Technical Technologist

Bakkavor Group; Scotland; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturer in Scotland is seeking a Technologist for their Bo'ness site. The successful candidate will provide technical support and ensure compliance with industry standards in food safety and quality. Candidates should have experience in chilled food manufacturing and a solid understanding of HACCP. This role offers competitive benefits, including life assurance and a variety of employee perks, fostering a supportive work environment for career growth.

Benefits

Life Assurance

Staff Shop

Stakeholder Pension Scheme

Discounted tutoring for children

Private Medical Insurance after 5 years

Free car parking

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Previous experience in chilled food manufacturing in Technical or Development fields.
• Strong understanding of HACCP and risk management.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and workloads.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical management support to meet industry standards.
• Ensure timely communication during customer audits.
• Conduct internal audits and monitor non-conformances.
• Support NPD processes and manage relevant changes.
• Assist other team members and cover various tasks.
• Promote a safe working environment and improve health and safety.

Skills

Organizational skills

Problem-solving

Attention to detail

HACCP understanding

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Education

Graduated in related discipline

Job description

Technologist - Bo'ness

• Monday-Friday
• 08:00- 16:00
• Competitve
• Permanent
• Highly competitive reward package including life insurance, staff shop with hot food, MyBargains discount platform and more.

We’re proud to be Bakkavor

Why join us?

We’re proud to offer you a career with a global leader in the fresh prepared food industry. We’re proud to give everyone the opportunity and support to develop and progress their career. To nurture talent, fuel ambition and work with resilience and purpose to achieve the highest possible standards.

What we do.

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.

About the role.

Reporting into our Senior Technologist at our Bakkavor Bo'ness site, a fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Technologist to provide technical support to the technical team.

Accountabilities:

• Technical Management Support - To support & develop the technical systems to meet business, customer, industry standards, taking responsibility of the day-to-day management and maintenance of some or all the following: allergen management procedures, allergen risk assessments, QMS, HACCP, process validations, technical reports, and nutritional surveillance.
• Communication - To ensure effective, professional, timely communication. Contribute to customer audits and visits, supporting in areas of expertise.
• Audits - To conduct audits as part of the internal QMS. To trend actions and non-conformances and to report into the relevant forums.
• NPD - Work with the team to ensure all changes associated with launches, delists, and promo activities are implemented to support the operation teams and achieves the correct deadlines.
• People - To support others in the technical team in all tasks as required and be flexible to cover different work, also be involved in projects as requested.
• Health & Safety - To operate in a safe working manner and support the site on continuous improvements relating to health and safety.

About you:

• Previous demonstrable experience in a chilled food manufacturing environment in at least one of the following disciplines: Technical; Development; or graduated in related discipline
• Good organisational skills with the ability to multi-task and manage own
  time/workload
• Strong understanding of HACCP within food industry and fundamental steps of risk management
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word
• Is aware of the business issues; trials; development concepts and customer expectations
• A pragmatic in approach to problem solving and is agile in finding solutions
• Vigilant with good attention to detail and spots opportunities for improvement
• A self-starter who is inquisitive and driven to improve

What you’ll receive.

As an equal opportunity employer, we’re committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits, rewards and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.

• Life Assurance (1 x salary)
• Staff Shop, Stakeholder Pension Scheme
• MyBargains Discount Platform
• Personal Accident Insurance
• Free Independent Mortgage Advice
• Employee Assistance Programme
• A range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans)
• Discounted tutoring for children
• Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary
• Private Medical Insurance (after 5 years' service
• Free car parking, fantastic staff shop, company events, £250 refer a friend scheme and more.

Proud to be Bakkavor

We’re proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We’re proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose. We’re driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business - come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team!

Find out more and apply.