Food Technologist

£30,000 + Excellent Benefits
New Mills | Full Time | Monday–Friday | Multi-Site Role (need own car)

Want to develop products you’ll actually see on shelves?

If you’re a Food Technologist who enjoys turning ideas into real, scalable products — not just paperwork — this could be the move that stretches you.

You’ll join a growing, multi-site food business where your ideas won’t sit in a folder. You’ll work across product development, process improvement and food safety, with genuine involvement from concept through to scale-up.

What’s in it for you?

• £30,000 salary

• Excellent benefits package

• Monday–Friday hours (no weekend factory rota)

• Exposure to full product lifecycle

• Multi-site experience that strengthens your CV

• Real input into NPD and continuous improvement

This is the kind of role where you won’t just “support development” — you’ll actively create, test and improve.

What you’ll be doing (and why you’ll enjoy it)

• You’ll generate new product ideas, develop and modify recipes (including specialist variants), and run sensory testing to refine quality.
• You’ll design and optimise trials, manage scale-up activity and ensure efficiency and compliance at every stage.
• You’ll stay ahead of food legislation, labelling requirements and ingredient innovations — meaning your technical knowledge stays sharp and current.
• You’ll also contribute to improving manufacturing reliability, reviewing validation processes and strengthening food safety documentation including SOPs and process flows.
• This is hands-on technical work with visibility across the business.

What you’ll need

• Degree (or equivalent) in Food Science, Chemistry or similar

• Strong understanding of food safety standards (HACCP)

• Confidence working cross-functionally

• Attention to detail and a proactive mindset

• Full UK driving licence (multi-site responsibility)

If you enjoy problem-solving, improving processes and seeing your work make it to production, you’ll thrive here.

What next?

Your CV doesn’t need to be perfect or fully updated.

If you’d like to explore whether this could be the right move for you, apply with what you have or message for a confidential chat.

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