Process Technologist

Process Technologist

Rogerstone Park, Newport  

Competitive Salary + Benefits

About Us:

When you join 2 Sisters, you will become part of one of the UK’s largest food manufacturers, with an annual turnover of £3billion+, employing around 13,000 across 16 sites.

This role sits within our Meals division, where we live by our mantra of ‘Making Every Meal Moment Special’. We have 5sites creating over 500 different products to feed our nation, from ready meals to iced fingers…we love our food, and we love our people.

About the Role:

Our site at Rogerstone Park is a key part of our Meal Solutions division, employing around 1,600 people and producing a huge range of chilled ready meals for major retail customers.

It is a fast paced, dynamic, and supportive environment, making it a great place to work and you will develop an in-depth understanding of our products and processes, as well as gaining experience of working with our biggest customers.

Reporting to the Process Manager, your key responsibilities will include:

• Driving the successful delivery of new product launches, leading factory trials and, as a crucial link between the concept team and factory operations, managing approved products through the factory development process to full launch.
• Ensuring all products meet business requirements and are in line with customer expectations and Cods of Practice.
• Collating trial data and organising post-trial outputs such as microbiological and nutritional testing, customer samples, organoleptic and reheat testing.
• Producing accurate technical data derived from specification reviews for specification updates and artwork generation, such as nutritional information and allergen data.
• Attending pre-production and product launches to support the factory production team and ensure a smooth handover from concept to launch.

About You:

This role would be ideal for a graduate or somebody with food manufacturing experience looking for a new challenge, and we are keen to hear from anybody with the following skills and experience:

• Demonstrable knowledge of the fundamentals of food processing, ideally with experience of working in a process or product development role.
• Preferably qualified to degree level in Food Science or similar, or with at least one year’s relevant experience.
• Strong communication skills, able to work with colleagues and customers at all levels.
• Proactive and logical approach, able to manage a busy workload.
• A team player, able to learn from and support colleagues to achieve business goals.