Technical Lead - Food & Process Innovation

MorePeople; Baldock; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Office hours

25 days holiday

Mileage reimbursement

Job summary

MorePeople is seeking a technically minded professional to join a specialist ingredients company in Bedfordshire. You will support day-to-day technical decisions, drive process improvements, and help develop new products for high-volume manufacturing. A strong HACCP/BRCGS background and data-driven problem solving are valued.

Join a hands-on team across sites, with clear opportunities to grow within a expanding business that rewards quality and precision in a niche sector.

Qualifications

• Experience within food ingredients or industrial chemical manufacturing.
• Strong HACCP principles and quality management systems knowledge (BRCGS).
• Analytical problem solving with data-driven approach.
• Proven ability to lead multi-disciplinary engineering and NPD projects.
• Meticulous attention to detail with pragmatic problem-solving under imperfect information.
• Excellent communication bridging technical details to business targets.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day technical decision-making, resolving material non-conformances and guiding team decisions.
• Drive process optimisation and continuous improvement to enhance manufacturing efficiency and yields.
• Develop and commercialise new products, scaling R&D concepts into high-volume processes.
• Lead root-cause investigations around food safety, quality, and regulatory standards (HACCP/BRCGS).
• Collaborate with Operations, Innovation, Supply Chain, Marketing and Commercial teams to support Product Development & Commercialisation.
• Support cross-site activities and contribute to business growth.

Skills

Food ingredients manufacturing

HACCP & BRCGS knowledge

Analytical problem solving

Project leadership (engineering & NPD)

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Job description

MorePeople is seeking a technically minded professional to join a specialist ingredients company in Bedfordshire. You will support day-to-day technical decisions, drive process improvements, and help develop new products for high-volume manufacturing. A strong HACCP/BRCGS background and data-driven problem solving are valued.

Join a hands-on team across sites, with clear opportunities to grow within a expanding business that rewards quality and precision in a niche sector.