Food Technologist - Maternity Leave Contract

About the Company: Our client is an established food manufacturer producing pastry, ready meals, slow-cooked products, soups and salads for major Australian retailers.

About the Role: This full time 9-monthmaternity leave contract will support the NPD team through the later stages of product development, with a focus on soups, meals and salads.

You will manage smaller NPD projects, coordinate factory trials and ensure products are successfully handed over to production.

Key responsibilities:

- Coordinating factory-scale trials and product launches
- Liaising with production, operations, QA and chefs
- Preparing factory recipes, batch sheets and production handover documents
- Developing photo standards, quality guides and manufacturing instructions
- Supporting first production runs and troubleshooting scale-up issues
- Completing product specifications,



trial reports and launch documentation

About You:

- Qualification in Food Science, Food Technology or a related discipline
- 2+ years of food manufacturing or NPD experience
- Experience coordinating factory trials and product scale-up
- Strong technical documentation and production handover skills
- Experience with short-shelf-life, chilled or meat products is highly regarded
- Adaptable, hands-on and willing to learn

Benefits:

- Potential for future part-time work based on business needs
- Monday to Friday hours, generally between 8:30 am and 5:00 pm, with flexibility
- Exposure to Woolworths’ NPD workflow
- Discounted staff meals and on-site parking

Or, if you have any questions, please contact Priangel on 0406 558 ***.

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📌 Food Technologist - Maternity Leave Contract (City of Sydney)
🏢 Evolve Scientific
📍 City of Sydney