Food Technologist

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**Job Overview**
- To support compliance, culinary and operational teams with technical and nutritional expertise
- To use key software to efficiently calculate and create nutritional and allergen reports for airline customers

**Main Duties & Responsibilities**
- Ensure all required information is compiled and provided to the customer within established timelines.
- Data entry into software and dissemination of data to enable airline passengers with dietary requirements to make a safe and reasoned choice from the available menus
- Entering data into nutrition software to calculate intake per meal/product
- Approve supplier specifications (ingredient, composite ingredients and pre-packaged food) to ensure those meet legal labelling requirements, and further ensure any restricted foodstuffs are identified prior to menu launch.
- Liaise with supplier(s) to address any concerns that may arise during the specification review.
- Work closely with Menu Development and Customer Services to ensure Customer specific requirements are met, e.g. restricted ingredients, religious requirements or nutritional profiles.
- Assist with liaison with internal and external customers (e.g. Menu Development, Procurement, Operations, Airline Customers, Suppliers, etc.).
- Good written communication including report writing, presentation of information and conclusions.
- Provide relevant coaching and training to individuals and teams within the business.
- Audit of internal procedures and suppliers for compliance to legal and company requirements.
- Attend and participate in relevant meetings.
- Participate in projects.

**Education**
- Educated to a minimum of degree level (ideally Food Science/Technology) or equivalent work experience within the food industry

**Work Experience**
- Ideally, experience of at least 1 year working in the food industry in a NPD/Technical function or be a university/college leaver having had some relevant experience in the food industry.

**Skills & Knowledge**
- Good knowledge of Food Law including Food labelling regulations
- Good knowledge in nutrition UK and EU Food Information Regulation
- Good understanding of the composition of foods. Interest in food preparation/cooking would be highly beneficial
- Good working knowledge of finished product specifications, with exposure to writing specifications or/and approving finished product and raw material specifications (Liaise with procurement/manufacturers to ensure details are completed accurately within the deadlines).
- Food safety level 3 (CIEH)
- Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal.
- Experience and ability in compiling and presenting management reports.
- Tenacious and flexible attitude.
- Computer literate with very good understanding of MS Excel and other MS Office programmes.
- Experience with nutrition calculation programmes (Nutritics)
- Open to assisting with training of employees in nutrition and allergens.
- Ability to manage workload effectively, be organised with attention to detail and meet deadlines, sometimes under time pressure.
- The ability to work under own initiative and as part of a team environment.
- Confident, clear communication skills required to enable a strong interaction with individuals at all levels both internally and externally.
- Attention to detail, critical thinking and problem solving skills are essential.
- A flexible and resourceful approach to completing projects/work activities is essential together with the ability to assess situations, multitask and meet deadlines are qualities which are essential to the success of this role.

**About the company**

Gate Gourmet, a member of gate group, is the leading global provider of airline catering solutions and provisioning services for airlines, both in-flight at over 200 airports as well as at airport lounges. From menu design through execution and delivery, our passion is giving our airline customers and their passengers an exceptional experience.

All applicants must have the right to work in the UK, undertake a CRC (Criminal Record Check) and provide 5 years of checkable referencing history. For anytime spent outside the uk exceeding 6 months, you must be able to provide a CRC (Criminal Record Check) for that country.