Raw Material Technologist

Greencore Group plc; Selby; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading convenience food manufacturer in the UK seeks a Raw Material Technologist for a fixed-term contract in Selby. The role involves ensuring raw materials and packaging comply with safety standards and legislation, collaborating with suppliers to enhance food safety and quality practices. The ideal candidate will demonstrate experience in allergen management, quality management systems, and have relevant certifications. This position offers competitive salary and benefits, along with career development opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive salary and job-related benefits

Holidays

Pension up to 8% matched

Life insurance up to 4x salary

Company share save scheme

Greencore Qualifications

Employee discount platform

Wellbeing Centre access

Enhanced parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Detail-oriented with strong analytical skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel for data management.
• Holds advanced food hygiene level 4 certification.
• Practical knowledge of allergen management required.
• Understanding of internal audit programs expected.
• Experience in maintaining a Quality Management System (QMS).
• Familiarity with BRC or equivalent certification processes.
• Root cause analysis techniques for problem solving required.
• Knowledge of supplier approval processes is essential.

Responsibilities

• Support site teams in raw materials and packaging safety compliance.
• Facilitate supplier change management and technical compliance.
• Monitor supplier performance and improve food safety metrics.
• Manage raw material change projects across sites.
• Support innovation projects for food safety improvements.
• Ensure group standardisation in quality practices.
• Collaborate with purchasing for best practices.
• Develop supplier partnerships to enhance communication.

Skills

Detail oriented

Microsoft Excel skills

Food hygiene level 4

Allergen management knowledge

Internal audit requirements knowledge

Experience of maintaining a QMS

Technical strategy implementation

BRC certification understanding

Root cause analysis techniques

Supplier approval process knowledge

Shelf-life result evaluation

Food safety legislation application

Education

Level 4 Food Hygiene Certification

Level 3 HACCP Certificate

Level 2 Health and Safety Qualification

Job description

Why Greencore?

We’reone of the UK’s leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business,we’reproud to employ over 13,300 talented colleagues across 16 manufacturing sites and 17 distribution depots throughout the UK. Together, we bring delicious food to life, from sandwiches, and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles, and ready meals. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve revenues of £1.95bn.

Our extensive direct-to-store (DTS) network, with 17 depots nationwide, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring our customers enjoy thevery best, whenever and wherever they shop.

At Greencore we actively encourage our colleagues to apply for our vacancies, whether as a lateral move to broaden experience or the next step up to progress your career and development. We also welcome applications from external candidates who are eager to grow their career with us.

Our Selby site is home to over 750 colleagues and a proud heritage. As the UK’s number one manufacturer of private-label cooking sauces and pickles, we’ve been serving customers since 1914. Today, we produce more than 160 million units a year across 600 product lines for major retailers including Morrisons, Tesco and Asda.

What you'll be doing

As a Raw Material Technologist (12 Months FTC) you willhelp deliver a coordinated technical approach to material management by supporting the site teams in ensuring that all raw materials and packaging solutions are safe and conform to all relevant specification, legislation and customer requirements

• Facilitate supplier change management including supplier technical compliance, supplier contingency planning and internal Greencore site support to drive improved food safety and quality
• Help and support sites with supplier performance, monitoring, key performance indicator generation and tracking to improve performance with regards to retailer requirements, food safety and quality
• Support and help manage relevant raw material change management projects including MIT delivery and continuous improvements across multiple sites to realise country wide benefits
• Work with and support subject matter experts in delivery of improved supply chain efficiencies and complexity reduction within the supply base to improve visibility and reduce risk for Greencore
• Contribute with subject matter expert and site team on raw material innovation project delivery to promote improvements in food safety and quality
• Work with the site teams to deliver group standardisation e.g., TQM adoption, micro and nutritional testing plans to best utilise resource and budgets
• Work with the purchasing and business wide subject matter experts to identify, share and communicate best practice with internal and external stakeholders in order to deliver overall competitive advantage
• Work in partnership with suppliers to improve communication networks, support development and provide overall technical and commercial advantage for the business

What we’re looking for

We’renot all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to makeevery daytaste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity.

• Detail oriented
• Microsoft excel skills
• Holds an advanced food hygiene level 4, has a level 3 HACCP certified and level 2 Health and Safety qualification
• Experience and a practical working knowledge of allergen management
• Working knowledge of internal audit requirements and programmes
• Experience of maintaining a QMS
• Experience of technical strategy implementation
• Delivery of BRC certification or equivalent
• Experience of root cause analysis techniques for problem solving and project delivery
• Experience of supplier approval process and procedures
• Ability to evaluate and interpret shelf-life results
• Demonstrable experience of applying food safety legislation to manufacturing practice

These do not all need to be in place at recruitment. These may be trained or developed.

This is a very varied role and will involve an element of learning for the successful candidate - you must be willing to learn and able to adapt to succeed in this position!

If this sounds like you,join us andgrow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.

Whatyou’llget in return

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Pension up to 8% matched
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Companysharesave scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
• Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported withon the jobtraining and development opportunities to further your career.