Job Description
Raw Material Technologist - Bo'ness (FTC- Mat cover min 1 year)We rise to challenges together Monday-Friday 8:30-17:00Yearly salary: £32550Highly competitive reward package including life insurance, staff shop, MyBargains discount platformFully site basedWhy join us?We're ready for anything. We thrive on challenge and change. The undeniable pressure and pace of our 24/7 operation keeps us on our toes and offers a variety of career pathways and options to explore and pursue.
We encourage everyone to work hard, push further and show resilience. And it's exciting. Because only by mentoring and role modelling our success and innovation, will we continue to diversify, grow as individuals and succeed together.What we do.This particular role is based at our Bakkavor Salads Bo'ness site, which employs over 1,000 people and produces food-to-go salads and salad accompaniments to a number of customers.
It is located 3.5 miles from Linlithgow and 8 miles to Falkirk.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 RAW Materials Manager, your role will involve working closely with Group Central Technical, Specification, NPD, Buying, Process and Quality departments.Accountabilities:Complete food safety risk assessments for raw materials and liaise with suppliers to capture all relevant informationCarry out ongoing assessment of ingredients to ensure suitability and complianceEnsure all raw materials have an approved and active specification on our insight systemGenerate, maintain, and update relevant raw material systems and databases - liaising with Operations, Technical, Buying and NPD as appropriateWork 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 statusParticipate in Technical audits including customer and Group TechnicalEnsure that all information held centrally on supplier approval is reflective of the factories supply base and risk assessment outcomeEscalate appropriately internally / externally if discrepancies are foundAssist in the capture of information and co-ordination of responses in the event of a food safety alert.Assess suitability of materials against retailer's codes of practiceOpen communication with the procurement, technical and operational teams - where products fall outside the specification into the reject categoryAbout you.Drive and enthusiasm in all aspects of the technical role. Be able to work effectively within a team environment and also on own initiativeBe computer literate and conversant in Word, Excel and Access packages and be able to generate procedures, graphs, reports and presentationsHave a flexible approach to the role and the hours required as dictated by the business needsBe an effective communicator (written and oral) at all levels of management and with both internal and external customers / suppliersWhat 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.Life Assurance (1 x salary)34 days holidayStaff ShopStakeholder Pension SchemeMyBargains Discount PlatformPersonal Accident InsuranceFree Independent Mortgage AdviceEmployee Assistance ProgrammeA Range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans)Discounted tutoring for childrenAccess to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salaryPrivate Medical Insurance (after 5 years service)Free CarparkingProud 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-MK1#CVLBakkavorWe are the leading provider of fresh prepared food in the UK, and our presence in the US and China positions the Group well in these high-growth markets.
We leverage our consumer insight and scale to provide innovative food that offers quality, choice, convenience, and freshness. Around 18,000 colleagues operate from 44 sites across our three markets supplying a portfolio of over 3,000 products across meals, pizza & bread, salads and desserts to leading grocery retailers in the UK and US, and international food brands in China.Category: TechnicalLocation:Boness, GB, EH51 9SJDate: 7 Jun 2025Req ID: 24429TPBN1_UKTJ