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Packaging Technologist

Employer
b3 jobs
Location
Kent
Salary
£30,000 - £45,000
Closing date
4 Mar 2025
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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Development
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

Founded more than twenty years ago, this company takes pride in crafting a variety of luxury foods, meticulously hand-finished to the highest standards by their dedicated and skilled staff.

 

About the Packaging Technologist job

The purpose of your role will be to play an integral role in the delivery of all packaging and packing requirements for projects whilst working closely with the food development and operations teams. You will be responsible for the day-to-day project process, ensuring that the highest levels of efficiency and performance are met for the technical packaging, print and packing of products.

Key tasks

  • Work with Product Developers to create packaging that meets customer and company requirements, ensuring readiness for factory trials and conducting transit trials as needed.
  • Support pre-artwork meetings, manage artwork generation and approval, and ensure compliance with packaging specifications (cutter guides, barcodes, date code boxes, etc.).
  • Streamline packaging across customers, maintain an inventory of packaging materials, identify improvement opportunities, and keep the Packaging Buyer informed of new requirements.
  • Stay updated on packaging trends and innovations, attend industry events, manage packaging stock for NPD, maintain the packaging database, and participate in NPD meetings.

About You

  • Experience in packaging development and manufacturing, with a passion for food. Or be a food science graduate with at least 1 years NPD experience and an interest in packaging development.
  • Knowledge of food labelling requirements and experience working with retailers and suppliers.
  • Ability to build strong stakeholder relationships and thrive in a fast-paced, multi-customer environment.
  • Access to own transport due to site location.

More details

The Packaging Technologist job (ref:8846) is paying £30,000 - £45,000 according to your experience.

The working hours are Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm.

The site is in Kent and is commutable from Tunbridge Wells, Maidstone, Ashford, Battle, Hawkhurst, Staplehurst, Cranbrook, Crowborough, Paddock Wood and surrounding towns. 

Alternate job titles

Packaging Technician | Packaging Engineer | FMCG Packaging Jobs | Packaging Designer | Food Manufacturing Packaging Jobs

 

Company

Since 2000, b3 jobs has been helping to further 1000s of people’s careers within the food manufacturing industry, throughout the whole of the UK. As one of the leading specialist food manufacturing recruitment agencies, b3 jobs cover all disciplines both permanent and interim and from graduates to MD’s,

Our core values are always:

  • to find the very best job for you - not us!
  • to give you friendly, ethical, honest and expert recruitment services
  • to advise and not pressurise, so that you can make the right decisions for you

We genuinely strive to provide you with what you want – a job that not only offers the salary you’re after, but also the career progression and job satisfaction that makes going to work all the more worthwhile. Enough trumpet blowing though – visit our website to read just some of our happy previous candidate testimonials - we are more than happy to let our reputation precede us!

For a full up to date list of our jobs, visit www.b3jobs.co.uk

Food Industry Graduates

If you are graduating soon and looking for your first job in food manufacturing, have a look at our Graduate Resource Hub on the b3 jobs website.

https://www.b3jobs.co.uk/graduates

Here you will find everything you need to get started on searching for a new position, from CV and cover letter writing tips, sample food industry job descriptions, informative and entertaining blog posts, useful links and even live graduate vacancies you can apply for.

Company info
Website
Telephone
01435 866000
Location
Heffle Buildings
33a High Street
Heathfield
East Sussex
TN21 8HU
United Kingdom

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