Raw Materials Technologist

Greencore Group plc; Bo'ness; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Holidays

Life insurance

Company sharesave scheme

Greencore Qualifications

Employee discount platform

Wellbeing Centre

Parental leave policies

Job summary

Greencore Group plc in Bo'ness, Scotland, is seeking a Raw Materials Technologist to ensure customer, business and legal requirements for raw materials and supplier quality assurance are met. You will establish, monitor and maintain quality, safety and risk evaluation systems, implementing corrective actions on time.

The role involves defining material specs, auditing suppliers, supporting NPD, and driving improvements across QA and GMP/HACCP standards while promoting a strong health and safety

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of food safety, supplier assurance, and raw material risk management.
• Experience with quality management systems, specifications, and risk assessments.
• Ability to challenge supplier data to ensure compliance and robustness.
• Cross-functional collaboration with Technical, Operations, NPD, and suppliers.
• Audit capability with understanding of GMP and HACCP.
• Highly organized with excellent attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills and ability to influence at all levels.
• Proactive mindset to anticipate and mitigate risks.

Responsibilities

• Ensure approved specifications and risk assessments for all raw materials.
• Challenge and verify supplier information for compliance.
• Maintain raw material systems, databases, and launch-ready docs.
• Support NPD activity by identifying material risks early.
• Ensure supplier audits and certifications are completed.
• Audit compliance with QMS, GMP, HACCP; drive corrective actions.
• Monitor KPIs, identify trends, and drive improvements.
• Communicate requirements clearly to suppliers and site teams.
• Support food safety incidents with timely technical information.
• Promote safe working practices and health and safety culture.

Skills

Food safety

Supplier assurance

Raw material risk

GMP HACCP

Audit capability

Cross-functional

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Proactive mindset

Job description

Benefits

• Companysharesave scheme
• Competitive matched pension contribution
• Life insurance up to 4x salary

Ways of Working

Site based

Hours of work

Monday-Friday 8:30-16:30

Contract Type

Permanent

Why Greencore?

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026,we'reone of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business,we'reproud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US.

Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn.

Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.

This particular role is based at our Bakkavor Salads Bo'ness site, which employs over 1,000 people and produces food-to-go salads and salad accompaniments to a number of customers. It is located 3.5 miles from Linlithgow and 8 miles to Falkirk.

What you’ll be doing

In this pivotal role as a Raw Materials Technologist, you will ensure that customer, business, and legal requirements for raw materials and supplier quality assurance are fully met. You will establish, monitor, and maintain quality, safety, and risk evaluation systems, ensuring corrective actions are implemented effectively and on time.

Role Accountabilities

• Ensure all raw materials have approved, detailed specifications and risk assessments
• Challenge and verify supplier information to ensure full understanding and compliance
• Maintain accurate raw material systems, databases, and launch-ready documentation
• Support NPD activity and product launches by identifying material risks and operational impacts early
• Ensure full supplier approval, including audits, and certification requirements
• Support raw material elements of internal, customer, and group audits
• Audit compliance with QMS, GMP, and HACCP standards, driving corrective actions to closure
• Monitor KPIs, identify trends, and drive continuous improvement initiatives
• Communicate customer and business requirements clearly to suppliers and site teams
• Support food safety incidents by providing timely and accurate technical information
• Promote safe working practices and contribute to a strong health and safety culture

What we’re looking for

• Strong knowledge of food safety, supplier assurance, and raw material risk management
• Experience working with quality management systems, specifications, and risk assessments
• Confidence challenging supplier data to ensure compliance and robustness
• Ability to work cross-functionally with Technical, Operations, NPD, and suppliers
• Strong audit capability with a clear understanding of GMP and HACCP requirements
• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail
• Strong communication skills, able to influence at all levels
• Proactive mindset with the ability to anticipate and mitigate potential risks
• Passion for quality, safety, and continuous improvement

We’re not all the same…

We're not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity.

If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.

What you’ll get in return

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Companysharesave scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
• Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on-the-job training and development opportunities to further your career.

Greencore and its recruitment partners never charge candidates any fees at any stage of the hiring process. Any request for payment relating to a job opportunity should be considered fraudulent.

We reserve the right to close this advertisement before the stated closing date.