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JOB TITLE: Development Technologist
REPORTS TO: Senior NPD Technologist
LOCATION: Bristol Innovation Centre, Farleigh Church, Old Weston Road, Flax Bourton. BS48 1UL.
BENEFITS: Competitive basic salary + 20 days holiday + birthday off + health care scheme + other company benefits
HOURS:Full time, Monday to Friday 0900 - 1700 (occasional travel may be required)
Company background
FSC is a family business with more than 35 years of award-winning experience in creating, rolling out and managing bespoke customer food-on-the-move solutions. Our customers include a selection of blue-chip companies in various industries, such as Shell, Dunelm and National Trust.
We offer a range of consultancy services drawing on our in-depth knowledge of the
food-on-the-move sector and have managed projects in South America, North America, Asia, Scandinavia and several European countries.
Our Head Office is in the world-famous village of Cheddar, and we have an Innovation Centre near Bristol in Flax Bourton where your role would be based. Although many of the team are based throughout the UK and Europe, we regularly get together to review performance, share best practices and socialise! As well as working in a challenging and fast-moving environment, we believe its important to have a big chunk of fun and no day is ever the same at FSC.
At FSC we believe in ethical stewardship of all aspects of our business. This means that we thrive in a diverse, equitable culture where we celebrate inclusion and empowerment within our teams, and seek to always support our global community, minimising our carbon footprint wherever possible. To help grow this awareness we have adopted a companywide ESG focus.
The role will involve
Supporting the Development Team to deliver and develop new products and concepts to market with accountability around:
- Supporting the introduction of new food-to-go products by ensuring production processes are scalable, efficient and safe
- Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to translate concepts into feasible operations for FSC customer site systems
- Liaising, communicating and building relationships with internal and external stakeholders throughout the development launch process and beyond
- Ensuring that related project documentation is accurate, up-to-date and consistent
- Generate product labelling in compliance with relevant legislation to include proofreading from design to printing
- Supporting continuous improvement by identifying innovative ideas and ingredient opportunities that maximise cost savings and enhance business efficiency.
- Occasional travel to factory trials and/or product launches at various locations across the UK and Ireland, minimising food waste from trials and data capturing while in attendance.
The ideal candidate should:
- Have a good understanding of system documentation or project management tools
- Be able to support hosting customer visits, setting up product displays and other supporting actions
- Understand and support the team to achieve their launch objectives by being adaptable to supporting tasks and system updates
- Encourage taking positive steps to engage in discussions, opportunities and actions to minimise environmental impacts internally and externally to the benefit of all
Skills & Interests
- High level of computer literacy
- Excellent organisational skills and natural can-do attitude
- Relishes working in a fast-paced environment in a hands-on capacity as a part of a team
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- A strong interest in food and awareness of market trend
- Good attention to detail
Qualifications (academic and work-related)
- BSc Food Science/Technology (or similar) OR experience working with NPD/Process Departments in admin support function
- Valid driving licence
Experience
- Experience within NPD/Process within FMCG
- Experience of visiting/worked in several food manufacturing sites.
- Knowledge of UK Food Legislation including Labelling and HACCP would be beneficial
