Process Technologist

Are you currently a Process Tech looking to join a business who is confidently the leading manufacturer in their category? Or have you just completed a degree in a food science related discipline looking to kick start your career?

If so, we’d love to hear from you!

You will be joining a strong development team with plenty of opportunity to grow within the business.

Key responsibilities will include, but not limited to:

• Assist with planning, organising and running product trials for new product lines and existing product improvements;
• Writing and issuing recipes
• Organising ingredients and packaging
• Taking weight data for average weight declarations
• Recording data from trials
• Taking photos and completing quality standards
• Collecting and sending samples
• Assist in writing and circulating trial reports
• Keep launch files up-to-date by filing key data
• Assist in setting up new quality standards for product launches
• Responsible for managing stocks of ingredients and packaging within development kitchen
• Deputise for Senior Process Technologist during holidays and off-site visits
• Attend internal meetings to keep up-to-date with customer developments, site launch plans and process changes
• Assist NPD team in Northampton with product development, samples and site visits
• Assist in presenting trial product to customers and in hosting customers on site for launches
• Reasonably flexible around working hours as occasional early starts or late finishes may be required for trials and launches
• Assist in projects to continuously improve processes as requested
• Validation and verification of key processes to a defined schedule
• Carry out process audits post launch (in line with the stage and gate review step) to ensure any changes are captured / no changes have been made
• Follow all the Company’s health & Safety rules and guidelines at all times

What we need from you?

• Educated to degree level in a relevant food based discipline
• Ability to cook and present food to a reasonable standard
• Self motivated and practical individual
• Analytical and numerate; competent with percentages and able to work with numerical data

Salary: £20-22k (dependant on experience)

For more information, contact Harriet on 07415 411 292 or email bobby@recruitment-wolf.co.uk