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Food Technologist

United Kingdom, Surrey 30000.00 - 42000.00 GBP / Year · Job Posted March 05, 2026
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Fast growing and highly successful, our client prides themselves in being a leading supplier of a broad range of grocery products to the major UK retail market. The business works with suppliers in more than 20 countries and has direct relationships with a number of the major UK retailers. This is an extremely exciting opportunity to join an ambitious and rapidly growing food business with an outstanding reputation for customer service and quality products as well as offering rewarding training and personal development options. The Technical Team are responsible for keeping everything safe, legal and customer compliant and as a Technologist you will be working closely with the customer, having a clear understanding of their requirements in terms of product and packaging specifications. You have responsibility for maintaining and updating technical information and will liaise with customers and sales, dealing with customer queries and processing product and technical information.

Job Responsibility

  • Direct interface with major retail customers managing all aspects of product integrity from technical enquiries to product launches
  • Completing technical specifications and offering technical service support
  • Product sampling and benchmarking
  • Project management from NPD to product launch
  • Packaging development and approval
  • Supplier management
  • Awareness of retailer requirements and legislation changes

Requirements

  • Excellent written and verbal communication
  • Great attitude and mind set, with attention to detail
  • Educated to a degree level in a food related degree
  • Experience within the food industry
  • Ideally experience of writing specifications
  • Knowledge of HACCP and BRC will be advantageous
  • Knowledge of retailer systems will be advantageous

Nice to have

  • Knowledge of HACCP and BRC will be advantageous
  • Knowledge of retailer systems will be advantageous

What we offer

Rewarding training and personal development options

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