Beverage Technologist

Shift: Monday-Friday

Shift Times: 08.Bakkavor, Wigan

Contract: Fixed Term Contract, 11 months
Benefits Package: 33 Days Annual Leave
Life Assurance
Pension
Flexible Benefits Package
Free Parking
Bakkavor is one of the leading providers of fresh prepared food in the UK, with an international presence in the US and China. Our 19,000 employees operate from 39 locations, developing and producing innovative food for a wide variety of occasions and budgets. In the UK, we work with leading grocery retailers, focusing on their own label brands.
In the UK, our customers include some of the UKs best known grocery retailers including Tesco, Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury's, Waitrose, Asda and Morrison's, who sell our products to consumers under their respective retail brands. Bakkavor Meals based in Wigan, specialises in making chilled ready meals, food to go salads and vegetable accompaniments and employs over 1,000 people. It is part of the Bakkavor Meals sector which has eight factories in the UK.

Reporting into our Technical Services Manager at our Bakkavor Wigan site, a fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Technologist to provide technical expertise to our customers, suppliers, and throughout the business, advising of legal, safety and quality standards and providing specialist technical support to all functions.

QMS, HACCP, legislation, specifications, technical reports, contaminants, complaints, microbiological and nutritional surveillance.
People - To deputise and support others in the technical team in all tasks as required and be flexible to cover different work, also be involved in projects as requested.
Previous demonstrable experience in a chilled food manufacturing environment in at least one of the following disciplines: Production; or graduated in related discipline
A pragmatic in approach to problem solving and is agile in finding solutions
When joining us you can expect a highly competitive rewards package including group pension and other flexible benefits - alongside excellent career progression prospects across the Bakkavor group.
We're proud to be the leading UK provider of innovative, high-quality, fresh prepared food. And we're proud to offer a wide range of careers full of support and opportunity. We are the leading provider of fresh prepared food in the UK, and our presence in the US and China positions the Group well in these high-growth markets. We leverage our consumer insight and scale to provide innovative food that offers quality, choice, convenience, and freshness. Around 18,500 colleagues operate from 44 sites across our three markets supplying a portfolio of over 2,900 products across meals, pizza & bread, salads and desserts to leading grocery retailers in the UK and US, and international food brands in China.