Food Technologist

Overview

In this role you help convert product and ingredient data into accurate, compliant information to support safe, high-quality meals. You will work in the Ingredients Function within New Product Development, collaborating with suppliers and internal teams to ensure data is precise and timely from concept to launch. You will be a go-to source for product knowledge, keeping up with food legislation and enabling smooth project progress. This opportunity combines technical precision with regulatory awareness in a supportive, cross-functional environment.

Pay / Benefits

• Living Wage employer
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Pension with employer matched contributions up to 4%
• Life assurance 1x annual salary
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Free parking

Responsibilities

• Manage a busy workload across specifications, material queries, artwork checks, and legislative updates to meet deadlines
• Prepare and maintain accurate raw material specifications with suppliers
• Create finished product specifications and assess information for legislative, customer and apetito compliance
• Gather, interpret and approve supplier, recipe and product data ensuring accuracy and availability to stakeholders
• Respond to internal and customer queries with clear, timely technical information
• Check artwork and product information for accuracy, consistency and compliance
• Keep internal product, recipe and specification systems up to date
• Support development colleagues in the technical setup of new and improved products
• Drive continuous improvement and contribute to innovation in products, systems and service
• Keep up to date with key legislative changes and implement them

Key requirements

• Degree in Food Science or related discipline or equivalent experience
• Competent user of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) and SharePoint
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Up-to-date knowledge of food legislation for consumer delivery
• Proficient in checking UK/EU food labelling compliance
• Experience preparing food specifications and labels
• Experience checking raw material specifications for accuracy and policy adherence
• Numerical competency for recipe calculations
• Experience working with multiple data sources

• Detail-oriented
• Self-motivated and able to work with minimal supervision
• Team player with professional communication
• Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, SharePoint)
• Label/compliance checking for food products
• Recipe data interpretation and specification preparation

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