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 and

run factory trials

for new and existing products

Support products through

scale-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 to

troubleshoot 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 a

food manufacturing environment

and is now looking to build deeper experience across NPD, trials and commercialisation.

You'll ideally bring:

A degree in

Food Science, Food Technology

or a related discipline

Around

1-3 years' experience

within food manufacturing, NPD, food technology, QA or a related technical position

Practical experience working

on-site within a food manufacturing facility

Some exposure to

factory or production trials, product development, process improvement or new product launches

A positive 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 within

NPD and food manufacturing

Experience within

ready-to-eat, chilled, high-care or short shelf-life food manufacturing

would be advantageous, but isn't essential.

We're equally interested in candidates currently working in

QA or another technical factory role

who 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 with

hands-on food manufacturing experience

who wants to build stronger NPD, factory trial and commercialisation capability, we'd be keen to hear from you.

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