Salary: Competitive + Benefits
We have an opportunity for a Senior Development Technologist to join our Development team in Hamilton. 135 years of craft baking skills lie behind the quality of the special branded cakes, sweet snacks and slices we produce in Hamilton and 55 million products are produced each year. Lightbody’s is the UK’s largest supplier of celebration cakes to UK retailers, with Disney, Mars, Universal and Thorntons all within the portfolio of branded cakes made under license. We also make a variety of supermarkets’ well-loved own-label cakes and in-store bakery bites.
Location: Hamilton
Shift: Monday to Friday
This is what you’ll actually do!
* Develop new products to meet internal and external standards and requirements for the broader area of responsibility.
* Monitor and benchmark product quality of new and existing products and raise issues with the development manager.
* Work to critical path plans, organise and control resources to deliver products and processes to an agreed quality and timescale.
* Manage focused development of new products to deliver the required margin of our customers and the business.
* Present new product and process facts and ideas clearly, accurately and persuasively to customers internally and externally and cross function.
Ideally this is you!
* Degree preferred Food science / technology or similar degree / HND equivalent or relevant experience
* Knowledge and interest of Food
* Excellent communication skills
* Computer literate – computer skills and knowledge of word and excel systems
* Driving license
* Basic or above Food hygiene
What's in it for you?
* Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave to allow quality time with your new arrival!
* Enhanced Pension Scheme for our employees
* Death in Service Benefit
* Free Employee Assistance Programme (open to colleagues and their families)
* Retail discounts accessible via our Benefits Hub platform!
* Company shop available at sites (heavily discounted, yummy products!)
* Refer a Friend Scheme (up to £300 per referral – t&cs dependent)
* Employee Recognition Awards & Extensive Learning & Development opportunities (including opportunities for sponsored professional memberships and our own in-house development course!)
* An opportunity to be part of a fantastic, growing organisation. Head over to our LinkedIn page to find out more!
Our vision is to be the leading specialty bakery group in the UK and we want the best people in place to achieve this. Our continued success is built entirely on the talented people who work here, so employee development is important to us because everyone is a valued member of the team, and we want every individual to have the skills and capabilities to achieve both your own personal goals and our business goals. We want good people to join our company, to help our company continue to go from strength to strength. If this sounds like you, please get in contact to learn more!
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