An opportunity for an early-career Food Technologist to build their NPD experience within a growing Australian food manufacturing operation, with significant activity across grocery and QSR customers.
The Sydney site is going through an exciting period of growth, bringing new products, customers and manufacturing capability into the facility.
As a result, we're looking for a hands-on NPD Technologist who enjoys being close to production and wants to develop their career through practical factory experience.
Working alongside an experienced Senior NPD Technologist and wider technical and operational teams, you'll play an important role in taking products from development into successful commercial production.
This is very much an on-the-tools NPD position - running factory trials, supporting scale-up, assessing product performance and working directly with Production and QA to get products successfully through to launch.
The Role
You'll support NPD and commercialisation activity across the Sydney site, including:
Plan, prepare andrun factory trialsfor new and existing products
Support products throughscale-up, first production and commercial launch
Replicate benchtop products at factory scale and assess manufacturing feasibility
Record and analyse trial results, identifying opportunities to improve product and process performance
Work closely with Production and QA totroubleshoot issues on the factory floor
Coordinate product testing across shelf life, sensory, microbiological and quality requirements
Assist with product specifications, ingredient declarations,



nutritional information and allergen requirements
Support packaging trials and implementation of product or process changes
Maintain accurate NPD documentation and ensure projects meet food safety, regulatory and customer requirements
Work across NPD, Production, QA, Packaging, Supply Chain and Commercial teams to keep projects progressing
About You
We're looking for someone who already understands what it means to work within afood manufacturing environmentand is now looking to build deeper experience across NPD, trials and commercialisation.
You'll ideally bring:
A degree inFood Science, Food Technologyor a related discipline
Around1-3 years' experiencewithin food manufacturing, NPD, food technology, QA or a related technical position
Practical experience workingon-site within a food manufacturing facility
Some exposure tofactory or production trials, product development, process improvement or new product launches
A valuable understanding of food safety, GMP and Australian food manufacturing requirements
Confidence working directly with Production and other factory-based teams
Good communication skills and the ability to build relationships across different functions
Strong organisation and attention to detail,



with the ability to manage multiple priorities
A practical, curious and solutions-focused approach to problems
A genuine interest in developing your career withinNPD and food manufacturing
Experience withinready-to-eat, chilled, high-care or short shelf-life food manufacturingwould be advantageous, but isn't essential.
We're equally interested in candidates currently working inQA or another technical factory rolewho have gained exposure to trials/NPD and are looking to make product development a bigger part of their career.
Why Join?
Build genuine factory NPD experience- get hands-on ownership of trials, scale-up and launches rather than being limited to administrative or benchtop development.
Join during significant growth- the Sydney operation is expanding across grocery and QSR, creating exposure to a busy pipeline of new products and manufacturing activity.
Learn and progress- work alongside an experienced Senior NPD Technologist, with support from the wider NPD function while developing the capability to take on greater project ownership over time.
See your work reach production- you'll be close to the factory floor and directly involved in turning product concepts into commercially manufactured products.
Location: Sydney
Working arrangement: 100% on-site
If you're an early-career Food Technologist withhands-on food manufacturing experiencewho wants to build stronger NPD, factory trial and commercialisation capability, we'd be keen to hear from you.
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