Food Technologist

  • Jelly Technical
  • New Mills, Derbyshire
  • Jan 28, 2026
Full time Manufacturing

Job Description

Food Technologist

30,000

High Peak

Monday to Friday days

Jelly Technical is recruiting on behalf of a well-established food manufacturer in High Peak for a Food Technologist to support the business as they experience growth across product lines and volume. The successful Food Technologist will get to join a thriving team within a supportive business, with lots of perks and added extra's to ensure you feel valued!

As a 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:

  • Experience in a food technologist or similar technical role within food manufacturing
  • Ideally degree educated in a relevant subject such as Food Science
  • HACCP trained or with good working knowledge
  • Strong understanding of food safety
  • Confident communicator with a practical, solutions-focused approach
  • Hold a UK driving licence - there will be some local travel to another site within working hours

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