Position Overview & Specifications

We are looking for an NPD Technologist who has bakery experience to join a food manufacturing company based in Aberdeenshire.

You must have craft bakery knowledge with around 1 or 2 years’ experience in a similar role.

Responsibilities:

Ownership of NPD process across mainly Powder products
Leading, monitoring, and reporting on development projects.
Requisitioning ingredients samples and information.
Liaise with Pilot Operatives on materials, formulations, processing conditions.
Maintaining accurate records of all recipes, tests, and results.
Monitoring progress of Projects, testing and dispatch of samples to customers.
As appropriate, working with customers to assist in the successful completion of a project and to gain wider experience of customer requirements.
Raising Specifications and Technical Information/Data sheets as required.
Liaise with Purchasing, Stock Control, Production and QC for arranging factory trials.
Liaising with suppliers for new/ alternative raw materials supporting Product Development.
Raising of Recipes, Production and Packing Methods.
Co-ordination, monitoring, reporting, and testing of factory trial design criteria.
Understanding of materials, statistical techniques and testing procedures used in the food industry.

Experience required:

Have a science degree in Food Processing/ Food Science/ Food Technology, Chemistry or Biochemistry.
Demonstrable practical and technical ability in professional craft bakery skills.
Ability to problem solve and adapt recipes and processes to achieve optimal product quality. NPD & EPD.
Knowledge of enzyme technology and its use and application in Bakery.
Legislative knowledge on functional raw materials i.e., Maximum Permitted Levels.
Understanding of HACCP/ Food Safety
Sound knowledge of functional ingredients, including raising agents, emulsifiers, improvers, and enzymes.
Experience in developing and base compounding in the following categories would be an advantage: Concentrated product formats. ‘All-in-one’ powder mixes (cakes, muffins, pancake, baters etc). Wet compounds (icings, frostings, glazes, custards, fillings etc).

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