🕒 10 days ago
Own product and development projects across New Zealand, connecting farmers with Product, Engineering and R&D teams to improve Halter’s grazing technology through customer insights, trials and practical implementation.
Technologist - Food
🕒 2 days ago
Food Product SpecificationsFood SafetyHACCPGFSI Requirements
📜 Description
- Prepare, verify, check, and approve product specifications against client requirements and service level agreements.
- Provide technical and regulatory support and advice to clients and internal and external stakeholders.
- Coordinate with clients, suppliers, and other parties to meet customer policies, KPIs, and business needs.
- Deliver additional projects as requested by the Technical Compliance Manager.
🛠️ Requirements
- Extensive specification experience in food manufacturing or a food advisory service.
- Relevant qualification or degree in Food Hygiene, Food Science, or Regulatory studies.
- Food Safety Level 3 and HACCP Level 3 qualifications.
- Practical experience in a technical or regulatory role within the food industry.
- Working knowledge of food technical and regulatory requirements, including HACCP, food safety, and GFSI requirements.
- Practical knowledge of retailer specification systems.
- Strong communication, planning, and organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise work.
✨ Benefits
- Discretionary performance-related bonus, subject to eligibility criteria
- Private medical cover
- Pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Annual leave that increases with service, plus bank holidays
- Additional day off for your birthday
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay
- Health and wellbeing initiatives
- Discounted gym membership
Full job description
Company Description
We are SGS – the world's leading testing, inspection and certification company. We are recognized as the global benchmark for sustainability, quality and integrity. Our 100,000 employees operate a network of 2,600 offices and laboratories, working together to enable a better, safer and more interconnected world. Our brand promise – when you need to be sure – underscores our commitment to trust, integrity and reliability.
SGS’s Food industry services help ensure food safety, quality, and compliance through testing, inspection, certification, and auditing—supporting businesses across the supply chain from farm to fork.
Job Description
ROLE OVERVIEW
- Job Title: Technologist - Food
- Job Type: Permanent
- Location: Remote, UK
- Hours: 37.5 per week
- Salary: From £36,000 pa
- Industry: Health & Nutrition - food
Main Purpose of Role
- Prepare, verify, check and approve product specifications accurately in line with client requirements and service level agreements to achieve business objectives.
- Provide technical and regulatory support and advice to clients as well as any other internal and external parties to support the business needs.
- Ensure areas of responsibility are delivered in line with customer policies and agreed KPIs, through liaising with clients, suppliers, and any other internal or external party to meet client and business needs.
- Delivering other projects as requested by the Technical Compliance Manager to meet client and business needs.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate for this role is someone who has extensive specification experience within a food manufacturing environment or food advisory service.
Essential
- Relevant Food Hygiene, Food Science or Regulatory qualification/degree.
- Food Safety Level 3 and HACCP Level 3 qualifications.
- Practical experience within the food industry, in a technical or regulatory role.
- Working knowledge of food technical and regulatory requirements, including HACCP, Food Safety and GFSI requirements.
- Practical knowledge of retailer specification systems.
- Excellent communication, planning and organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise work effectively.
Additional Information
At SGS, we believe in rewarding our employees for their hard work and commitment. As part of our team, you would be eligible for:
- Performance related bonus (discretionary and subject to eligibility criteria)
- Private medical cover (immediate access)
- Competitive pension scheme + Life Assurance
- Generous Annual Leave allowance (increasing with service) plus bank holidays
- An additional day off for your birthday
- Retailer Discounts
- Enhanced maternity/paternity and adoption pay
- Length of Service Awards
- Christmas Vouchers
- Health & Wellbeing initiatives
- Discounted Gym Membership
SGS is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and as such we recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job classifications without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristics protected by law.
APPLY NOW for full consideration, if you are selected for an interview, or further consideration, we will be in touch with you directly.
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