About the Role
Simpsons Beverages, an industry leader in beverage manufacturing since 1934, are known throughout the industry for integrity and passion for our customers' vision. Product development is essential to our continued growth so your passion and resilience to the process should be what really makes you tick.
From fresh new ideas to the reformulation of existing products, our approach in bespoke and working in partnership with our customers ensures we create the perfect drink.
With business growing at an incredible speed, we are on the lookout for an experienced NPD Technologist to further strengthen our team. The main focus of the NPD Technologist is responsibility for developing, testing and helping launch new products within the company.
As an NPD Technologist you will be responsible for matching flavours from our existing portfolio to the customer brief, actioning validation trials on new materials where necessary, creation of samples and efficient operation within a laboratory environment. Being an integral part of new product launches and reporting into the NPD Quality Engineer you will join a team on a journey to improve the output of the NPD department and to support new concepts in beverage manufacturing.
As an NPD Technologist you will be responsible for:
* Taking ownership of projects from recipe conception through to sample creation.
* Coordinate nutritional and shelf-life trials from new or current recipes.
* Using flavour combinations that coincide with cost constraints, legalities and match the customer specification.
* Responsible for running validations of new ingredients and experiments on new and current ingredients ensuring the requirements of study protocols are met.
* Preparing samples in support of commercial adventures and to meet customer expectations.
* Working with suppliers to choose materials and ingredients, ensuring cost effective solutions for customer and company.
* Follow current SOPs covering all aspects of development and analysis, where applicable.
* Build and maintain excellent working knowledge of any new technologies and industry standards.
* Provide support to our sales team in answering technical enquiries as required.
* Working with manufacturing to ensure that new products follow clear controls and processes, to ensure a right first time approach.
What you'll need to succeed as an NPD Technologist is:
* A proactive attitude to problem solving
* A keen interest in beverages and new concepts in beverage manufacture
* A knowledge of flavours and flavour application is essential
* A food related degree or certification
* Experience in a laboratory environment
* The ability to constructively challenge current processes
* Knowledge of GMP principles
* A food safety and hygiene qualification at level 2/3
* An ability to work within a busy manufacturing environment
Company Benefits
* Days – Monday to Friday
* Hours – 07:00 - 16:30
* Salary – Starting at £30K depending on experience
* 30 days annual leave
* Monthly and annual bonus scheme plus monthly time and attendance related supermarket voucher scheme.
* Permanent.
* Location – Blackpool
* Excellent training and development plan
Pay: From £30,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person