Development Technologist **Internal Only**

IPS is looking for a Development Technologist to join our team in St Helens. You will develop new recipes, enhance and reformulate existing products, and support the technical processes that ensure our products are safe, compliant and ready for launch.
Working closely with Commercial, Manufacturing and Technical teams, you will translate development-kitchen ideas into recipes that can be produced successfully at scale. You will also support the site Specifications Technologist and help maintain robust food safety, supplier approval and product compliance processes.
Key responsibilities include:
Developing new product concepts and adapting existing recipes in line with customer briefs.
Calculating nutritional data, preparing kitchen samples and presenting product rationale to customers.
Supporting factory trials, product testing, shelf-life assessments and product launches.
Managing supplier approvals and annual reviews, including checking BRCGS certificates, specifications, HACCP plans, allergen statements and other compliance documents.
Conducting allergen risk assessments for new suppliers, raw materials and product changes.
Creating and maintaining accurate raw material intake cards covering allergens, storage, coding, shelf life and quality checks.
Supporting HACCP studies, process flow diagrams, technical reviews and risk assessments for new products and processes.
Maintaining awareness of customer standards and supporting customer portals, audits, information requests and compliance reviews.
Helping to complete customer gap analyses, internal audits and corrective-action follow-up.
Providing absence cover for artwork reviews and product specification verification, approval and amendments.
Essential qualifications and technical skills:
Level 3 HACCP qualification or above.
Level 3 Food Hygiene qualification or above.
Internal audit training.
Good IT skills and confidence working with technical systems and documentation.
Knowledge or experience relating to food, nutrition and health.
Knowledge and experience:
Experience within FMCG food manufacturing, ideally involving ambient or shelf-stable products.
Experience working with, or supplying, leading retailers or major brands.
Knowledge of food safety, legality and quality management systems.
Understanding of ingredients, nutritional composition, allergens and food-production regulations.
Experience working accurately to KPIs, deadlines and customer requirements.
Personal qualities:
A clear, positive communicator who builds collaborative relationships.
Well organised, able to prioritise effectively and comfortable working to strict deadlines.

Employment type
Full-time

Work arrangement
No