R&D Technician

Newly Weds Foods; Ossett; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Newly Weds Foods is seeking a proactive R&D Technician to support the preparation of products for internal tastings, customer presentations, and ongoing development projects. You’ll help meet customer needs, adhere to budgets and timelines, and assist in growing existing accounts.

You will work within a team of Food Technologists, handle recipe prep, weigh ingredients, maintain stock, and ensure traceable documentation while upholding high hygiene standards in lab and kitchen environments.

Qualifications

• Experience in a food manufacturing, development, culinary, or laboratory environment.
• Ability to follow recipes, instructions, and documented procedures accurately.
• Willingness to lift weights up to 25 kg.
• Strong attention to detail ensuring traceability and high-quality documentation.

Responsibilities

• Support Food Technologists with recipe preparation and cooking.
• Accurately weigh and mix recipe formulations.
• Maintain raw material stocks.
• Ensure documentation enables full traceability of ingredients.
• Develop positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Daily cleaning tasks to maintain hygiene standards in labs and kitchens.
• This role involves lifting up to 25 kg.
• Provide training to NWF personnel where applicable.
• Undertake training as deemed necessary by the Company.

Skills

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Food safety awareness

Job description

About Us

Newly Weds® Foods is a leading, privately owned global food ingredients business and has been innovating since 1932. The European division is a market leader in the manufacture of coatings, seasonings and functional ingredient systems.

About Us

Newly Weds® Foods is a leading, privately owned global food ingredients business and has been innovating since 1932. The European division is a market leader in the manufacture of coatings, seasonings and functional ingredient systems. Today, Newly Weds® Foods is a world leader in food ingredient technology. A network of R&D, manufacturing and service facilities around the globe allows us to serve our customers’ needs in more than 68 countries. But despite our size and scope, we’ve continued to be an independent, family-owned business answerable only to the demands of our customers. That’s why we continue to invest in infrastructure, human resources and capacity to keep pace with our customers’ needs and expectations.

The Role

We are looking for a motivated and proactive individual to become a R&D Technician to support the efficient preparation of products for internal tastings, customer presentations, and ongoing development projects. The role plays a key part in meeting customer requirements, working within budgets and timelines, and helping to secure new business while supporting the growth of existing accounts.

Key Responsibilities

• Supporting Food Technologists with recipe preparation and cooking.
• Accurately weighing and mixing recipe formulations.
• Maintaining raw material stocks.
• Ensuring documentation is completed to ensure full traceability of ingredients within the
• Developing a positive working relationship with all internal and external stakeholders.
• Daily cleaning tasks (to ensure that the labs and kitchens are maintained to a high-level
• hygiene standard).
• This role will involve lifting weights of up to 25Kg.
• To provide training where applicable to NWF Personnel.
• To undertake such training as is viewed as necessary by the Company to improve personal
• performance or to meet the overall business objectives.

Person Specification

• Experience working in a food manufacturing, development, culinary, or laboratory

Environment (preferred But Not Essential)

• Strong practical skills with weighing, measuring, preparing, and handling food ingredients.
• Good understanding of basic food safety and hygiene practices.
• Ability to follow recipes, technical instructions, and documented procedures accurately.
• Strong attention to detail, ensuring consistency, traceability, and high-quality documentation.
• Good communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to support colleagues and build positive working relationships.

Closing date - 31st July 2026

working Hours- 8:30-5:00pm Monday to Friday (1 Hour lunch)