Food Technologist

Near Bath

35 - 40 per hour (umbrella)

Hybrid working

3 - 6 month contract

Jelly Technical is recruiting on behalf of a well-established food manufacturer near Bath for an experienced Food Technologist to support the business during a key period of activity. This is a hybrid contract role offering flexibility alongside hands-on technical involvement within a fast-paced food manufacturing environment.

The contract is initially expected to run for 3 to 6 months, with a competitive hourly rate and the opportunity to work with a collaborative and commercially focused technical team.

Additional details include:

• Hybrid working model (site-based and remote)
• Immediate or short-notice start preferred
• Opportunity to work on active NPD, and technical improvement projects
• Exposure to a high-standard food manufacturing operation

As a Interim Food Technologist, your key responsibilities will include:

• Supporting NPD projects from concept through to launch
• Maintaining and updating product specifications and technical documentation
• Ensuring compliance with food safety, quality, legality and customer standards
• Liaising with internal teams and external stakeholders including suppliers and customers
• Supporting factory trials, shelf-life testing and technical investigations
• Assisting with audits, customer queries and continuous improvement activities

What You'll Bring:

• Proven experience in a food technologist or similar technical role within food manufacturing
• Ideally degree educated in a relevant subject such as Food Science
• HACCP level 3 trained
• Strong understanding of food safety, HACCP, and retailer or customer standards
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities within a contract environment
• Confident communicator with a practical, solutions-focused approach
• Experience across chilled, ambient or short shelf-life products would be advantageous

Apply TODAY to express an interest. A member of the Jelly Technical team will endeavour to contact all suitable applicants within 72 hours.