Technical Lead, Food Ingredients & NPD

MorePeople; Radwell; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Office hours Monday–Friday

25 days holiday

Travel mileage reimbursement

Growth opportunities

Job summary

MorePeople is seeking a technical professional to join a Bedfordshire site focused on high‑quality specialist ingredients in a hands‑on environment. You will support day‑to‑day decision making, drive process improvement, develop new products, investigate root causes per HACCP/BRCGS, and collaborate across functions to enable growth.

Join a motivated team where quality, precision and continuous improvement are valued, with progression opportunities as the business expands across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• Progressive technical experience within food ingredients or industrial chemical manufacturing.
• Strong understanding of HACCP principles and quality management systems (BRCGS).
• Analytical, data‑driven problem solving for troubleshooting.
• Ability to lead cross‑disciplinary engineering and NPD projects independently.

Responsibilities

• Support day‑to‑day technical decision‑making and resolve non‑conformances.
• Drive process optimisation to maximise yields and efficiency across production lines.
• Develop and commercialise new products from concept to high‑volume manufacturing.
• Lead root cause investigations in line with regulatory standards (HACCP/BRCGS).
• Collaborate with Operations, Innovation, Supply Chain, Marketing and Commercial teams to support Product Development.

Skills

Advanced problem‑solving

Analytical mindset

Data-driven troubleshooting

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Communication bridging tech and biz

Tools

BRCGS HACCP awareness

Job description

MorePeople is seeking a technical professional to join a Bedfordshire site focused on high‑quality specialist ingredients in a hands‑on environment. You will support day‑to‑day decision making, drive process improvement, develop new products, investigate root causes per HACCP/BRCGS, and collaborate across functions to enable growth.

Join a motivated team where quality, precision and continuous improvement are valued, with progression opportunities as the business expands across multiple sites.