Junior R&D Technologist: Food Product Innovation

The Kraft Heinz Company; Timaru; Hybrid; NZD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Volunteer leave

LiveWell leave

Great Place to Work NZ

In house training

Job summary

The Kraft Heinz Company in Hastings, NZ, is seeking a Jr R&D Technologist to join our New Zealand R&D team. The role offers a permanent, growth-oriented career with a flexible 3 days in office, 2 days remote arrangement.

Join a collaborative, dynamic environment where you will support development, prototype work, ingredient evaluation, and costed production methods. Experience with food product development and Excel/Word is valued.

Qualifications

• Project management, planning and organisation skills.
• Ability to analyse and interpret data to make recommendations.
• Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrates ownership, accountability and integrity.
• Maintains consumer and quality focus, balancing risk and reward.
• Can do attitude and problem solving mindset.
• Experience with product development in the food industry.

Responsibilities

• Support development and improvement of new and existing products and processes focusing on time, quality and cost expectations.
• Prototype development and evaluation of new ingredients and product costing.
• Establish production methods and factory documentation; supervise trials and production.
• Provide technical guidance to support project completion and QA programs.
• Develop technical product information including BOMs, production methods and shelf life evaluation.

Skills

Project management

Data interpretation

Interpersonal communication

Ownership & accountability

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Food product development

Processing knowledge

Tools

Excel

Word

Job description

The Kraft Heinz Company in Hastings, NZ, is seeking a Jr R&D Technologist to join our New Zealand R&D team. The role offers a permanent, growth-oriented career with a flexible 3 days in office, 2 days remote arrangement.

Join a collaborative, dynamic environment where you will support development, prototype work, ingredient evaluation, and costed production methods. Experience with food product development and Excel/Word is valued.