Class"rtltextaligneligible"> Raw Materials Technologist - Tilmanstone We're proud to be Bakkavor. Monday-Friday 08.30-17.00 Permanent Up to £32,000, depending on experience. Highly competitive reward package including life insurance, staff shop, MyBargains discount platform and more. Why join us? We’re proud to offer you a career with a global leader in the fresh prepared food industry. We’re proud to give everyone the opportunity and support to develop and progress their career. To nurture talent, fuel ambition and work with resilience and purpose to achieve the highest possible standards. What we do. In our Tilmanstone Salads site we produce first class Salad’s products including leafy salad bags, leafy salad bowls, takeaway salad meals, prepared vegetables & side dishes for one of our most prestigious customers in our state-of-the-art factory. About the role. In this busy and exciting role, your key focus will be to complete food safety risk assessments and specifications for raw materials entering the business. Working cross–functionally to ensure all new raw materials are sourced and purchased from approved suppliers and to acceptable specifications. Reporting to the Technical Services Manager, your role will involve working closely with Group Central Technical, Raw Material teams from other Bakkavor sites, NPD, Buying, Process and Technical departments. Accountabilities: Accountabilities within the role would include: Complete food safety risk assessments for raw materials and liaise with suppliers to capture all relevant information. Carry out ongoing assessment of ingredients to ensure suitability and compliance. Ensure all raw materials have an approved and active specification on our insight system. Generate, maintain and update relevant raw material systems and databases - liaising with Operations, Technical, Buying and NPD as appropriate. Work closely with manager to ensure that all suppliers either existing to the business or a new supplier/material to be introduced into the business has full/current approval status. Participate in Technical audits including customer and Group Technical Ensure that all information held centrally on supplier approval is reflective of the factories supply base and risk assessment outcome. Escalate appropriately internally / externally if discrepancies are found. Assist in the capture of information and co-ordination of responses in the event of a food safety alert. Open communication with the procurement, technical and operational teams - where products fall outside the specification into the reject category. About you Ideally, you will have good knowledge of food safety and previous experience in a fast-paced food manufacturing or FMCG environment. Alternatively, you may be a recent graduate looking for their first step on the career ladder. You will need to have excellent interpersonal, problem solving, decision making and communication skills, alongside the ability to analyse basic information, summarising and reporting this in a clear, competent manner - will all be key to this role. What you’ll receive. As an equal opportunity employer, we’re committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits, rewards and wellbeing offerings that are important to you. You’ll enjoy: Life Assurance (1 x salary) Staff Shop, Stakeholder Pension Scheme MyBargains Discount Platform Personal Accident Insurance Free Independent Mortgage Advice Employee Assistance Programme A range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans) Discounted tutoring for children Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary Private Medical Insurance (after 5 years' service Free car parking, fantastic staff shop, company events, £250 refer a friend scheme and more. Proud to be Bakkavor. We’re proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We’re proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose. We’re driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business – come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team Find out more and apply. LI-EG1