Graduate Development Technologist, Food Manufacturing

1 day ago


Scunthorpe North Lincolnshire, United Kingdom Billington Foods Full time

About us At Billington Foods we love creating fantastic food Our factories, based in Scunthorpe and Wellingborough, supply a menu-wide range to the UK’s Foodservice, Retail & B2B markets. Soups, available in supermarkets across the UK.
People are at the core of our Company values and we are proud to say the Billington Group has been ranked among the Financial Times' Top 500 UK Best Employers 2025. To support the NPD Manager in the management and day to day running of the NPD team and the creation of exciting new products for our customers.

A key support role within our Development Team working across a wide range of customers.
Be an ambassador for the gated NPD process and support the NPD team with the administrative aspects of the stage and gate as well as with NPD and feasibility meetings.
This includes generating nutritional's (using nutricalc), claims, customer policy compliance and keeping in line with current legislations, etc.
Organising and conducting benchmarking to monitor ongoing quality of new and existing products.
Supporting the Development team with regular shopping.
Keep up to date with the latest food trends and new openings so that you can talk passionately about the industry, new products and innovation.
Support the process team in the trialing and launching of new products to ensure successful scale up in the factory and grow your operational knowledge.
Assist the NPD Manager in driving a food agenda within the business and promoting our food values both internally and externally.
Input recipes accurately on to the development system and ensure new raw materials are sourced in a timely manner and in line with customer policies to support the costing process.
Assist with factory trials and product sampling
Food related degree level qualification.
Passion for food is essential.
Commercial understanding and ability to develop to a cost.
IT skills—Excel, PowerPoint and Word as well as internal systems.
Job Type: Full-time
Enhanced maternity leave
Health & wellbeing programme
Life insurance
On-site parking



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