Technologist

Greencore Group plc; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company share save scheme

Competitive matched pension

Life insurance up to 4x salary

Job summary

Greencore London Meals Park Royal is seeking a proactive technical professional to drive food safety, quality, and compliance across the site. You will support key technical systems, contribute to audits and NPD activity, and collaborate with teams to maintain high standards in a fast-paced environment.

This role offers opportunities to grow within a collaborative technical team, with a focus on continuous improvement and delivering excellent product quality for customers across the site.

Qualifications

• Experience in a chilled food manufacturing environment in Technical; Development; or related discipline.
• Good organisational skills with the ability to multi-task and manage own priorities.
• Strong understanding of HACCP within the food industry and fundamental risk management.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word.
• Awareness of business issues, trials, development concepts and customer expectations.
• Pragmatic approach to problem solving and agile in finding solutions.
• Vigilant with good attention to detail and drive to improve.

Responsibilities

• Support and develop technical systems to meet business, customer and industry standards, including allergen management, HACCP, QMS and nutritional surveillance.
• Contribute to customer audits and visits, supporting in areas of expertise.
• Conduct audits as part of the internal QMS and report on actions and non-conformances.
• Collaborate with the team to implement launches, delists and promo activities to meet deadlines.
• Support others in the technical team and be flexible to cover different tasks and projects.
• Operate in a safe manner and drive continuous improvements relating to health and safety.

Skills

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Self-motivation

Problem solving

Auditing

Education

Degree in related discipline

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Job description

Benefits: Company share save scheme, Competitive matched pension contribution, Life insurance up to 4x salary

Location: Greencore London Meals Cumberland, Cumberland Avenue, Park Royal, London, NW10 7RQ

Ways of Working: Site based

Hours of work: 08:30am-17:00pm Monday to Friday

Contract Type: Permanent

Why Greencore?

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we’re one 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’re proud 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.

Our site in Park Royal, West London, spans three factories and a distribution centre. The site produces a wide range of chilled ready meals, houmous dips, deli products, and savoury accompaniments, employing over 2,000 people in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.

What you’ll be doing

We’re looking for a proactive, hands-on technical professional to help drive food safety, quality, and compliance across the site. You’ll support key technical systems, play an active role in audits and NPD activity, and work closely with teams to deliver high standards in a fast-paced environment. This is a great opportunity to make an impact, support continuous improvement, and grow within a collaborative technical team.

Role Accountabilities:

• 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.
• To ensure effective, professional, timely communication. Contribute to customer audits and visits, supporting in areas of expertise.
• To conduct audits as part of the internal QMS. To trend actions and non-conformances and to report into the relevant forums.
• 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.
• 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.
• To operate in a safe working manner and support the site on continuous improvements relating to health and safety.

What we’re looking for

• 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
• 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

We’re proud to be recognised in the Gender Equity Measure Top 100 for our commitment to gender equality.

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
• Company share save 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.

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