Process Technologist

Process Technologist

2SFG Meals Solutions Rogerstone

Monday to Friday (On Site)

Competitive Salary

**About Us**:
When you join 2 Sisters, you will become part of one of the UK’s largest food manufacturers, with an annual turnover of £3billion+, employing 13,000 across 16 sites.

This role sits within our Meals division, where we live by our mantra of ‘Making Every Meal Moment Special’. We have 5sites creating over 500 different products to feed our nation, from ready meals to iced fingers we love our food, and we love our people.

Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, and we couldn’t do it without our team. It is a team where everyone counts we empower you with trust and give you the freedom to deliver. We ‘do what we say’ and accept accountability which allows our customers to trust us to create great tasting, innovative and quality meal solutions.

**About the Role**:
We are currently recruiting for a driven and diligent Process Technologist to join or Newport site which produce ‘best in class’ ready meals predominantly for M&S. This large purpose-built site currently employs around 1400 people, whilst turning over £140 million. This site is a fast paced, dynamic and ‘no two days the same’ environment; making it a great place to work.

You will manage the factory development of meals from handover to launch, starting with factory trials and onto product launches with a talented team of Process Technologists alongside you.
Communication will be one of your key strengths as you will be given the opportunity to work with our established customers to develop these relationships through meetings either on or off site, so flexibility and a desire to be customer facing is a must.

Duties Will Include:

- Drive the successful delivery of NPD/EPD launches.
- Part of a large process team which works closely together to support each other.
- Work as an integral member of the NPD & Process team networking with other internal departments and the customer as required.
- Undertake trials in-line with the 2 Sisters Rogerstone Park and customer requirements as instructed by Line Manager.
- Actively support the team ensuring tight management of critical paths on proposed concepts, throughout the trial process up to product launch and post launch review.
- Attend pre-production and product launches to support the factory production team to ensure a smooth handover from concept to launch.
- Arrange and conduct factory trials as required by liaising with the relevant areas and factory planners.
- Ensuring that any existing and new raw materials and packaging are obtained, and the relevant paperwork and procedures are in place in advance of the trial.
- Conduct factory trials and capture a range fact-based trial data to populate the product folder
- Organize post trial outputs including: BOM’s creation, completion of process specific controls, microbiological & nutritional testing, customer samples, organoleptic and reheat testing.

**About you**:

- Ability to drive and deliver projects.
- Previous experience within a Process Tech role would be ideal.
- Working knowledge of Process within food production.
- Attention to detail (Essential).
- Food Science background or similar.
- Strong IT, organisation, and communication skills.
- Stakeholder management skills
- HND/HNC/BSc in a food related discipline or 3 years’ experience.
- Understanding of the fundamentals of food processing including kettle, oven, and frying technologies.
- Must have strong interpersonal skills, resilient, able to drive changes, and identify improvements.

In return for your hard work and dedication 2 Sisters Food Group are offering an excellent starting salary alongside a competitive package including 35 days holiday and the opportunity to influence a market leader during a time of real growth.
- At 2 Sisters are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and commit to fairness and equality for all employees and applicants. This includes age, disability, neurodiversity, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership._

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Benefits**:

- Company pension

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person