Process Development Technologist

Job Description

Why GreencoreYou may not have heard of us, but were sure youve tried our products. Were a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing 13,000 colleagues across 16 world-class manufacturing sites and 18 distribution depots across the UK. We supplyall the UKs food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals.Here at Manton Wood, we have a team of around 1,700 colleagues. We produce sandwiches and wraps for some of the biggest retailers in the UK including Co-op, Asda, Morrisons, Boots, Aldi and Lidl.Our Manton Wood site has a gym, restaurant with hot food and a staff shop available to all our colleagues.What youll be doingAs a Process Development Technologist you will ensure the smooth transition of products from kitchen / concept through the manufacturing process to launch.Driving the development process post product approval to launch, ensuring that Technical & Quality standards are achieved and maximising profitability. To challenge current factory processes, looking for improvements, efficiencies & potential value engineeringwithout being detrimental to the finished product quality.What were looking for

• Generate, update and maintain internal product specification record.
• Organise and conduct the factory trials after product hand over so as to meet the critical path.
• Record all process/ingredient (both new and existing) related issues during factory trial and escalate to various departments.
• Document all factory trial related documents.
• Organise nutritional and shelf life samples from each factory trial in timely manner.
• Liaise with different departments like production, technical, NPD, Supply chain, Goods in and Despatch during trialling phase imparting information ensuring that everyone is aware of their responsibilities.
• Ensure that throughout the development process, products maintain commercial and quality aspiration, communicating implication of any process modification.
• Present the samples to customer agreeing quality parameters.
• Work closely with suppliers and Greencore raw material team to agree quality parameters of raw materials.
• All trialled products are organoleptically assessed with NPD and technical and quality attributes are recorded.
• Generate quality attribute sheet capturing all quality attributes considering process capabilities.
• Work closely with all new raw materials, capturing all quality attributes including photographic evidence.
• Challenge supplier with regard to any potential issue with any raw material.
• Generation and Circulation of trial plans on a weekly basis.
• Organise/involve in to all pre launch meetings issuing out all necessary information.
• To attend Feasibility meetings raising the necessary points relevant to deliver a viable product prior to handover.
• Support the team with the Validation & Verification of equipment / processes to a planned schedule

Others

• Attend internal & external taste panels when required.
• Support specification technologist to check artwork.
• To adopt and implement the Companies Health & Safety Policies and Procedures, and in so doing promote the maintenance of a safe working environment for all colleagues.

If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.What youll get in return

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Pension up to 8% matched
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.