality standards.
• Ability to work collaboratively across teams.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate factory trials and product transitions.
• Support nutrition and microbiological sampling.
• Maintain factory specifications and quality standards.

Skills

Food process technology knowledge

Attention to detail

Problem-solving techniques

Excellent communication skills

Excellent IT skills

Education

Food related HND

Intermediate Food Safety Level 3

Intermediate HACCP Level 3

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Outlook

Job description

Who are we, and what do we do?

You may not have heard of us, but there’s a good chance you’ve enjoyed our products. Avara Foods is one of the UK’s leading food businesses, supplying chicken and turkey to the country’s major supermarkets and well‑known restaurants.

We own and manage our entire supply chain, from farms to factory and all the way to the customer door – meaning we have careers that cover a whole range of functions. We have major processing sites across England and Wales, and an agricultural network of over 350 farms, spanning from North Yorkshire to the South Coast and Wales.

A Little About Our Wednesbury Site

Our advanced manufacturing site in Wednesbury, West Midlands, is our newest advanced manufacturing site, and we’ve invested around £4.7 million into state‑of‑the‑art facilities.

Our Wednesbury site is a flagship Added Value centre for Avara, which employs over 150 talented individuals at the site, who help to supply some of the UK’s largest supermarkets and popular restaurants!

About The Role

As Process Technologist you will act as the site interface between NPD and production, ensuring that new or changed products, processes and packaging are effectively introduced.

As a Process Technologist you’ll be working Monday to Friday 08.00‑17.00.

What will you be doing as a Process Technologist at Avara?

You will collaborate with NPD and production to coordinate factory trials and ensure smooth transitions of product from concept to launch to ensure legal compliance, food safety, and adherence to customer specifications.

What will your key responsibilities as a Process Technologist include?

• Active member of Gate and Activity NPD meetings
• Provide information to specification technologist and development technologists to ensure effective launches of all products.
• Management of sample requests and fulfilment, including nutritional, microbiological, allergenic sampling plus ad‑hoc requirements.
• Support factory trials, pre‑pros and product launches.
• Site lead for the generation and maintenance of factory specifications, quality attribute standards, assembly lessons, make‑ups, customer specifications, and inter‑factory specifications.
• Support when required and provide updates to the HACCP team.
• Support the effective relationships with external customers during development process, trials and site visits.
• Provide operations with support to effectively launch new products.

What You’ll Need To Be Successful

• Food related HND, Intermediate Food Safety Level 3, Intermediate HACCP Level 3 and internal auditing qualification.
• Food process technology and/or food industry knowledge/experience.
• Sufficient experience of working within a food manufacturing environment.
• Accuracy and attention to detail.
• Problem‑solving techniques.
• Excellent IT skills – including use of Microsoft Excel and Outlook, use of graphs and data.
• Excellent communication skills including written and verbal.

The Benefits Of Working For Avara Foods

As a Process Technologist you will enjoy a secure, supportive and progressive working environment, where your contribution and achievements will be recognised and rewarded.

Benefits

• £27 000–£32 000 per annum DOE
• 31 days holiday allowance
• Secure contract with long‑term career development opportunities
• Straight forward pension contribution of 5%
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salaried advance finance
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Access to our employee benefit scheme, which includes unlimited remote GP appointments and unlimited mental health sessions, physiotherapy sessions, medical second opinion consultation, and other discounts and perks, such as savings & discounts on weekly costs.
• Ts & Cs apply

What happens after you apply for this role?

After you’ve applied, you’ll be contacted in due course by a resourcing officer at our Wednesbury site, to discuss your application and CV further. There’ll also be a chance for you to ask us any questions you may have about the role.

If you’re ready to work in a dynamic environment alongside talented people who take pride in delivering great results, apply today!