Process Technologist

**Process Technologist**:
**Process Technologist**

Proud to be trusted and believed in.

Shift: Monday - Friday, 8.30-5pm (flexibility required).

**Salary**: £25,000 - £28,000 depending on experience

Location: Old Leake, Lincolnshire (near Boston)

Benefits: Pension, flexible benefits, on-site canteen, employee forum, Long Service Awards, Christmas events, company wellbeing programme, £250 referral scheme

A brilliant opportunity for a Process Technologist has arisen at our manufacturing site based in Old Leake, Boston. The site employs over 700 people and specialises in making chilled Italian ready meals and modern deli products for a dedicated customer.

You will drive the smooth transition of product from concept to launch, ensuring the technical and quality standards are achieved and maximising profitability. You will challenge current factory processes and look for improvements, efficiencies, and will value engineering.

**About the role**:

- Undertake trials in-line with the Bakkavor and customer requirements and as instructed by Line Manager.
- Document all data from trials inc. shelf-life, organs etc, comprehensively and legibly for future review; to establish process capabilities and support due diligence.
- Secure and submit appropriate samples as requested by customer as well as those for analysis e.g., Microbiological, for organoleptic evaluation and for transit trials.
- Plan and organise resources to achieve the day-to-day delivery of trials etc, in-line with project timescales.
- Working with NPD and Operations to establish appropriate quality attributes for work in progress material, assembly and finished product taking into account operational capabilities.
- Carry out ongoing Process validation of relevant factory equipment to ensure site due diligence requirements are met.
- Co-ordinate Pre-Production and Launch preparation.
- Contribute to post launch evaluation of process in conjunction with NPD to ensure process established at launch is still valid for full scale production and implement improvements as necessary.
- To operate in a safe working manner and support the site/business on continuous improvement relating to health, safety and the environment

**About you**:

- You will have experience in a food manufacturing environment in a similar role.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Problem solving skills.
- Flexible approach to work and professional at all times.

**About us**:
We're the biggest name you've never heard of. You've probably eaten our food
- you just didn't realise it. Because as global leaders in the fresh prepared food industry with over 19,000 employees, we create innovative products, including meals, soups, dips, salads, desserts, pizzas and bread for customers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose in the UK. Our customers include Harris Teeter and Home Chef in the US, and in China, we make food for Starbucks, Yum and Pret. We're ambitious. We're full of ideas. And we're ready for more people who share our passion for quality to join us.

**Bakkavor**:
Bakkavor is the leading provider of fresh prepared food in the UK, with a growing international presence in the US and China. We are number one in the UK in the four product categories of meals, salads, desserts and pizza & bread, providing high-quality, fresh, healthy and convenient food. Our customers include every major UK grocery retailer, including Tesco, Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury's and Waitrose, and some of the world’s best-known food brands. We have over 19,000 employees, our headquarters are in London and we have 23 factories in the UK, 5 in the US and 9 in China.
- Category: Process- Location: Boston, GB- Date: 24-Mar-2023