Job Description

About the Company

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Our client is a growing Australian food manufacturer with an expanding product portfolio and continued focus on product development and commercial growth.

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The business is continuing to develop and improve its product range, creating an prospect for an experienced Food Technologist to join the technical team and play a hands‐on role across product development projects.

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About the Role

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The Food Technologist will support product development projects from initial concept through to commercialisation. The role will have strong involvement across formulation, laboratory trials, product optimisation, troubleshooting and production scale‐up.

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This is a hands‐on opportunity for a Food Technologist who enjoys working across different stages of the product development process and seeing projects through to commercial production.

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Key responsibilities

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- Developing and optimising food product formulations
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- Supporting new product development and existing product improvement projects
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- Conducting laboratory trials, testing and sensory evaluations
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- Supporting ingredient and formulation selection
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- Troubleshooting formulation, processing, stability, sensory and manufacturing issues
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- Preparing formulations, specifications,



trial reports and technical documentation
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- Supporting pilot plant and production trials
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- Assisting with product scale‐up and commercialisation
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- Managing multiple projects and competing priorities
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- Working closely with internal teams across technical, production and quality
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- Liaising with customers and suppliers where required
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- Taking projects from bench development through to commercial production
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Skills & Experience

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To be successful in this role, you will have:

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- Proven experience in Food Technology, NPD, Applications or a related technical role
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- Strong experience within food manufacturing and product development
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- Experience with food formulation and product optimisation
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- Good understanding of food ingredients, processing and manufacturing
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- Experience supporting products from bench scale through to commercial production
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- Solid problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
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- Good understanding of sensory evaluation and product performance
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- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
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- Ability to manage multiple projects and competing deadlines
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- A hands‐on approach with the ability to work autonomously and take ownership
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📌 NPD Technologist (Victoria)
🏢 Sharp & Carter
📍 Victoria