Experienced Food Technologist - Brownings The Bakers Ltd - Kilmarnock
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Key Accountabilities
- Manage the day-to-day technical activities for allocated customer accounts, ensuring customer, legal, quality, and food safety requirements are met at all times.
- Support Own Label and Branded NPD projects from concept through to launch, ensuring all technical documentation is completed accurately and on time.
- Maintain customer specifications, technical documentation, online portals, questionnaires, certificates, and compliance records.
- Review and approve artwork, packaging, and product information to ensure compliance with current legislation and customer standards.
- Monitor product quality and specification compliance, supporting continuous improvement where required.
- Investigate customer complaints, conduct root cause analysis, and coordinate corrective actions to achieve timely resolution.
- Support customer audits, technical visits, meetings, and ongoing customer relationships.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders, suppliers, and manufacturers to ensure customer expectations are achieved.
- Provide technical support across the business, helping to retain existing business and support new commercial opportunities.
- Participate in food safety, quality, compliance, sensory evaluation, and product assessment activities.
- Support technical projects, product withdrawals, recalls, and other business-critical activities as required.
- Contribute to process improvements and promote best practice across technical, quality, and compliance functions.
Person Profile
- Degree in Food Science / Food Technology.
- Qualified Internal Auditor experienced in BRCGS V9 and Salsa V7.
- Preferably Level 4 Advanced Food Hygiene.
- Experience within a food manufacturing technical environment.
- Knowledge of HACCP and food safety principles.
- Experience and understanding of maintaining BRC standards and quality management systems.
- Experience managing product specifications and technical documentation.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Strong organisational and planning abilities.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to build effective working relationships across the business.
Full UK driving licence an advantage.
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- Experience
- Required
- Employment
- Full-time
- Schedule
- Monday - Friday 9am-4pm
- Starting time
- Immediate start!
ManufacturingKilmarnock
Bakery, Store • 51-250 Employees
Hiring on JOB TODAY since October, 2026
Browning's the Bakers is a great place to work for people who enjoy being part of a friendly, supportive team and take pride in delivering quality products and excellent customer service. As a well-established Scottish bakery, we combine traditional baking values with a passion for quality, freshness and serving our local communities. If you enjoy working with people, take pride in what you do and want to be part of a team that makes a difference to customers every day, Browning's the Bakers could be the perfect place for you.
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