Development Technologist

Development Technologist

Site Location: Blagdon, BS40

Contract: Temporary

Shift: Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.30pm

Basic Pay Rate: £12.98ph

 

“Rolling out the green carpet for your career”.

Due to continual business growth, gap personnel are currently seeking new team members to join the diverse, friendly, and passionate team at Yeo Valley. Based at their stunning site in Blagdon, we have several Development Technologist positions available with immediate starts.

As a Development Technologist, you will become an important part of a team supporting the production and supply chain teams on the site you are based. You will support the delivery of daily KPI’s and targets, ensuring high levels of efficiency and food safety standards, whilst working as part of the site’s operations team.

As a Development Technologist, your role will include:  

• Moving towards scientific understanding of the recipe formulation and the roles of the ingredients and impact of the process
• Liaising with existing suppliers for new ingredients within a set list of parameters
• Learning to modify a recipe in line with feedback which is suitable commercially and is not detrimental to the process parameters
• Understanding of brand standards and food policy
• Build recipes using Nutricalc

What are we looking for, from you?

·         Ability to design product, packaging and process fit for purpose for relevant category

·         Ability to provide solutions when an issue arises

·         Ability to persuade or convince others to support an idea, agenda or direction

·         Creating and identifying approaches to combine trends, customer and competitive insights, with creativity demonstrating credible ideas & solutions, product or process, constructing definable and measurable projects. A blueprint for action relevant to customer and business

·         Creates a sustainable on-going emotional connection between the business and our customers

Everything else?

Leave that to the team at Yeo Valley who will provide you with exemplary training programs and development.

All of this, AND superb onsite facilities:

Subsidised food canteen offering fresh hot and cold food; vending machines; creative break-out areas, free site parking; discounted Yeo Valley products; honesty fridges for further food discounts.

What else is left to do? Simply APPLY and let’s get your career started at Yeo Valley.