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Senior Raw Materials Technologist ( Food Industry) We drive our own success. Competitive salary On site staff shop, MyBargains discount platform and more. Bakkavor Meals London - Park Royal (Cumberland site) Fully Site based Monday - Friday 8.30am -5pm Permanent role Why join us? We're constantly evolving, progressing, and diversifying. And we want our people to do so too. For everyone to feel empowered, engaged and enabled. To create opportunities to move forward, climb higher and push for more. We believe in fueling ambition and guiding success. In supporting everyone with talent and drive to own what they do, realize their potential, and build a brilliant future for themselves at Bakkavor. What we do. This particular role is at our Bakkavor Meals site in Park Royal - West London. Split across 3 factories and 1 distribution centre. The factories make chilled ready meals, houmous dips, deli products & savoury accompaniments and employs over 2,000 people. About the role. In this busy and exciting role, your key focus will be to ensure that customer, business unit and legal requirements for raw materials and supplier quality assurance are achieved, that quality, safety and risk evaluation systems are in place, monitored and corrective actions completed. You will lead and motivate the raw material technologists ensuring role activities are delivered to a high standard and support the team resource planning. This role reports into the Raw Materials Manager, your role will involve working closely with Group Central Technical, Specification, NPD, Buying, Process and Quality departments. Accountabilities: Will ensure that there is an approved and active Insight specification available for all raw materials used on site. Work closely with manager to ensure that all suppliers either existing to the business or a new supplier/material to be introduced into the business has full/current approval status Ensure that all raw material specifications are reviewed and risk assessed to the outlined frequency and include requirements for quality and technical purposes relevant to Bakkavor. You will support the site risk assessment process through liaising with suppliers to capture all relevant information. Participate in Technical audits including customer and Group Technical, ensuring all relevant raw material information is available and completed in the required timescale Audit compliance against Quality Management Systems, GMP and HACCP controls, raising all non-conformances against relevant standards with objective evidence, effectively communicated to enable the operational teams to take the appropriate and necessary corrective action & to follow up and monitor completion of actions. Will compile monthly internal KPI's for the site Raw Materials team for example: % active specifications, risk assessment status, supplier approval & raw material specification review. Understand the sites Customer requirements in regards raw material controls, microbiological specifications and processing parameters and effectively communicates these to both the internal site teams and the raw material suppliers in a timely manner. Where issues are identified, these will be communicated to all necessary parties as early on in the process as possible. About you. Drive and enthusiasm in all aspects of the technical role. Be able to work effectively within a team environment and also on own initiative Be computer literate and conversant in Word, Excel and Access packages and be able to generate procedures, graphs, reports and presentations Have a flexible approach to the role and the hours required as dictated by the business needs Be an effective communicator (written and oral) at all levels of management and with both internal and external customers / suppliers Have previous experience within the food industry and in a technical role HACCP Level 3 (or higher) Strong technical skills, including knowledge of Excel, and specification systems What you'll receive. As an equal opportunity employer, we're committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits, rewards and wellbeing offerings that are important to you. Life Assurance (1 x salary) 25 days holiday Staff Shop Stakeholder Pension Scheme MyBargains Discount Platform Personal Accident Insurance Free Independent Mortgage Advice Employee Assistance Programme A Range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans) Discounted tutoring for children Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary Private Medical Insurance (after 5 years service) Free Carparking Proud to be Bakkavor. We're proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We're proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose. We're driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business - come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team! Find out more and apply.

Are you an experienced food / fresh produce technologist looking for your next step? If so this is a role for you. Key accountabilities: Optimising QMS Policies, Processes and Procedures Improving quality performance Nurturing a high-performance workforce Improving food safety and well-being Improving the engagement level of employees Delivery of departments KPI's and own PDR objectives Audit ready at all times Key responsibilities: Work within and use the QMS to ensure product safety, legality, quality and customer specifications are always achieved. A key member of the HACCP Team, attend and participate in all HACCP meetings. As part of the internal auditing team, you will conduct GMP, Glass, Hygiene and other internal audits to ensure the site meets the safety, quality and legality requirements Attend site meetings as required and prepare accordingly. Be the ERP specialist for the department Create and maintain ERP Test templates Specification writer for the company - Internal and External Maintain compliance for all customer portals Support the Technical Manager during industry and customer audits Artwork Reviewer for customer design amendments Assist with Gap Analysis for industry and customer standards Provide trend data to the Technical Manager for customer complaints, Warnings and Rejections. Assist with QMS maintenance Optimise year-on-year quality improvements Provide cover for the team and line management as and when required. Key performance indicators : All Specifications internal and External are 100% up to date Operations quality performance (CPMU & rejections) Other operational KPI's as measured by the business No non-conformances in any external or internal audit Person specification Ideally ,2 years working in a food / fresh produce technical position HACCP Level 2 and Food Hygiene Experience with retail portals Ability to multitask This is a Monday-Friday site based role.

BASED NEAR ANCASTER, LINCOLNSHIRE FULL TIME, PERMANENT POSITION COMPANY A well-establised company, our client is a leading supplier of an extensive range of products to the foodservice and food manufacturing industries. An award winning business, now is an excellent time to join the team! They currently have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and dynamic individual to join the fast-paced Innovation Team. The purpose of the role is to develop new and innovative products and provide support at all stages of the development process from concept through to product trials. ROLE Main Responsibilities Work alongside relevant functions to support the development of new products Visit and liaise directly with customers to identify and present new concepts Prepare technical documentation and evaluate HACCP requirements for new products Ability to match customer recipes and develop new recipes to customer requirements Maintain a comprehensive database of recipe information and costings Identify emerging food and market trends CANDIDATE Attributes A positive and customer focused approach in line with company values Not a people management focused role, need to be a foodie and hands on developer Excellent communication and organisational skills Experienced in NPD role working with functional ingredients Detail orientated with a high level of accuracy Problem solving and critical thinking skills Good standard of computer literacy Full UK driving licence Benefits Generous holiday entitlement including the day after your birthday Healthcare Cash Plan Scheme and Employee Assistance Programme Various employee engagement initiatives Company pension contributions above the statutory minimum Life assurance scheme Training opportunities for all On site but could possibly do 1 day WFH Hours of Work : 8.00am to 4.30pm Monday to Thursday 8.00am to 3.00pm Friday Salary range : 40K- Circa 45K Hands on, 60% development, 30% paperwork, 10% customer facing. The Company has a great state of the art development kitchen, they are an innovative and NPD focused business.