Process Technologist

Samworth Brothers Ltd; Leicester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturing company in Leicester is seeking a Process Technologist. You will be responsible for process validations and improvements within a busy development team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in food manufacturing, excellent communication skills, and at least 12 months of experience in chilled food production. This role offers a competitive salary, health benefits, and opportunities for career advancement in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Comprehensive health benefits

Opportunities for career progression

Enhanced pension

Discounts on everyday purchases

Qualifications

• Minimum of 12 months working experience within chilled food manufacturing.
• Understanding customer concept to launch protocols.
• Flexible approach to working hours and business demands.

Responsibilities

• Conduct factory trials in conjunction with customer COPs.
• Prepare documentation and liaise with manufacturing functions for planning trials.
• Support the Meals Environmental Manager on all responsible business projects.

Skills

Working knowledge of Food Manufacturing practices

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Good IT skills with MS Excel, Word, PP & Outlook

Understanding of HACCP application

Collaborative team worker

Education

HND/BSc in Food Science

Job description

About The Role

Join Our Family at Samworth Brothers!

At Samworth Brothers, We do Good Things with Great Food! We love our food and our people. Join us and be part of something special, where your work truly matters.

What You'll Do

We have the opportunity for you to join a busy process development team as a Process Technologist – Continuous Improvement. Ownership of validations throughout the process department and annual refreshers thereafter.

Continuous improvement support to review optimum processes to include cooking and cooling optimisation to reduce cost and maintain or improve quality.

Support the Meals Environmental Manager on all responsible business projects requiring trial work.

• Adherence to critical paths in line with the Samworth Brothers Launch Process
• Prepare documentation and liaise with manufacturing functions for the planning of trials
• Conduct factory trials in conjunction with customer COPs, including the capturing of traceability and trial data
• Conduct full worst case scenario validation studies to ensure safety criteria’s are consistently achieved
• Conduct annual refresher validation studies
• Work with CI on delivery of site PIP’s – sole ownership
• Organise post-trial outputs to include; initiation of BOMs, completion of product specific documentation, organisation of samples for microbiological & chemical testing, customer samples and organoleptic testing
• Assist and where necessary provide cover for the Process Technologists on day to day management of projects
• Working collaboratively with the wider business to provide support in process matters
• Maintain high technical and quality standards in line with the businesses policies and procedures

What you will need

There is a right role for everyone and we want to set you up for success. For the Process Technologist role we are looking for the following key skills and experience for this position:

• Working knowledge of Food Manufacturing practices, ideally FMCG
• Understanding of customer concept to launch protocols
• Collaborative team worker and able to work on own initiative
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills at all levels
• Good IT skills with experience of using MS Excel, Word, PP & Outlook
• Flexible approach to working hours and business demands
• Understanding of HACCP application and considerations (including validation requirements)
• Thermal processing qualifications (desirable)
• HND/BSc, preferably Food Science (desirable)
• Minimum of 12 months working experience within chilled food manufacturing, ideally within a process or NPD function

What We Offer

Our people are our greatest asset. We provide a supportive and rewarding environment with:

• Competitive Salary: Reflective of your skills and experience and reviewed each year.
• Health and Wellbeing: Comprehensive health benefits and wellness programs.
• Growth and Development: Opportunities for career progression across our whole business
• An Enhanced Pension: To enable you to save with our help towards your retirement
• Discounts where it counts: We offer discounts on every day purchases, days out and holidays through our benefit platform. We also work closely with The Company shop where you can benefit as a member.
• Family Feel: A supportive and inclusive culture.

About Us

We are a fourth-generation family business producing high quality own-label products for many of the UK’s best-known retailers along with our own brands including Ginsters, Soreen, Higgidy, Dickinson & Morris, Urban Eat, West Cornwall Pasty Company and Walker & Son. We employ over 10,000 people in well-invested modern food manufacturing sites around the country.

At Samworth Brothers we take pride in our family feel within our businesses and work together to make things happen. We can offer you the stability of a wider group as well as the opportunities that that offers if you wish to progress your career with us. We are family and we would like to invite you to be part of that and support our teams in delivering great products to all of our customers.

Samworth Brothers do not engage with unlicensed gangmasters or third parties. Samworth Brothers will NEVER ask you for money in order to provide you with employment. If you are in any doubt, please contact an official Samworth Brothers representative.