Key Account Manager - Packaging Cheshire East Salary: DOE + Car / Car Allowance + other benefits Hours: Monday - Friday, 8.15am - 4.30pm with flexibility as and when needed. Hybrid working on offer - If further afield you will be expected to come on site once a week and if close by twice a week Company - Established over 30 years, this is a packaging converter market leader in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry Overview - Manage all aspects of a portfolio of customer accounts, from conception through to payment. Working with the customer services team, pre-press and production teams in order to deliver bespoke packaging solutions, which meet our customers' aspirations. Continually develop and grow new business, bringing new opportunities to quote on. Areas of Responsibility: Act as the external point of contact for your portfolio of customers. Be a proactive team player with the ability to work on your own initiative. Manage your own diary, assess current market trends, and target new business you have sourced. Setting strategic plans for new business development. Guide the business on future investment needs for the Company. Respond to design briefs, pricing and tender enquiries in a timely manner, liaising with relevant departments to ensure responses are technically and financially accurate. Agree critical path timings and liaise with the various production sites' technical/production teams, customer service teams, estimating and external sales colleagues, to ensure a seamless transfer of information. Visit customers and host visits to site (depending on customer location, overnight stays may be required on occasions). If required cover for colleagues during time of absence. Manage your portfolio of accounts & prospects by: Ensuring regular meetings are established with your customers. These meetings should include all areas of their business. These will include purchasing, packaging technologists, QA, manufacturing and accounts teams. Liaising with our internal customer service teams in order to manage the daily requirements of the business. Provide supporting information when and where necessary. Documenting clearly all action points from external meetings and brief internal teams accordingly. Managing your customer's expectations in order to maintain a positive and progressive supply partnership. Effectively retrieving relevant information and prepare reports/price requests using their system. Liaising with customers and QA on quality complaints; arrange return of goods, where appropriate, with the customer service team and warehouse manager. Having a working knowledge of the high standards we manufacture against. Ensuring good-working relationships with superiors, peers, customers and any 3rd party visitors at all times. Continually striving for improvement in personal performance through co-operation with, and participation in, the Company's training programme Provide monthly reports to the Managing Director, detailing visits, sales activity, and current pipeline. Recommend to the Managing Director any initiatives which would generate sales and increase added value. Ensure adherence at all times to the Company's Quality Assurance Policies and Procedures and maintain compliance to appropriate standards. The quality management system has been designed and developed to meet the requirements of ISO9001, PS9000, BRC, FSC and PEFC. The quality management system defines the Company's policies and standard operating procedures on design, product security and safety, hygiene, environment, resource and training. Carry out work safely in the interests of other employees and themselves, in compliance with current legislation and Company Environmental, Health & Safety procedures to including general housekeeping Any other tasks associated with this role, which are suited to the individual's abilities and level of training as directed by the Line Manager Essential Experience: Must have proven experience as a Key Account Manger Must have experience in sales and providing solutions based on customer needs Must have experience within a manufacturing environment (ideally print and/or packaging) Knowledge of Pharmaceutical Industry preferred. Preferably from the carton packaging industry Commercial awareness focused on profit Computer skills including the use of Microsoft Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word. High degree of computer literacy to be able to use Avante system (training will be provided) Excellent communication and negotiation skills, ability to give clear written and verbal instructions to colleagues, ability to clearly understand and explain technical and commercial issues to customers and have good understanding of procedures and processes Able to identify areas of weakness within processes and customer specific procedures and help find innovative solutions Highly responsible, reliable and flexible with a strong work ethic Able to effectively prioritise and adapt to a varied and changeable workload Punctual, presentable and projecting a professional company image at all times Good attendance with a willingness to be flexible to accommodate customers' needs Interviews are being conducted as soon as possible for this vacancy, so if you are interested please get in touch as soon as possible and register your details with us Please note; we will not pass on any of your details without prior consent!
May 23, 2026
Full time
Key Account Manager - Packaging Cheshire East Salary: DOE + Car / Car Allowance + other benefits Hours: Monday - Friday, 8.15am - 4.30pm with flexibility as and when needed. Hybrid working on offer - If further afield you will be expected to come on site once a week and if close by twice a week Company - Established over 30 years, this is a packaging converter market leader in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry Overview - Manage all aspects of a portfolio of customer accounts, from conception through to payment. Working with the customer services team, pre-press and production teams in order to deliver bespoke packaging solutions, which meet our customers' aspirations. Continually develop and grow new business, bringing new opportunities to quote on. Areas of Responsibility: Act as the external point of contact for your portfolio of customers. Be a proactive team player with the ability to work on your own initiative. Manage your own diary, assess current market trends, and target new business you have sourced. Setting strategic plans for new business development. Guide the business on future investment needs for the Company. Respond to design briefs, pricing and tender enquiries in a timely manner, liaising with relevant departments to ensure responses are technically and financially accurate. Agree critical path timings and liaise with the various production sites' technical/production teams, customer service teams, estimating and external sales colleagues, to ensure a seamless transfer of information. Visit customers and host visits to site (depending on customer location, overnight stays may be required on occasions). If required cover for colleagues during time of absence. Manage your portfolio of accounts & prospects by: Ensuring regular meetings are established with your customers. These meetings should include all areas of their business. These will include purchasing, packaging technologists, QA, manufacturing and accounts teams. Liaising with our internal customer service teams in order to manage the daily requirements of the business. Provide supporting information when and where necessary. Documenting clearly all action points from external meetings and brief internal teams accordingly. Managing your customer's expectations in order to maintain a positive and progressive supply partnership. Effectively retrieving relevant information and prepare reports/price requests using their system. Liaising with customers and QA on quality complaints; arrange return of goods, where appropriate, with the customer service team and warehouse manager. Having a working knowledge of the high standards we manufacture against. Ensuring good-working relationships with superiors, peers, customers and any 3rd party visitors at all times. Continually striving for improvement in personal performance through co-operation with, and participation in, the Company's training programme Provide monthly reports to the Managing Director, detailing visits, sales activity, and current pipeline. Recommend to the Managing Director any initiatives which would generate sales and increase added value. Ensure adherence at all times to the Company's Quality Assurance Policies and Procedures and maintain compliance to appropriate standards. The quality management system has been designed and developed to meet the requirements of ISO9001, PS9000, BRC, FSC and PEFC. The quality management system defines the Company's policies and standard operating procedures on design, product security and safety, hygiene, environment, resource and training. Carry out work safely in the interests of other employees and themselves, in compliance with current legislation and Company Environmental, Health & Safety procedures to including general housekeeping Any other tasks associated with this role, which are suited to the individual's abilities and level of training as directed by the Line Manager Essential Experience: Must have proven experience as a Key Account Manger Must have experience in sales and providing solutions based on customer needs Must have experience within a manufacturing environment (ideally print and/or packaging) Knowledge of Pharmaceutical Industry preferred. Preferably from the carton packaging industry Commercial awareness focused on profit Computer skills including the use of Microsoft Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word. High degree of computer literacy to be able to use Avante system (training will be provided) Excellent communication and negotiation skills, ability to give clear written and verbal instructions to colleagues, ability to clearly understand and explain technical and commercial issues to customers and have good understanding of procedures and processes Able to identify areas of weakness within processes and customer specific procedures and help find innovative solutions Highly responsible, reliable and flexible with a strong work ethic Able to effectively prioritise and adapt to a varied and changeable workload Punctual, presentable and projecting a professional company image at all times Good attendance with a willingness to be flexible to accommodate customers' needs Interviews are being conducted as soon as possible for this vacancy, so if you are interested please get in touch as soon as possible and register your details with us Please note; we will not pass on any of your details without prior consent!
PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE ENGINEER - DV CLEARED BRAND NEW PERMANENT JOB OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE WITHIN A LEADING SOFTWARE CONSULTANCY FOR A SOFTWARE TEAM LEAD WITH ENHANCED DV CLEARANCE Permanent job opportunity for a Software Team Lead Leading National Security consultancy Salary up to £100,000 + Benefits + Clearance Bonus London based organisation in an easily accessible location To apply please call / or email WHO WE ARE? We are recruiting a Software Team Lead to work with a leading consultancy in London. We support Central Government, Defence and Law Enforcement customers across the UK with Software, Digital and Data products and tools to help keep the UK safe. Due to the nature of the work and the customers, you must hold enhanced DV Security Clearance. WHAT WILL THE SOFTWARE TEAM LEAD BE DOING? As a Software Team Lead, you will act as a Lead Technologist and work hand in hand with the engineering and product teams, leading the design and development. It will you be your job to design and deliver scalable software both in the cloud, and on-premise. You'll play a pivotal role in the design and direction of our products, and you'll engage with key customers to understand their needs and shape them into an effective product and technology roadmap. WE NEED THE SOFTWARE TEAM LEAD TO HAVE . Current DV clearance (Enhanced) We're looking for deep and broad experience in building and designing software Natural Technical leadership skills Solid understanding and experience with modern DevOps methodology Experience working in the National Security domain Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal Experience scaling, leading and mentoring development teams Experience with public cloud technologies Experience translating user requirements into technical requirements Must be able to use a wide variety of open-source technologies Experience with CI and analysis systems Experience with Bids and Tenders is preferred but not essential TO BE CONSIDERED . Please either apply by clicking online or emailing me directly to For further information please call me on or . I can make myself available outside of normal working hours to suit from 7am until 10pm. If unavailable please leave a message and either myself or one of my colleagues will respond. By applying for this role you give express consent for us to process & submit (subject to required skills) your application to our client in conjunction with this vacancy only. Also feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn, just search Dominic Barbet. I look forward to hearing from you. SOFTWARE TEAM LEAD - DV CLEARED KEY SKILLS: SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER / SENIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPER / LEAD SOFTWARE ENGINEER / JAVA DEVELOPER / JAVA ENGINEER / LEAD SOFTWARE DEVELOPER / SENIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPER / DV CLEARED / DV CLEARANCE / DEVELOPPED VETTING / DEVELOPED VETTED / DEEP VETTING / DEEP VETTED / SC CLEARED / SC CLEARANCE / SECURITY CLEARED / SECURITY CLEARANCE
May 23, 2026
Full time
PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE ENGINEER - DV CLEARED BRAND NEW PERMANENT JOB OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE WITHIN A LEADING SOFTWARE CONSULTANCY FOR A SOFTWARE TEAM LEAD WITH ENHANCED DV CLEARANCE Permanent job opportunity for a Software Team Lead Leading National Security consultancy Salary up to £100,000 + Benefits + Clearance Bonus London based organisation in an easily accessible location To apply please call / or email WHO WE ARE? We are recruiting a Software Team Lead to work with a leading consultancy in London. We support Central Government, Defence and Law Enforcement customers across the UK with Software, Digital and Data products and tools to help keep the UK safe. Due to the nature of the work and the customers, you must hold enhanced DV Security Clearance. WHAT WILL THE SOFTWARE TEAM LEAD BE DOING? As a Software Team Lead, you will act as a Lead Technologist and work hand in hand with the engineering and product teams, leading the design and development. It will you be your job to design and deliver scalable software both in the cloud, and on-premise. You'll play a pivotal role in the design and direction of our products, and you'll engage with key customers to understand their needs and shape them into an effective product and technology roadmap. WE NEED THE SOFTWARE TEAM LEAD TO HAVE . Current DV clearance (Enhanced) We're looking for deep and broad experience in building and designing software Natural Technical leadership skills Solid understanding and experience with modern DevOps methodology Experience working in the National Security domain Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal Experience scaling, leading and mentoring development teams Experience with public cloud technologies Experience translating user requirements into technical requirements Must be able to use a wide variety of open-source technologies Experience with CI and analysis systems Experience with Bids and Tenders is preferred but not essential TO BE CONSIDERED . Please either apply by clicking online or emailing me directly to For further information please call me on or . I can make myself available outside of normal working hours to suit from 7am until 10pm. If unavailable please leave a message and either myself or one of my colleagues will respond. By applying for this role you give express consent for us to process & submit (subject to required skills) your application to our client in conjunction with this vacancy only. Also feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn, just search Dominic Barbet. I look forward to hearing from you. SOFTWARE TEAM LEAD - DV CLEARED KEY SKILLS: SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER / SENIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPER / LEAD SOFTWARE ENGINEER / JAVA DEVELOPER / JAVA ENGINEER / LEAD SOFTWARE DEVELOPER / SENIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPER / DV CLEARED / DV CLEARANCE / DEVELOPPED VETTING / DEVELOPED VETTED / DEEP VETTING / DEEP VETTED / SC CLEARED / SC CLEARANCE / SECURITY CLEARED / SECURITY CLEARANCE
Product Technologist - Home Accessories & D cor Perm or Part-time Available Lancashire 30,000 - 45,000 Full Time, Permanent Monday to Friday We are also open to candidates seeking part-time work (2-3 days per week). Salary: 30,000 - 45,000 DOE (This role may include overseas travel to China where required.) Company Overview This is a leading multi-million-pound retail manufacturing business specialising in a wide range of housewares categories, recognised for our commitment to quality, innovation, and customer satisfaction. Due to continued growth, we are seeking an experienced Product Technologist with a background in home accessories and d cor to join our clients expanding team. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is consumer-focused, solutions-driven, and passionate about delivering high-quality products while building strong internal and external relationships. The Role: As Product Technologist, you will play a key role within the design and technical team, supporting the development and delivery of products from concept through to production. You will be responsible for evaluating new product designs, managing supplier relationships, overseeing critical paths, and ensuring all technical, testing, sealing, and compliance processes run smoothly. The role requires excellent attention to detail, strong organisational skills, and the ability to communicate effectively with suppliers, factories, customers, and internal stakeholders. Key Responsibilities: Advise the Product Development and Account Management teams on product safety, suitability, and compliance requirements. Collaborate across teams to assess product quality, testing requirements, and design feasibility. Identify and communicate product feasibility against legal and performance requirements, explaining constraints where necessary. Review product samples for functionality, quality, and physical characteristics, liaising with factories as required. Liaise directly with customers' technical teams to ensure all requirements are understood and achieved. Communicate technical and testing requirements to factories and review all test reports/results. Maintain accurate internal records and update customer technical databases and systems. Monitor critical paths and sample timelines to ensure key deadlines are met. Ensure buying, seal, and production samples are received, handled, and dispatched efficiently. Build and maintain strong relationships with partner factories, product teams, and customers. Conduct outgoing sample checks to ensure quality standards and labelling requirements are met. Analyse technical and quality data to identify improvements and resolve potential issues proactively. Support sustainability and ethical compliance initiatives across the supply chain. Ensure packaging, labelling, testing, and factory auditing requirements are completed and compliant. Skills & Experience Required: Previous experience working as a Product Technologist within the homeware, textiles, home accessories, or d cor industry is essential. Strong understanding of manufacturing, testing, sealing processes, compliance, and sustainability certifications. Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines. Commercial awareness of the homeware market. A proactive and solutions-focused mindset with strong problem-solving abilities. Comfortable working independently while also collaborating effectively within a small team environment. IT proficient with experience managing technical systems and documentation. Willingness to travel, including occasional overseas travel where required. BBBH36206
May 22, 2026
Full time
Product Technologist - Home Accessories & D cor Perm or Part-time Available Lancashire 30,000 - 45,000 Full Time, Permanent Monday to Friday We are also open to candidates seeking part-time work (2-3 days per week). Salary: 30,000 - 45,000 DOE (This role may include overseas travel to China where required.) Company Overview This is a leading multi-million-pound retail manufacturing business specialising in a wide range of housewares categories, recognised for our commitment to quality, innovation, and customer satisfaction. Due to continued growth, we are seeking an experienced Product Technologist with a background in home accessories and d cor to join our clients expanding team. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is consumer-focused, solutions-driven, and passionate about delivering high-quality products while building strong internal and external relationships. The Role: As Product Technologist, you will play a key role within the design and technical team, supporting the development and delivery of products from concept through to production. You will be responsible for evaluating new product designs, managing supplier relationships, overseeing critical paths, and ensuring all technical, testing, sealing, and compliance processes run smoothly. The role requires excellent attention to detail, strong organisational skills, and the ability to communicate effectively with suppliers, factories, customers, and internal stakeholders. Key Responsibilities: Advise the Product Development and Account Management teams on product safety, suitability, and compliance requirements. Collaborate across teams to assess product quality, testing requirements, and design feasibility. Identify and communicate product feasibility against legal and performance requirements, explaining constraints where necessary. Review product samples for functionality, quality, and physical characteristics, liaising with factories as required. Liaise directly with customers' technical teams to ensure all requirements are understood and achieved. Communicate technical and testing requirements to factories and review all test reports/results. Maintain accurate internal records and update customer technical databases and systems. Monitor critical paths and sample timelines to ensure key deadlines are met. Ensure buying, seal, and production samples are received, handled, and dispatched efficiently. Build and maintain strong relationships with partner factories, product teams, and customers. Conduct outgoing sample checks to ensure quality standards and labelling requirements are met. Analyse technical and quality data to identify improvements and resolve potential issues proactively. Support sustainability and ethical compliance initiatives across the supply chain. Ensure packaging, labelling, testing, and factory auditing requirements are completed and compliant. Skills & Experience Required: Previous experience working as a Product Technologist within the homeware, textiles, home accessories, or d cor industry is essential. Strong understanding of manufacturing, testing, sealing processes, compliance, and sustainability certifications. Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines. Commercial awareness of the homeware market. A proactive and solutions-focused mindset with strong problem-solving abilities. Comfortable working independently while also collaborating effectively within a small team environment. IT proficient with experience managing technical systems and documentation. Willingness to travel, including occasional overseas travel where required. BBBH36206
Reed Engineering are working with a leading Metals Engineering & Manufacturing company with a global research. The Role We are looking for a motivated and hands-on Product and Process Technologist to take ownership of the development, optimisation and commercialisation of new and existing processes within the business click apply for full job details
May 22, 2026
Full time
Reed Engineering are working with a leading Metals Engineering & Manufacturing company with a global research. The Role We are looking for a motivated and hands-on Product and Process Technologist to take ownership of the development, optimisation and commercialisation of new and existing processes within the business click apply for full job details
Leading UK retailer and hospitality client now undergoing a significant business and technology transformation. This is a pivotal hire within a newly evolving architecture function, offering the opportunity to shape enterprise-wide strategy during a large-scale cloud and operating model transformation. As Enterprise Architect, you'll operate as a senior individual contributor, working across domains with tech leads and engaging closely with C-suite stakeholders. This is a highly visible, commercially focused role-not hands-on engineering but defining how technology enables the business to grow and compete. The IT enterprise architect will develop and define our technology strategy. Working alongside our strategic vendors to set direction, drive innovation, stretch thinking and ensure we're constantly benefiting from the best technology across all areas of our business landscape, including corporate, head office and operations. Reporting to the director of IT strategy and architecture, you will be responsible for the design and engineering principles associated with the delivery and operational health of our technology landscape, as well as the broader technology governance process. Key Accountabilities Assist leadership team and strategic partners in the setting of our technology strategy, architecture and engineering principles for our technology function - in collaboration with relevant specialist technical leads Facilitate business and IT alignment, connecting strategy to execution, through a collaborative, supportive and consultative manner - driving our digital business strategies to balance innovation and growth Translate and guide execution of business strategy to achieve our targeted business outcomes by leading the development of an implementation roadmap for enterprise architecture Drive innovation through active horizon-scanning of emerging technologies and the business ecosystem for major disruptive technology and nontechnology trends (trendspotting) that affect our markets and business Lead analysis of our future-state capabilities and future (and current) technology environment, to detect critical gaps and opportunities and recommend solutions for improvement to drive our business towards its targeted outcomes Support our technology partners in delivering change in line with our overall technology strategy of creating modular, cloud-first solutions Develop and implement core technology governance frameworks for technologists across our business and its partners (including format, documentation approach and implementation strategy, as well as evolving the framework as necessary in line with advice from key business stakeholders and strategic partners) Own, build and maintain the enterprise roadmaps, such that it is easily communicated to partners and the wider technology functions, and in such a way that it can adapt to the changing commercial landscape Define repeatable patterns, tools and approaches for all teams - ensure that all solutions designed target our cloud-first architecture Agree, document and publish architecture principles, tools and frameworks to ensure our technology is managed and nurtured as a series of value-creating ecosystems Develop strong relationships and collaborative ways of working at all levels across internal and external stakeholders Provide and track the holistic view of our technology ecosystems and work with internal and external teams to evolve them as necessary The Person Technical Knowledge & Experience An expert practitioner with experience of overseeing end-to-end application architecture, preferably in a similar multi-site, omnichannel, enterprise scale business within the, retail or hospitality sector Experience in cloud migration and application modernisation programmes Experience in agile ways of working, DevSecOps, SRE and continuous delivery Comfortable defining migration patterns and green-field architectures, and crucially where the two intersect Ability to identify software or technology opportunities and drive the introduction of new tools and processes across teams and disciplines Proven leader in innovation and sought out for their engineering and solution design skills to drive the organisation's digital business strategies Expert in their core discipline and skilled in several other areas, with experience and knowledge of several domain and product areas Experience in setting strategic direction as well as leveraging external expertise alike Mastery of all components of enterprise architecture, business & IT principles and processes Strong consulting skills such as targeted communications, engagement management, stakeholder management and business development Experience in the broader consumer commercial landscape - including how technology can be used to enable enhance customer experience, operational efficiency, data insights and cost optimisation Experience of various operating models such as project-centric and product-centric and different types of agile principles, methodologies and frameworks, especially those designed to be scaled at the enterprise level Vendor - and technology neutral - Seeks to achieve targeted business outcomes than for personal preferences, or in vested personal preferences of other business and IT leaders Stays on top of tech trends, experimenting with, and learning new technologies A strong focus enablement, creating patterns, toolsets and best practice allowing for a true as-a-service' capability across applications, software engineering, integration and data Deep architecture focus, ensuring technologies are used, purchased and developed appropriately Skills Analytical: Takes a logical approach to analysis of information to draw accurate conclusions Business acumen: Robust understanding of how a multi-site business operates with awareness of key challenges and risks, as well as how a leveraged business manages corporate risks to drive value and growth People management: Able to achieve high levels of performance through teams; sets clear objectives and guides and motivates team members to succeed Influencing and persuading: Confident relationship building skills with proven ability to influence and negotiate effectively at senior levels. Ability to deliver change and have an impact as a business partner through a diplomatic, yet tenacious approach Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, communicating effectively at all levels. Creates a positive impact with gravitas and credibility within the organisation and externally Facilitation: Able to facilitate team's and individual thinking processes Prioritisation: Effectively manages own and team's workload against competing demands. Is structured and organised Problem solving: Excellent problem solving, with ability to probe and establish real issues and identify correct solutions Numerate and analytical: Is extremely confident with numbers and takes a logical and methodical approach to the analysis of information to draw accurate conclusions before making informed decisions IT literate: Excel - strong Excel skills and experiences; PowerPoint - able to create effective presentations and documents; Word - high level of ability; Other - experience and knowledge of modern reporting systems This position offers a basic salary up to £120K + car allowance + bonus and excellent package. The role requires 4 days a week in the West London office with Friday's WFH.
May 22, 2026
Full time
Leading UK retailer and hospitality client now undergoing a significant business and technology transformation. This is a pivotal hire within a newly evolving architecture function, offering the opportunity to shape enterprise-wide strategy during a large-scale cloud and operating model transformation. As Enterprise Architect, you'll operate as a senior individual contributor, working across domains with tech leads and engaging closely with C-suite stakeholders. This is a highly visible, commercially focused role-not hands-on engineering but defining how technology enables the business to grow and compete. The IT enterprise architect will develop and define our technology strategy. Working alongside our strategic vendors to set direction, drive innovation, stretch thinking and ensure we're constantly benefiting from the best technology across all areas of our business landscape, including corporate, head office and operations. Reporting to the director of IT strategy and architecture, you will be responsible for the design and engineering principles associated with the delivery and operational health of our technology landscape, as well as the broader technology governance process. Key Accountabilities Assist leadership team and strategic partners in the setting of our technology strategy, architecture and engineering principles for our technology function - in collaboration with relevant specialist technical leads Facilitate business and IT alignment, connecting strategy to execution, through a collaborative, supportive and consultative manner - driving our digital business strategies to balance innovation and growth Translate and guide execution of business strategy to achieve our targeted business outcomes by leading the development of an implementation roadmap for enterprise architecture Drive innovation through active horizon-scanning of emerging technologies and the business ecosystem for major disruptive technology and nontechnology trends (trendspotting) that affect our markets and business Lead analysis of our future-state capabilities and future (and current) technology environment, to detect critical gaps and opportunities and recommend solutions for improvement to drive our business towards its targeted outcomes Support our technology partners in delivering change in line with our overall technology strategy of creating modular, cloud-first solutions Develop and implement core technology governance frameworks for technologists across our business and its partners (including format, documentation approach and implementation strategy, as well as evolving the framework as necessary in line with advice from key business stakeholders and strategic partners) Own, build and maintain the enterprise roadmaps, such that it is easily communicated to partners and the wider technology functions, and in such a way that it can adapt to the changing commercial landscape Define repeatable patterns, tools and approaches for all teams - ensure that all solutions designed target our cloud-first architecture Agree, document and publish architecture principles, tools and frameworks to ensure our technology is managed and nurtured as a series of value-creating ecosystems Develop strong relationships and collaborative ways of working at all levels across internal and external stakeholders Provide and track the holistic view of our technology ecosystems and work with internal and external teams to evolve them as necessary The Person Technical Knowledge & Experience An expert practitioner with experience of overseeing end-to-end application architecture, preferably in a similar multi-site, omnichannel, enterprise scale business within the, retail or hospitality sector Experience in cloud migration and application modernisation programmes Experience in agile ways of working, DevSecOps, SRE and continuous delivery Comfortable defining migration patterns and green-field architectures, and crucially where the two intersect Ability to identify software or technology opportunities and drive the introduction of new tools and processes across teams and disciplines Proven leader in innovation and sought out for their engineering and solution design skills to drive the organisation's digital business strategies Expert in their core discipline and skilled in several other areas, with experience and knowledge of several domain and product areas Experience in setting strategic direction as well as leveraging external expertise alike Mastery of all components of enterprise architecture, business & IT principles and processes Strong consulting skills such as targeted communications, engagement management, stakeholder management and business development Experience in the broader consumer commercial landscape - including how technology can be used to enable enhance customer experience, operational efficiency, data insights and cost optimisation Experience of various operating models such as project-centric and product-centric and different types of agile principles, methodologies and frameworks, especially those designed to be scaled at the enterprise level Vendor - and technology neutral - Seeks to achieve targeted business outcomes than for personal preferences, or in vested personal preferences of other business and IT leaders Stays on top of tech trends, experimenting with, and learning new technologies A strong focus enablement, creating patterns, toolsets and best practice allowing for a true as-a-service' capability across applications, software engineering, integration and data Deep architecture focus, ensuring technologies are used, purchased and developed appropriately Skills Analytical: Takes a logical approach to analysis of information to draw accurate conclusions Business acumen: Robust understanding of how a multi-site business operates with awareness of key challenges and risks, as well as how a leveraged business manages corporate risks to drive value and growth People management: Able to achieve high levels of performance through teams; sets clear objectives and guides and motivates team members to succeed Influencing and persuading: Confident relationship building skills with proven ability to influence and negotiate effectively at senior levels. Ability to deliver change and have an impact as a business partner through a diplomatic, yet tenacious approach Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, communicating effectively at all levels. Creates a positive impact with gravitas and credibility within the organisation and externally Facilitation: Able to facilitate team's and individual thinking processes Prioritisation: Effectively manages own and team's workload against competing demands. Is structured and organised Problem solving: Excellent problem solving, with ability to probe and establish real issues and identify correct solutions Numerate and analytical: Is extremely confident with numbers and takes a logical and methodical approach to the analysis of information to draw accurate conclusions before making informed decisions IT literate: Excel - strong Excel skills and experiences; PowerPoint - able to create effective presentations and documents; Word - high level of ability; Other - experience and knowledge of modern reporting systems This position offers a basic salary up to £120K + car allowance + bonus and excellent package. The role requires 4 days a week in the West London office with Friday's WFH.
Enterprise Architect - Retail & Hospitality Tech Leading UK retailer and hospitality client now undergoing a significant business and technology transformation. This is a pivotal hire within a newly evolving architecture function, offering the opportunity to shape enterprise-wide strategy during a large-scale cloud and operating model transformation. As Enterprise Architect, you'll operate as a senior individual contributor, working across domains with tech leads and engaging closely with C-suite stakeholders. This is a highly visible, commercially focused role-not hands-on engineering but defining how technology enables the business to grow and compete. The IT enterprise architect will develop and define our technology strategy. Working alongside our strategic vendors to set direction, drive innovation, stretch thinking and ensure we're constantly benefiting from the best technology across all areas of our business landscape, including corporate, head office and operations. Reporting to the director of IT strategy and architecture, you will be responsible for the design and engineering principles associated with the delivery and operational health of our technology landscape, as well as the broader technology governance process. Key Accountabilities Assist leadership team and strategic partners in the setting of our technology strategy, architecture and engineering principles for our technology function - in collaboration with relevant specialist technical leads Facilitate business and IT alignment, connecting strategy to execution, through a collaborative, supportive and consultative manner - driving our digital business strategies to balance innovation and growth Translate and guide execution of business strategy to achieve our targeted business outcomes by leading the development of an implementation roadmap for enterprise architecture Drive innovation through active horizon-scanning of emerging technologies and the business ecosystem for major disruptive technology and nontechnology trends (trendspotting) that affect our markets and business Lead analysis of our future-state capabilities and future (and current) technology environment, to detect critical gaps and opportunities and recommend solutions for improvement to drive our business towards its targeted outcomes Support our technology partners in delivering change in line with our overall technology strategy of creating modular, cloud-first solutions Develop and implement core technology governance frameworks for technologists across our business and its partners (including format, documentation approach and implementation strategy, as well as evolving the framework as necessary in line with advice from key business stakeholders and strategic partners) Own, build and maintain the enterprise roadmaps, such that it is easily communicated to partners and the wider technology functions, and in such a way that it can adapt to the changing commercial landscape Define repeatable patterns, tools and approaches for all teams - ensure that all solutions designed target our cloud-first architecture Agree, document and publish architecture principles, tools and frameworks to ensure our technology is managed and nurtured as a series of value-creating ecosystems Develop strong relationships and collaborative ways of working at all levels across internal and external stakeholders Provide and track the holistic view of our technology ecosystems and work with internal and external teams to evolve them as necessary The Person Technical Knowledge & Experience An expert practitioner with experience of overseeing end-to-end application architecture, preferably in a similar multi-site, omnichannel, enterprise scale business within the, retail or hospitality sector Experience in cloud migration and application modernisation programmes Experience in agile ways of working, DevSecOps, SRE and continuous delivery Comfortable defining migration patterns and green-field architectures, and crucially where the two intersect Ability to identify software or technology opportunities and drive the introduction of new tools and processes across teams and disciplines Proven leader in innovation and sought out for their engineering and solution design skills to drive the organisation's digital business strategies Expert in their core discipline and skilled in several other areas, with experience and knowledge of several domain and product areas Experience in setting strategic direction as well as leveraging external expertise alike Mastery of all components of enterprise architecture, business & IT principles and processes Strong consulting skills such as targeted communications, engagement management, stakeholder management and business development Experience in the broader consumer commercial landscape - including how technology can be used to enable enhance customer experience, operational efficiency, data insights and cost optimisation Experience of various operating models such as project-centric and product-centric and different types of agile principles, methodologies and frameworks, especially those designed to be scaled at the enterprise level Vendor - and technology neutral - Seeks to achieve targeted business outcomes than for personal preferences, or in vested personal preferences of other business and IT leaders Stays on top of tech trends, experimenting with, and learning new technologies A strong focus enablement, creating patterns, toolsets and best practice allowing for a true as-a-service' capability across applications, software engineering, integration and data Deep architecture focus, ensuring technologies are used, purchased and developed appropriately Skills Analytical: Takes a logical approach to analysis of information to draw accurate conclusions Business acumen: Robust understanding of how a multi-site business operates with awareness of key challenges and risks, as well as how a leveraged business manages corporate risks to drive value and growth People management: Able to achieve high levels of performance through teams; sets clear objectives and guides and motivates team members to succeed Influencing and persuading: Confident relationship building skills with proven ability to influence and negotiate effectively at senior levels. Ability to deliver change and have an impact as a business partner through a diplomatic, yet tenacious approach Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, communicating effectively at all levels. Creates a positive impact with gravitas and credibility within the organisation and externally Facilitation: Able to facilitate team's and individual thinking processes Prioritisation: Effectively manages own and team's workload against competing demands. Is structured and organised Problem solving: Excellent problem solving, with ability to probe and establish real issues and identify correct solutions Numerate and analytical: Is extremely confident with numbers and takes a logical and methodical approach to the analysis of information to draw accurate conclusions before making informed decisions IT literate: Excel - strong Excel skills and experiences; PowerPoint - able to create effective presentations and documents; Word - high level of ability; Other - experience and knowledge of modern reporting systems This position offers a basic salary up to £120K + car allowance + bonus and excellent package. The role requires 4 days a week in the West London office with Friday's WFH.
May 22, 2026
Full time
Enterprise Architect - Retail & Hospitality Tech Leading UK retailer and hospitality client now undergoing a significant business and technology transformation. This is a pivotal hire within a newly evolving architecture function, offering the opportunity to shape enterprise-wide strategy during a large-scale cloud and operating model transformation. As Enterprise Architect, you'll operate as a senior individual contributor, working across domains with tech leads and engaging closely with C-suite stakeholders. This is a highly visible, commercially focused role-not hands-on engineering but defining how technology enables the business to grow and compete. The IT enterprise architect will develop and define our technology strategy. Working alongside our strategic vendors to set direction, drive innovation, stretch thinking and ensure we're constantly benefiting from the best technology across all areas of our business landscape, including corporate, head office and operations. Reporting to the director of IT strategy and architecture, you will be responsible for the design and engineering principles associated with the delivery and operational health of our technology landscape, as well as the broader technology governance process. Key Accountabilities Assist leadership team and strategic partners in the setting of our technology strategy, architecture and engineering principles for our technology function - in collaboration with relevant specialist technical leads Facilitate business and IT alignment, connecting strategy to execution, through a collaborative, supportive and consultative manner - driving our digital business strategies to balance innovation and growth Translate and guide execution of business strategy to achieve our targeted business outcomes by leading the development of an implementation roadmap for enterprise architecture Drive innovation through active horizon-scanning of emerging technologies and the business ecosystem for major disruptive technology and nontechnology trends (trendspotting) that affect our markets and business Lead analysis of our future-state capabilities and future (and current) technology environment, to detect critical gaps and opportunities and recommend solutions for improvement to drive our business towards its targeted outcomes Support our technology partners in delivering change in line with our overall technology strategy of creating modular, cloud-first solutions Develop and implement core technology governance frameworks for technologists across our business and its partners (including format, documentation approach and implementation strategy, as well as evolving the framework as necessary in line with advice from key business stakeholders and strategic partners) Own, build and maintain the enterprise roadmaps, such that it is easily communicated to partners and the wider technology functions, and in such a way that it can adapt to the changing commercial landscape Define repeatable patterns, tools and approaches for all teams - ensure that all solutions designed target our cloud-first architecture Agree, document and publish architecture principles, tools and frameworks to ensure our technology is managed and nurtured as a series of value-creating ecosystems Develop strong relationships and collaborative ways of working at all levels across internal and external stakeholders Provide and track the holistic view of our technology ecosystems and work with internal and external teams to evolve them as necessary The Person Technical Knowledge & Experience An expert practitioner with experience of overseeing end-to-end application architecture, preferably in a similar multi-site, omnichannel, enterprise scale business within the, retail or hospitality sector Experience in cloud migration and application modernisation programmes Experience in agile ways of working, DevSecOps, SRE and continuous delivery Comfortable defining migration patterns and green-field architectures, and crucially where the two intersect Ability to identify software or technology opportunities and drive the introduction of new tools and processes across teams and disciplines Proven leader in innovation and sought out for their engineering and solution design skills to drive the organisation's digital business strategies Expert in their core discipline and skilled in several other areas, with experience and knowledge of several domain and product areas Experience in setting strategic direction as well as leveraging external expertise alike Mastery of all components of enterprise architecture, business & IT principles and processes Strong consulting skills such as targeted communications, engagement management, stakeholder management and business development Experience in the broader consumer commercial landscape - including how technology can be used to enable enhance customer experience, operational efficiency, data insights and cost optimisation Experience of various operating models such as project-centric and product-centric and different types of agile principles, methodologies and frameworks, especially those designed to be scaled at the enterprise level Vendor - and technology neutral - Seeks to achieve targeted business outcomes than for personal preferences, or in vested personal preferences of other business and IT leaders Stays on top of tech trends, experimenting with, and learning new technologies A strong focus enablement, creating patterns, toolsets and best practice allowing for a true as-a-service' capability across applications, software engineering, integration and data Deep architecture focus, ensuring technologies are used, purchased and developed appropriately Skills Analytical: Takes a logical approach to analysis of information to draw accurate conclusions Business acumen: Robust understanding of how a multi-site business operates with awareness of key challenges and risks, as well as how a leveraged business manages corporate risks to drive value and growth People management: Able to achieve high levels of performance through teams; sets clear objectives and guides and motivates team members to succeed Influencing and persuading: Confident relationship building skills with proven ability to influence and negotiate effectively at senior levels. Ability to deliver change and have an impact as a business partner through a diplomatic, yet tenacious approach Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, communicating effectively at all levels. Creates a positive impact with gravitas and credibility within the organisation and externally Facilitation: Able to facilitate team's and individual thinking processes Prioritisation: Effectively manages own and team's workload against competing demands. Is structured and organised Problem solving: Excellent problem solving, with ability to probe and establish real issues and identify correct solutions Numerate and analytical: Is extremely confident with numbers and takes a logical and methodical approach to the analysis of information to draw accurate conclusions before making informed decisions IT literate: Excel - strong Excel skills and experiences; PowerPoint - able to create effective presentations and documents; Word - high level of ability; Other - experience and knowledge of modern reporting systems This position offers a basic salary up to £120K + car allowance + bonus and excellent package. The role requires 4 days a week in the West London office with Friday's WFH.
Graduate Development Technologist Hybrid Working 1 Day WFH + 4 Days On Site Driving Licence & Own Car Required Perfect for 2025 & 2026 Food Graduates Ready to turn your passion for food into a career? We're looking for a curious, organised and food-obsessed Development Technologist to join a fast-moving product development team creating exciting products for major UK retailers. If you love supermarket trends, new flavours, innovation, food samples and bringing ideas to life from concept to launch - this could be the perfect first step in your career. You'll work closely with Product Managers, suppliers and customers to help deliver new food products from brief through to supermarket shelves. One day you could be benchmarking products and spotting the next big trend, the next you might be preparing samples for customer presentations or attending first production trials in factory environments. This is a brilliant opportunity for a graduate who wants real exposure to the full product development process. You'll gain hands-on experience with retailer submissions, category insight, supplier collaboration, product launches and commercial decision-making - all while learning from an experienced and supportive team. We're looking for someone who is enthusiastic, proactive and ready to get stuck in. You'll need great organisation skills, confidence communicating with different teams, and a genuine interest in food trends and innovation. A degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Nutrition or a related subject is essential, with a placement year in industry. The role offers hybrid working with 1 day working from home and 4 days on site, you'll need a full driving licence and access to a car. Send your CV to (url removed) or call Nicola on (phone number removed) for more information. As you know over here at Zest we like to do things properly and always want to keep you, the candidate in the loop. Applying to this 'one of a kind' role you give Zest permission to hold your information. If you want to know more about how Zest look after your personal information please visit our privacy policy on the website (url removed)
May 22, 2026
Full time
Graduate Development Technologist Hybrid Working 1 Day WFH + 4 Days On Site Driving Licence & Own Car Required Perfect for 2025 & 2026 Food Graduates Ready to turn your passion for food into a career? We're looking for a curious, organised and food-obsessed Development Technologist to join a fast-moving product development team creating exciting products for major UK retailers. If you love supermarket trends, new flavours, innovation, food samples and bringing ideas to life from concept to launch - this could be the perfect first step in your career. You'll work closely with Product Managers, suppliers and customers to help deliver new food products from brief through to supermarket shelves. One day you could be benchmarking products and spotting the next big trend, the next you might be preparing samples for customer presentations or attending first production trials in factory environments. This is a brilliant opportunity for a graduate who wants real exposure to the full product development process. You'll gain hands-on experience with retailer submissions, category insight, supplier collaboration, product launches and commercial decision-making - all while learning from an experienced and supportive team. We're looking for someone who is enthusiastic, proactive and ready to get stuck in. You'll need great organisation skills, confidence communicating with different teams, and a genuine interest in food trends and innovation. A degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Nutrition or a related subject is essential, with a placement year in industry. The role offers hybrid working with 1 day working from home and 4 days on site, you'll need a full driving licence and access to a car. Send your CV to (url removed) or call Nicola on (phone number removed) for more information. As you know over here at Zest we like to do things properly and always want to keep you, the candidate in the loop. Applying to this 'one of a kind' role you give Zest permission to hold your information. If you want to know more about how Zest look after your personal information please visit our privacy policy on the website (url removed)
We are working with a well-established and highly respected food business based in the West Midlands who are looking to recruit an experienced Specifications Technologist to join their technical team. This is a key role within the business, offering the opportunity to take ownership of customer and legal specifications, lead artwork and labelling compliance, and support the development of the specifications function. The Role As Specifications Technologist, you will be responsible for managing the end-to-end specification process, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and alignment with customer, legal, and certification standards. Key responsibilities include: Managing the creation and ongoing maintenance of customer specifications for new product launches Ensuring specifications are updated in line with EPD changes, supplier amendments, and legal or customer requirements Reviewing and maintaining specifications to ensure compliance with BRC and customer-specific standards Overseeing translation and artwork approval processes to ensure legal and customer compliance Staying up to date with changes in food labelling legislation across multiple markets, including the use of third-party approvals where required Acting as the main point of contact for customers regarding specifications, queries, and questionnaires Attending and supporting internal and external audits Supporting the development and maintenance of written procedures and work instructions within the specifications department Managing and developing a Specification Technologist through on-the-job coaching and formal training Attending development and planning meetings to forecast workload and allocate resources effectively Promoting health, safety, and wellbeing in line with company policies Driving continuous improvement and supporting change initiatives within your area of responsibility About You You will be an experienced specifications professional from within the food manufacturing industry, confident working in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment. You will ideally have: Proven experience in food specifications management Strong knowledge of food labelling legislation and customer standards Experience working with BRC and retailer requirements Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills Confidence communicating with customers and internal stakeholders Experience mentoring or managing junior team members As you know over here at Zest we like to do things properly and always want to keep you, the candidate in the loop. Applying to this 'one of a kind' role you give Zest permission to hold your information. If you want to know more about how Zest look after your personal information please visit our privacy policy on the website (url removed)
May 20, 2026
Full time
We are working with a well-established and highly respected food business based in the West Midlands who are looking to recruit an experienced Specifications Technologist to join their technical team. This is a key role within the business, offering the opportunity to take ownership of customer and legal specifications, lead artwork and labelling compliance, and support the development of the specifications function. The Role As Specifications Technologist, you will be responsible for managing the end-to-end specification process, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and alignment with customer, legal, and certification standards. Key responsibilities include: Managing the creation and ongoing maintenance of customer specifications for new product launches Ensuring specifications are updated in line with EPD changes, supplier amendments, and legal or customer requirements Reviewing and maintaining specifications to ensure compliance with BRC and customer-specific standards Overseeing translation and artwork approval processes to ensure legal and customer compliance Staying up to date with changes in food labelling legislation across multiple markets, including the use of third-party approvals where required Acting as the main point of contact for customers regarding specifications, queries, and questionnaires Attending and supporting internal and external audits Supporting the development and maintenance of written procedures and work instructions within the specifications department Managing and developing a Specification Technologist through on-the-job coaching and formal training Attending development and planning meetings to forecast workload and allocate resources effectively Promoting health, safety, and wellbeing in line with company policies Driving continuous improvement and supporting change initiatives within your area of responsibility About You You will be an experienced specifications professional from within the food manufacturing industry, confident working in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment. You will ideally have: Proven experience in food specifications management Strong knowledge of food labelling legislation and customer standards Experience working with BRC and retailer requirements Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills Confidence communicating with customers and internal stakeholders Experience mentoring or managing junior team members As you know over here at Zest we like to do things properly and always want to keep you, the candidate in the loop. Applying to this 'one of a kind' role you give Zest permission to hold your information. If you want to know more about how Zest look after your personal information please visit our privacy policy on the website (url removed)
Development Technologist Salary: Competitive salary Benefits: Company share save scheme, Competitive matched pension contributions , Life insurance up to 4x salary Location: Boness Ways of Working: Monday to Friday Hours of work: 08.30 - 17.00 Contract Type: Permanent Why Greencore? Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better. As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn. Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop. Our site in Bo'ness employs over 1,000 people and produces food-to-go salads and salad accompaniments for a range of customers. The site is located 3.5 miles from Linlithgow and 8 miles from Falkirk. What you'll be doing In this busy and exciting role, you will support the delivery of the development pipeline, working closely with crossfunctional teams to bring new product ideas to life. You will use your creativity, commercial understanding and technical skill to support recipes, track trends and deliver accurate development information that drives successful innovation. Role Accountabilities • Build strong relationships with key functions to support development activity • Maintain awareness of retailer requirements and expectations within your product area • Demonstrate passion for food and curiosity around flavours, trends and innovation • Identify emerging food and market trends to inspire product development • Understand relevant site capabilities to support feasible development solutions • Use recipe management systems to generate accurate recipe information and costings • Monitor competitor products and communicate relevant insights • Input accurate information into sector development pipeline documentation • Work at pace with strong organisation, creativity and attention to detail • Support the delivery of development tasks to agreed standards and timelines What we're looking for • Highly motivated with a passion for food and innovation • Strong attention to detail and excellent organisational skills • Excellent PC skills and confident using development or recipe systems • A foodbased degree or relevant experience • Valid driving licence • Resilient, selfmotivated and able to manage time effectively • Strong communication skills and an effective team player • Curious, creative and willing to learn and grow within the business • Ability to understand basic engineering or technical principles We're not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity. If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success. What you'll get in return • Competitive salary and jobrelated benefits • Holidays • Pension up to 8% matched • Life insurance up to 4x salary • Company share save scheme • Greencore Qualifications • Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform • Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform • Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with onthejob training and development opportunities to further your career.
May 20, 2026
Full time
Development Technologist Salary: Competitive salary Benefits: Company share save scheme, Competitive matched pension contributions , Life insurance up to 4x salary Location: Boness Ways of Working: Monday to Friday Hours of work: 08.30 - 17.00 Contract Type: Permanent Why Greencore? Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better. As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn. Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop. Our site in Bo'ness employs over 1,000 people and produces food-to-go salads and salad accompaniments for a range of customers. The site is located 3.5 miles from Linlithgow and 8 miles from Falkirk. What you'll be doing In this busy and exciting role, you will support the delivery of the development pipeline, working closely with crossfunctional teams to bring new product ideas to life. You will use your creativity, commercial understanding and technical skill to support recipes, track trends and deliver accurate development information that drives successful innovation. Role Accountabilities • Build strong relationships with key functions to support development activity • Maintain awareness of retailer requirements and expectations within your product area • Demonstrate passion for food and curiosity around flavours, trends and innovation • Identify emerging food and market trends to inspire product development • Understand relevant site capabilities to support feasible development solutions • Use recipe management systems to generate accurate recipe information and costings • Monitor competitor products and communicate relevant insights • Input accurate information into sector development pipeline documentation • Work at pace with strong organisation, creativity and attention to detail • Support the delivery of development tasks to agreed standards and timelines What we're looking for • Highly motivated with a passion for food and innovation • Strong attention to detail and excellent organisational skills • Excellent PC skills and confident using development or recipe systems • A foodbased degree or relevant experience • Valid driving licence • Resilient, selfmotivated and able to manage time effectively • Strong communication skills and an effective team player • Curious, creative and willing to learn and grow within the business • Ability to understand basic engineering or technical principles We're not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity. If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success. What you'll get in return • Competitive salary and jobrelated benefits • Holidays • Pension up to 8% matched • Life insurance up to 4x salary • Company share save scheme • Greencore Qualifications • Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform • Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform • Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with onthejob training and development opportunities to further your career.
Role: FOOTWEAR TECHNOLOGIST Location: Kettering, UK Hours: 37.5 hrs per week Salary: Up to £33,000.00 Interaction Recruitment are recruiting on behalf of a leading organisation. We are seeking a Technologist to meet customer needs, testing products to ensure compliance with legislation, provision of information and presenting at seminars whilst promoting the organisation s brand. About The Role As a Technologist your key responsibilities will include: Discussing results and new work with customers Drafting reports and responding to customer emails Meeting with customers and presenting seminars/webinars Working to and understanding Quality System and Health & Safety requirements Supporting technicians development Delivering SAFT training programme Contributing to writing of technical articles for internal and external publication Involvement in customer visits and promotion of services About You Essential Familiar with physical testing techniques Demonstrated organisation and planning skills Customer facing experience Confident presenter Excellent time management and scheduling skills Good computer skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) Ability to work on own and as part of a team Highly motivated Problem solving and logical thinking Willingness to travel Desirable Completion of SAFT course or working towards completion Degree in Maths or Science Full, clean driving licence Experience of direct sales and marketing with exposure to business development tools and techniques Footwear industry experience Benefits Include Staff benefits include days (service related) annual leave; life assurance; a group personal pension plan; income protection; free parking; flexible working hours. Closing date for receipt of applications is Friday 29th May 2026 Interviews will be held on site on Wednesday 10th June 2026 INDKTT
May 19, 2026
Full time
Role: FOOTWEAR TECHNOLOGIST Location: Kettering, UK Hours: 37.5 hrs per week Salary: Up to £33,000.00 Interaction Recruitment are recruiting on behalf of a leading organisation. We are seeking a Technologist to meet customer needs, testing products to ensure compliance with legislation, provision of information and presenting at seminars whilst promoting the organisation s brand. About The Role As a Technologist your key responsibilities will include: Discussing results and new work with customers Drafting reports and responding to customer emails Meeting with customers and presenting seminars/webinars Working to and understanding Quality System and Health & Safety requirements Supporting technicians development Delivering SAFT training programme Contributing to writing of technical articles for internal and external publication Involvement in customer visits and promotion of services About You Essential Familiar with physical testing techniques Demonstrated organisation and planning skills Customer facing experience Confident presenter Excellent time management and scheduling skills Good computer skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) Ability to work on own and as part of a team Highly motivated Problem solving and logical thinking Willingness to travel Desirable Completion of SAFT course or working towards completion Degree in Maths or Science Full, clean driving licence Experience of direct sales and marketing with exposure to business development tools and techniques Footwear industry experience Benefits Include Staff benefits include days (service related) annual leave; life assurance; a group personal pension plan; income protection; free parking; flexible working hours. Closing date for receipt of applications is Friday 29th May 2026 Interviews will be held on site on Wednesday 10th June 2026 INDKTT
Product Development Technologist (potential for senior title!) Reporting to: NPD Manager Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30am - 5:00pm Salary: 30 - 40k About the Role I am working with a business who are looking for a passionate and driven Product Development Technologist to join the NPD team. This is an exciting opportunity to support both new and existing product development projects. This role is ideal for someone with prior experience in product development or a recent graduate eager to begin their career in the food industry. We're looking for a true foodie with creativity, enthusiasm, and a collaborative mindset. Key Responsibilities Support the NPD Manager across all new and existing product development projects Assist in recipe development using recipe sheets and raw materials, producing samples for customers Conduct taste panel trials for both new and existing products Liaise with suppliers to source new raw materials, manage costings, and maintain accurate ingredient specifications Prepare and deliver customer samples on time, including all supporting documentation and preliminary specifications Communicate effectively with cross-functional teams to achieve project objectives Ensure compliance with BRC and HACCP standards during all NPD activities Organise and participate in factory trials, supporting timely and efficient product launches Communicate trial outcomes and next steps (e.g. product, packaging, or process changes) to relevant stakeholders Accurately complete all NPD documentation, including trial reports, sensory evaluations, shelf-life reviews, and recipe mix sheets Key Skills & Experience A qualification in a Food-related subject (College or University level) A passion for food innovation with a natural creative flair Strong interest in new ingredients and food trends Excellent communication, organisation, and attention to detail Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) Kitchen or food production experience is desirable Full UK Driving Licence Benefits Opportunities for internal progression 28 days holiday (including bank holidays, pro rata) Full training provided, including Level 2 Food Health & Safety certification
May 19, 2026
Full time
Product Development Technologist (potential for senior title!) Reporting to: NPD Manager Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30am - 5:00pm Salary: 30 - 40k About the Role I am working with a business who are looking for a passionate and driven Product Development Technologist to join the NPD team. This is an exciting opportunity to support both new and existing product development projects. This role is ideal for someone with prior experience in product development or a recent graduate eager to begin their career in the food industry. We're looking for a true foodie with creativity, enthusiasm, and a collaborative mindset. Key Responsibilities Support the NPD Manager across all new and existing product development projects Assist in recipe development using recipe sheets and raw materials, producing samples for customers Conduct taste panel trials for both new and existing products Liaise with suppliers to source new raw materials, manage costings, and maintain accurate ingredient specifications Prepare and deliver customer samples on time, including all supporting documentation and preliminary specifications Communicate effectively with cross-functional teams to achieve project objectives Ensure compliance with BRC and HACCP standards during all NPD activities Organise and participate in factory trials, supporting timely and efficient product launches Communicate trial outcomes and next steps (e.g. product, packaging, or process changes) to relevant stakeholders Accurately complete all NPD documentation, including trial reports, sensory evaluations, shelf-life reviews, and recipe mix sheets Key Skills & Experience A qualification in a Food-related subject (College or University level) A passion for food innovation with a natural creative flair Strong interest in new ingredients and food trends Excellent communication, organisation, and attention to detail Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) Kitchen or food production experience is desirable Full UK Driving Licence Benefits Opportunities for internal progression 28 days holiday (including bank holidays, pro rata) Full training provided, including Level 2 Food Health & Safety certification
Job: Product Developer Location: Worksop Why Greencore? Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better. As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately 4bn. Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop. What you'll be doing We have a permanent opportunity for a Product Developer to join our team at Manton Wood! As a Product Developer, your role will be to develop new, and modify existing products, in line with written briefs, customer expectations and financial targets to create products of sustainable and repeatable quality and sustainable cost. In this role you will be required to: Develop new and existing recipes into commercially viable products, benchmarking regularly to gain awareness of the market for a competitive advantage. Create recipes alongside the chefs, input recipes onto the recipe management system and review the accuracy of all recipes inputted by the product technologist and chefs to ensure they meet cost, weight and nutritional requirements. Ensure the viability of new raw ingredients from an operational, technical and product development perspective to bring innovation and challenge to existing Greencore policies and practices. Complete and/or review and approve all relevant documentation (feasibility forms, customer submission forms, concept to process handovers etc.) to ensure accuracy of information shared internally and externally. Put all products through the feasibility process; working with the commercial, operations, technical and purchasing teams to solve any issues to ensure concepts are repeatable, sustainable and scalable. Compile product costing information and adapt recipes to balance food quality with achievement of commercial brief targets within customer brand standards. Present benchmarking, existing (EPD) and new products (NPD) at internal and customer presentations, passionately demonstrate good market and food trends awareness, to achieve product approval. Follow the critical path time lines as directed, escalating incomplete tasks and deficiencies in testing, to ensure that mitigating action can be taken to prevent delays in product acceptance and launch. Assist the process team with the scale up production trials, as required, to ensure production quality matches the kitchen quality signed off by the customer. Provide leadership and direct to ensure that across the team people are kept safe, engaged, focused, developed an delivery to their potential What we're looking for At Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work. Together we make every day taste better. Proven experience in food product development Analytical; comfortable with producing and reviewing costings Proficient in all elements of product development from concept to launch Proven track record of successfully validating products and producing high quality documentation Confident in presenting to all levels within the business and directly to customers Experience in people management If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success. What you'll get in return Competitive salary and job-related benefits Holidays Competitive matched pension contributions Life insurance up to 4x salary Company share save scheme Greencore Qualifications Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career. We reserve the right to close this advert before the stated closing date.
May 19, 2026
Full time
Job: Product Developer Location: Worksop Why Greencore? Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better. As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately 4bn. Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop. What you'll be doing We have a permanent opportunity for a Product Developer to join our team at Manton Wood! As a Product Developer, your role will be to develop new, and modify existing products, in line with written briefs, customer expectations and financial targets to create products of sustainable and repeatable quality and sustainable cost. In this role you will be required to: Develop new and existing recipes into commercially viable products, benchmarking regularly to gain awareness of the market for a competitive advantage. Create recipes alongside the chefs, input recipes onto the recipe management system and review the accuracy of all recipes inputted by the product technologist and chefs to ensure they meet cost, weight and nutritional requirements. Ensure the viability of new raw ingredients from an operational, technical and product development perspective to bring innovation and challenge to existing Greencore policies and practices. Complete and/or review and approve all relevant documentation (feasibility forms, customer submission forms, concept to process handovers etc.) to ensure accuracy of information shared internally and externally. Put all products through the feasibility process; working with the commercial, operations, technical and purchasing teams to solve any issues to ensure concepts are repeatable, sustainable and scalable. Compile product costing information and adapt recipes to balance food quality with achievement of commercial brief targets within customer brand standards. Present benchmarking, existing (EPD) and new products (NPD) at internal and customer presentations, passionately demonstrate good market and food trends awareness, to achieve product approval. Follow the critical path time lines as directed, escalating incomplete tasks and deficiencies in testing, to ensure that mitigating action can be taken to prevent delays in product acceptance and launch. Assist the process team with the scale up production trials, as required, to ensure production quality matches the kitchen quality signed off by the customer. Provide leadership and direct to ensure that across the team people are kept safe, engaged, focused, developed an delivery to their potential What we're looking for At Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work. Together we make every day taste better. Proven experience in food product development Analytical; comfortable with producing and reviewing costings Proficient in all elements of product development from concept to launch Proven track record of successfully validating products and producing high quality documentation Confident in presenting to all levels within the business and directly to customers Experience in people management If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success. What you'll get in return Competitive salary and job-related benefits Holidays Competitive matched pension contributions Life insurance up to 4x salary Company share save scheme Greencore Qualifications Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career. We reserve the right to close this advert before the stated closing date.
Enterprise Architect - Retail & Hospitality Tech Leading UK retailer and hospitality client now undergoing a significant business and technology transformation. This is a pivotal hire within a newly evolving architecture function, offering the opportunity to shape enterprise-wide strategy during a large-scale cloud and operating model transformation. As Enterprise Architect, you'll operate as a senior individual contributor, working across domains with tech leads and engaging closely with C-suite stakeholders. This is a highly visible, commercially focused role-not hands-on engineering but defining how technology enables the business to grow and compete. The IT enterprise architect will develop and define our technology strategy. Working alongside our strategic vendors to set direction, drive innovation, stretch thinking and ensure we're constantly benefiting from the best technology across all areas of our business landscape, including corporate, head office and operations. Reporting to the director of IT strategy and architecture, you will be responsible for the design and engineering principles associated with the delivery and operational health of our technology landscape, as well as the broader technology governance process. Key Accountabilities Assist leadership team and strategic partners in the setting of our technology strategy, architecture and engineering principles for our technology function - in collaboration with relevant specialist technical leads Facilitate business and IT alignment, connecting strategy to execution, through a collaborative, supportive and consultative manner - driving our digital business strategies to balance innovation and growth Translate and guide execution of business strategy to achieve our targeted business outcomes by leading the development of an implementation roadmap for enterprise architecture Drive innovation through active horizon-scanning of emerging technologies and the business ecosystem for major disruptive technology and nontechnology trends (trendspotting) that affect our markets and business Lead analysis of our future-state capabilities and future (and current) technology environment, to detect critical gaps and opportunities and recommend solutions for improvement to drive our business towards its targeted outcomes Support our technology partners in delivering change in line with our overall technology strategy of creating modular, cloud-first solutions Develop and implement core technology governance frameworks for technologists across our business and its partners (including format, documentation approach and implementation strategy, as well as evolving the framework as necessary in line with advice from key business stakeholders and strategic partners) Own, build and maintain the enterprise roadmaps, such that it is easily communicated to partners and the wider technology functions, and in such a way that it can adapt to the changing commercial landscape Define repeatable patterns, tools and approaches for all teams - ensure that all solutions designed target our cloud-first architecture Agree, document and publish architecture principles, tools and frameworks to ensure our technology is managed and nurtured as a series of value-creating ecosystems Develop strong relationships and collaborative ways of working at all levels across internal and external stakeholders Provide and track the holistic view of our technology ecosystems and work with internal and external teams to evolve them as necessary The Person Technical Knowledge & Experience An expert practitioner with experience of overseeing end-to-end application architecture, preferably in a similar multi-site, omnichannel, enterprise scale business within the, retail or hospitality sector Experience in cloud migration and application modernisation programmes Experience in agile ways of working, DevSecOps, SRE and continuous delivery Comfortable defining migration patterns and green-field architectures, and crucially where the two intersect Ability to identify software or technology opportunities and drive the introduction of new tools and processes across teams and disciplines Proven leader in innovation and sought out for their engineering and solution design skills to drive the organisation's digital business strategies Expert in their core discipline and skilled in several other areas, with experience and knowledge of several domain and product areas Experience in setting strategic direction as well as leveraging external expertise alike Mastery of all components of enterprise architecture, business & IT principles and processes Strong consulting skills such as targeted communications, engagement management, stakeholder management and business development Experience in the broader consumer commercial landscape - including how technology can be used to enable enhance customer experience, operational efficiency, data insights and cost optimisation Experience of various operating models such as project-centric and product-centric and different types of agile principles, methodologies and frameworks, especially those designed to be scaled at the enterprise level Vendor - and technology neutral - Seeks to achieve targeted business outcomes than for personal preferences, or in vested personal preferences of other business and IT leaders Stays on top of tech trends, experimenting with, and learning new technologies A strong focus enablement, creating patterns, toolsets and best practice allowing for a true as-a-service' capability across applications, software engineering, integration and data Deep architecture focus, ensuring technologies are used, purchased and developed appropriately Skills Analytical: Takes a logical approach to analysis of information to draw accurate conclusions Business acumen: Robust understanding of how a multi-site business operates with awareness of key challenges and risks, as well as how a leveraged business manages corporate risks to drive value and growth People management: Able to achieve high levels of performance through teams; sets clear objectives and guides and motivates team members to succeed Influencing and persuading: Confident relationship building skills with proven ability to influence and negotiate effectively at senior levels. Ability to deliver change and have an impact as a business partner through a diplomatic, yet tenacious approach Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, communicating effectively at all levels. Creates a positive impact with gravitas and credibility within the organisation and externally Facilitation: Able to facilitate team's and individual thinking processes Prioritisation: Effectively manages own and team's workload against competing demands. Is structured and organised Problem solving: Excellent problem solving, with ability to probe and establish real issues and identify correct solutions Numerate and analytical: Is extremely confident with numbers and takes a logical and methodical approach to the analysis of information to draw accurate conclusions before making informed decisions IT literate: Excel - strong Excel skills and experiences; PowerPoint - able to create effective presentations and documents; Word - high level of ability; Other - experience and knowledge of modern reporting systems This position offers a basic salary up to £110K + car allowance + bonus and excellent package. The role requires 4 days a week in the West London office with Friday's WFH.
May 19, 2026
Full time
Enterprise Architect - Retail & Hospitality Tech Leading UK retailer and hospitality client now undergoing a significant business and technology transformation. This is a pivotal hire within a newly evolving architecture function, offering the opportunity to shape enterprise-wide strategy during a large-scale cloud and operating model transformation. As Enterprise Architect, you'll operate as a senior individual contributor, working across domains with tech leads and engaging closely with C-suite stakeholders. This is a highly visible, commercially focused role-not hands-on engineering but defining how technology enables the business to grow and compete. The IT enterprise architect will develop and define our technology strategy. Working alongside our strategic vendors to set direction, drive innovation, stretch thinking and ensure we're constantly benefiting from the best technology across all areas of our business landscape, including corporate, head office and operations. Reporting to the director of IT strategy and architecture, you will be responsible for the design and engineering principles associated with the delivery and operational health of our technology landscape, as well as the broader technology governance process. Key Accountabilities Assist leadership team and strategic partners in the setting of our technology strategy, architecture and engineering principles for our technology function - in collaboration with relevant specialist technical leads Facilitate business and IT alignment, connecting strategy to execution, through a collaborative, supportive and consultative manner - driving our digital business strategies to balance innovation and growth Translate and guide execution of business strategy to achieve our targeted business outcomes by leading the development of an implementation roadmap for enterprise architecture Drive innovation through active horizon-scanning of emerging technologies and the business ecosystem for major disruptive technology and nontechnology trends (trendspotting) that affect our markets and business Lead analysis of our future-state capabilities and future (and current) technology environment, to detect critical gaps and opportunities and recommend solutions for improvement to drive our business towards its targeted outcomes Support our technology partners in delivering change in line with our overall technology strategy of creating modular, cloud-first solutions Develop and implement core technology governance frameworks for technologists across our business and its partners (including format, documentation approach and implementation strategy, as well as evolving the framework as necessary in line with advice from key business stakeholders and strategic partners) Own, build and maintain the enterprise roadmaps, such that it is easily communicated to partners and the wider technology functions, and in such a way that it can adapt to the changing commercial landscape Define repeatable patterns, tools and approaches for all teams - ensure that all solutions designed target our cloud-first architecture Agree, document and publish architecture principles, tools and frameworks to ensure our technology is managed and nurtured as a series of value-creating ecosystems Develop strong relationships and collaborative ways of working at all levels across internal and external stakeholders Provide and track the holistic view of our technology ecosystems and work with internal and external teams to evolve them as necessary The Person Technical Knowledge & Experience An expert practitioner with experience of overseeing end-to-end application architecture, preferably in a similar multi-site, omnichannel, enterprise scale business within the, retail or hospitality sector Experience in cloud migration and application modernisation programmes Experience in agile ways of working, DevSecOps, SRE and continuous delivery Comfortable defining migration patterns and green-field architectures, and crucially where the two intersect Ability to identify software or technology opportunities and drive the introduction of new tools and processes across teams and disciplines Proven leader in innovation and sought out for their engineering and solution design skills to drive the organisation's digital business strategies Expert in their core discipline and skilled in several other areas, with experience and knowledge of several domain and product areas Experience in setting strategic direction as well as leveraging external expertise alike Mastery of all components of enterprise architecture, business & IT principles and processes Strong consulting skills such as targeted communications, engagement management, stakeholder management and business development Experience in the broader consumer commercial landscape - including how technology can be used to enable enhance customer experience, operational efficiency, data insights and cost optimisation Experience of various operating models such as project-centric and product-centric and different types of agile principles, methodologies and frameworks, especially those designed to be scaled at the enterprise level Vendor - and technology neutral - Seeks to achieve targeted business outcomes than for personal preferences, or in vested personal preferences of other business and IT leaders Stays on top of tech trends, experimenting with, and learning new technologies A strong focus enablement, creating patterns, toolsets and best practice allowing for a true as-a-service' capability across applications, software engineering, integration and data Deep architecture focus, ensuring technologies are used, purchased and developed appropriately Skills Analytical: Takes a logical approach to analysis of information to draw accurate conclusions Business acumen: Robust understanding of how a multi-site business operates with awareness of key challenges and risks, as well as how a leveraged business manages corporate risks to drive value and growth People management: Able to achieve high levels of performance through teams; sets clear objectives and guides and motivates team members to succeed Influencing and persuading: Confident relationship building skills with proven ability to influence and negotiate effectively at senior levels. Ability to deliver change and have an impact as a business partner through a diplomatic, yet tenacious approach Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, communicating effectively at all levels. Creates a positive impact with gravitas and credibility within the organisation and externally Facilitation: Able to facilitate team's and individual thinking processes Prioritisation: Effectively manages own and team's workload against competing demands. Is structured and organised Problem solving: Excellent problem solving, with ability to probe and establish real issues and identify correct solutions Numerate and analytical: Is extremely confident with numbers and takes a logical and methodical approach to the analysis of information to draw accurate conclusions before making informed decisions IT literate: Excel - strong Excel skills and experiences; PowerPoint - able to create effective presentations and documents; Word - high level of ability; Other - experience and knowledge of modern reporting systems This position offers a basic salary up to £110K + car allowance + bonus and excellent package. The role requires 4 days a week in the West London office with Friday's WFH.
Why Greencore? Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better. As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately 4bn. Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop. Here at Northampton , we operate one of the most impressive facilities in Europe, based across a campus of 5 manufacturing units, and we have a team of around 2,000 colleagues making high quality premium products every day. We are the sole supplier of sandwiches, wraps, rolls and sushi for Marks & Spencer. At Greencore we actively encourage our colleagues to apply for our vacancies, whether as a lateral move to broaden experience or the next step up to progress your career and development. We also welcome applications from external candidates who are eager to grow their career with us. What you'll be doing As Process Development Technologist, you will carry out all relevant manufacturing projects to deliver process development and line trials successfully. Provide information to support the creation of customer and factory specifications which lead to the production of accurate and appropriate product labelling information Responsible for the planning, preparation and successful execution of process development and line trials to deliver customer requirements and process improvements Provide process guidance and advice to crossfunctional manufacturing teams to promote adoption of new practices or process for increased efficiency Monitor and communicate process trends to ensure launch date adherence, maximum process optimisation and effective communication to customers Challenge and investigate potential continuous improvement projects and facilitate relevant trials to drive process and product enhancements opportunities Ensure the output of all line trials are fully documented with adherence to food safety, quality standards and customer requirements are met Assessment of equipment capability to ensure that process standards are in line with company and customer requirements to drive improvements Ensure that a safe working environment exists for colleagues and that as a minimum the department meets the standards set out in the Health, Safety and Environment Policy What we're looking for We're not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity. Ideally educated to degree level in a food science or related subject, plus relevant working experience within a food manufacturing environment Relevant qualifications essential such as Level 3 Food Hygiene, Level 2 Health and safety, Level 2 Hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP), Level 2 Sensory Training and Level 2 Micro biological training Experienced in evaluation and interpretation of shelf-life results Experienced in interpretation of customer codes of practice Experienced working with different types of computer programmes and can demonstrate experience analysing project results Knowledge of legal labelling legislation and a variety of retailer web-based systems is desirable Understanding of technology relevant to business area and area of responsibility and a demonstratable understanding of technical key performance indicators Can demonstrate the following skills and experiences, GMP knowledge of techniques, basic hygiene principles, basic legal labelling, and basic knowledge of weight legislation If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success. What you'll get in return Competitive salary and job-related benefits Holidays Competitive matched pension contributions Life insurance up to 4x salary Company share save scheme Greencore Qualifications Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career. We reserve the right to close this advertisement before the stated closing date
May 17, 2026
Full time
Why Greencore? Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better. As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately 4bn. Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop. Here at Northampton , we operate one of the most impressive facilities in Europe, based across a campus of 5 manufacturing units, and we have a team of around 2,000 colleagues making high quality premium products every day. We are the sole supplier of sandwiches, wraps, rolls and sushi for Marks & Spencer. At Greencore we actively encourage our colleagues to apply for our vacancies, whether as a lateral move to broaden experience or the next step up to progress your career and development. We also welcome applications from external candidates who are eager to grow their career with us. What you'll be doing As Process Development Technologist, you will carry out all relevant manufacturing projects to deliver process development and line trials successfully. Provide information to support the creation of customer and factory specifications which lead to the production of accurate and appropriate product labelling information Responsible for the planning, preparation and successful execution of process development and line trials to deliver customer requirements and process improvements Provide process guidance and advice to crossfunctional manufacturing teams to promote adoption of new practices or process for increased efficiency Monitor and communicate process trends to ensure launch date adherence, maximum process optimisation and effective communication to customers Challenge and investigate potential continuous improvement projects and facilitate relevant trials to drive process and product enhancements opportunities Ensure the output of all line trials are fully documented with adherence to food safety, quality standards and customer requirements are met Assessment of equipment capability to ensure that process standards are in line with company and customer requirements to drive improvements Ensure that a safe working environment exists for colleagues and that as a minimum the department meets the standards set out in the Health, Safety and Environment Policy What we're looking for We're not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity. Ideally educated to degree level in a food science or related subject, plus relevant working experience within a food manufacturing environment Relevant qualifications essential such as Level 3 Food Hygiene, Level 2 Health and safety, Level 2 Hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP), Level 2 Sensory Training and Level 2 Micro biological training Experienced in evaluation and interpretation of shelf-life results Experienced in interpretation of customer codes of practice Experienced working with different types of computer programmes and can demonstrate experience analysing project results Knowledge of legal labelling legislation and a variety of retailer web-based systems is desirable Understanding of technology relevant to business area and area of responsibility and a demonstratable understanding of technical key performance indicators Can demonstrate the following skills and experiences, GMP knowledge of techniques, basic hygiene principles, basic legal labelling, and basic knowledge of weight legislation If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success. What you'll get in return Competitive salary and job-related benefits Holidays Competitive matched pension contributions Life insurance up to 4x salary Company share save scheme Greencore Qualifications Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career. We reserve the right to close this advertisement before the stated closing date
As a fast-growing dynamic team of flavour experts, my client is dedicated to the delivery of high-quality flavour solutions for their customers in the food and beverage industry across the UK and worldwide. They are now looking to grow their development team with an experienced Flavour Applications Technologist to help them progress to the next level. They operate across all areas of the food and beverage industry, including: bakery, confectionery, soft drinks, alcoholic beverages, dairy and culinary, and as a Flavour Technologist you will work on projects across all of these product categories. As Flavour Applications Technologist, you will be responsible for: Formulating and developing food and beverage applications in response to customer briefings to achieve profitable business growth - the major area of focus are bakery, dairy, confectionery, beverages, culinary and sports nutrition. You will manage multiple projects concurrently and prioritise between a variety of business initiatives within tight deadlines. You will visit customers and give presentations and give technical advice where needed. You will apply food processing knowledge and technical findings to develop proactively new product applications and grow meaningful business opportunities. You will keep up-to-date on new ingredients, latest food trends and industry challenges to ensure we provide our customers with cutting edge solutions Build up and maintain a comprehensive flavour portfolio across all end uses and for our lead markets Build strong multi-level relationships with key customers in partnership with sales team Assist clients with the upscaling (pilot plant & factory) of new flavour solutions General Lab & material management Running of bench top and pilot plant equipment (e.g. ovens, ice cream machine, carbonator) Requirements: You will ideally have a degree in Food Science, Food Technology or similar. You will have 3+ years experience working within a development role within the food, flavours or food ingredients sectors, preferably in the sweet area (beverage, confectionery, dairy or bakery) or working with flavours, food ingredients, colours, gums or stabilisers for applications within the beverage, confectionery, bakery or dairy sectors. This role will work across multiple categories, you do not need to have knowledge of all areas and we are happy to consider candidates with experience in only one category, if you are keen to broaden your knowledge into other areas. You will possess excellent technical skills and broad understanding of food and drink categories (non-alcoholic drinks, alcoholic drinks, confectionery, dairy, bakery) and have a sound knowledge of flavours and food ingredients. You will be able to demonstrate good project management and time management skills and have the ability to multi-task, prioritise, plan, and deliver projects on time to a high standard You will be self-motivated with very good interpersonal and communication skills, have a keen attention to detail. Flavour Evaluation & Portfolio Management Skills Able to react to latest consumer trends with disruptive innovation concepts You will now be looking for a full-time position to progress your career within the flavours and ingredients sector and have a genuine passion for this industry.
May 17, 2026
Full time
As a fast-growing dynamic team of flavour experts, my client is dedicated to the delivery of high-quality flavour solutions for their customers in the food and beverage industry across the UK and worldwide. They are now looking to grow their development team with an experienced Flavour Applications Technologist to help them progress to the next level. They operate across all areas of the food and beverage industry, including: bakery, confectionery, soft drinks, alcoholic beverages, dairy and culinary, and as a Flavour Technologist you will work on projects across all of these product categories. As Flavour Applications Technologist, you will be responsible for: Formulating and developing food and beverage applications in response to customer briefings to achieve profitable business growth - the major area of focus are bakery, dairy, confectionery, beverages, culinary and sports nutrition. You will manage multiple projects concurrently and prioritise between a variety of business initiatives within tight deadlines. You will visit customers and give presentations and give technical advice where needed. You will apply food processing knowledge and technical findings to develop proactively new product applications and grow meaningful business opportunities. You will keep up-to-date on new ingredients, latest food trends and industry challenges to ensure we provide our customers with cutting edge solutions Build up and maintain a comprehensive flavour portfolio across all end uses and for our lead markets Build strong multi-level relationships with key customers in partnership with sales team Assist clients with the upscaling (pilot plant & factory) of new flavour solutions General Lab & material management Running of bench top and pilot plant equipment (e.g. ovens, ice cream machine, carbonator) Requirements: You will ideally have a degree in Food Science, Food Technology or similar. You will have 3+ years experience working within a development role within the food, flavours or food ingredients sectors, preferably in the sweet area (beverage, confectionery, dairy or bakery) or working with flavours, food ingredients, colours, gums or stabilisers for applications within the beverage, confectionery, bakery or dairy sectors. This role will work across multiple categories, you do not need to have knowledge of all areas and we are happy to consider candidates with experience in only one category, if you are keen to broaden your knowledge into other areas. You will possess excellent technical skills and broad understanding of food and drink categories (non-alcoholic drinks, alcoholic drinks, confectionery, dairy, bakery) and have a sound knowledge of flavours and food ingredients. You will be able to demonstrate good project management and time management skills and have the ability to multi-task, prioritise, plan, and deliver projects on time to a high standard You will be self-motivated with very good interpersonal and communication skills, have a keen attention to detail. Flavour Evaluation & Portfolio Management Skills Able to react to latest consumer trends with disruptive innovation concepts You will now be looking for a full-time position to progress your career within the flavours and ingredients sector and have a genuine passion for this industry.
NPD Manager This NPD role works across the full spectrum from concept to launch, working with commercial and category teams and contributing to both own-label and branded development. It s a great platform if you are looking to develop your NPD career and want more autonomy driving new product concepts. Reporting to the Head of Development, you will have fantastic support from both NPD and the Category teams to help you grow and develop in the role. This is a site-based role offering one days WFH per week. Are you a development technologist looking for the next stage in your career to NPD Manager? This role is ideal, with plenty of scope to grow your development skill set in terms of the mentoring opportunities and the experienced team to work alongside. The Business : A business with a portfolio of quality food products Agile and decisive Strong reputation in their product ranges Robust supply chain Standout position due to customer service and quality Constantly driving innovation in their market category What does your development background need to look like for this NPD Manager role? Experience in product development in the food industry. Experience managing the product life cycle from concept to launch in deadline-driven environments. Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think laterally to overcome obstacles. A real love of food and the industry. Experience working in manufacturing within retail food production environments. A confident, enthusiastic individual able to engage with peers and stakeholders at all levels. A passion for product development and the ability to keep project plans up to date. Able to manage the critical path and collaborate with other functions to deliver to deadlines. An organised individual who can coordinate multi-stakeholder projects. Please get in touch with us to learn more about this opportunity interviews to be scheduled before the end of May. We work around your hours, so arranging a discreet discussion to explore this role couldn t be easier. Please send your CV to Colette, mentioning the title NPD Manager, in the Novus team to start the process.
May 15, 2026
Full time
NPD Manager This NPD role works across the full spectrum from concept to launch, working with commercial and category teams and contributing to both own-label and branded development. It s a great platform if you are looking to develop your NPD career and want more autonomy driving new product concepts. Reporting to the Head of Development, you will have fantastic support from both NPD and the Category teams to help you grow and develop in the role. This is a site-based role offering one days WFH per week. Are you a development technologist looking for the next stage in your career to NPD Manager? This role is ideal, with plenty of scope to grow your development skill set in terms of the mentoring opportunities and the experienced team to work alongside. The Business : A business with a portfolio of quality food products Agile and decisive Strong reputation in their product ranges Robust supply chain Standout position due to customer service and quality Constantly driving innovation in their market category What does your development background need to look like for this NPD Manager role? Experience in product development in the food industry. Experience managing the product life cycle from concept to launch in deadline-driven environments. Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think laterally to overcome obstacles. A real love of food and the industry. Experience working in manufacturing within retail food production environments. A confident, enthusiastic individual able to engage with peers and stakeholders at all levels. A passion for product development and the ability to keep project plans up to date. Able to manage the critical path and collaborate with other functions to deliver to deadlines. An organised individual who can coordinate multi-stakeholder projects. Please get in touch with us to learn more about this opportunity interviews to be scheduled before the end of May. We work around your hours, so arranging a discreet discussion to explore this role couldn t be easier. Please send your CV to Colette, mentioning the title NPD Manager, in the Novus team to start the process.
Process Development Technologist Location: Stevenage Salary: 45,000 - 55,000 Hours: Full-time Are you passionate about food innovation and ready to turn great ideas into real, scalable products? We're working with a leading food manufacturer to find a talented Process Technologist to help bridge the gap between the development kitchen and the factory floor. This is a hands-on, fast-paced role where you'll play a key part in bringing new products to life-ensuring they meet high technical and quality standards as they move from concept to launch. You will need to be extremely technically competent and adapt at managing projects, able to Define, Detail and Coordinate Product Launch and run real timeTrial Coordination What You'll Be Doing Leading the scale-up of new products from kitchen to full-scale factory production Organising and running factory trials for NPD (New Product Development) and EPD (Existing Product Development) projects Driving continuous improvement and value engineering to enhance product quality and efficiency Working with cross-functional teams including Technical, Operations, and Engineering to ensure smooth implementation of changes Supporting the introduction of new technologies aligned with the Product Development Strategy What's On Offer 45,000 - 55,000 salary A site-based role at a major food production facility Real influence on how new products are developed, tested, and launched A chance to be part of a collaborative, forward-thinking NPD team What We're Looking For A degree in Food Science or a similar technical field Previous experience in food manufacturing (FMCG), ideally in a process, development, or NPD-focused role Understanding of key food production methods-such as extrusion, frying, baking, sheeting, and flavouring Strong problem-solving abilities and a drive for continuous improvement A genuine enthusiasm for food, innovation, and quality Ready to Help Shape the Future of Food? If you're someone who thrives in a fast-moving environment and loves the challenge of making ideas production-ready, we'd love to hear from you. Apply now to find out more! Our Commitment to Your Privacy Kandhu Recruitment will treat all applications confidentially. If your experience aligns with the role, we'll be in touch and may retain your information in accordance with our GDPR & Privacy Policy for relevant future opportunities. If not, we will not store your data or contact you further.
Oct 08, 2025
Full time
Process Development Technologist Location: Stevenage Salary: 45,000 - 55,000 Hours: Full-time Are you passionate about food innovation and ready to turn great ideas into real, scalable products? We're working with a leading food manufacturer to find a talented Process Technologist to help bridge the gap between the development kitchen and the factory floor. This is a hands-on, fast-paced role where you'll play a key part in bringing new products to life-ensuring they meet high technical and quality standards as they move from concept to launch. You will need to be extremely technically competent and adapt at managing projects, able to Define, Detail and Coordinate Product Launch and run real timeTrial Coordination What You'll Be Doing Leading the scale-up of new products from kitchen to full-scale factory production Organising and running factory trials for NPD (New Product Development) and EPD (Existing Product Development) projects Driving continuous improvement and value engineering to enhance product quality and efficiency Working with cross-functional teams including Technical, Operations, and Engineering to ensure smooth implementation of changes Supporting the introduction of new technologies aligned with the Product Development Strategy What's On Offer 45,000 - 55,000 salary A site-based role at a major food production facility Real influence on how new products are developed, tested, and launched A chance to be part of a collaborative, forward-thinking NPD team What We're Looking For A degree in Food Science or a similar technical field Previous experience in food manufacturing (FMCG), ideally in a process, development, or NPD-focused role Understanding of key food production methods-such as extrusion, frying, baking, sheeting, and flavouring Strong problem-solving abilities and a drive for continuous improvement A genuine enthusiasm for food, innovation, and quality Ready to Help Shape the Future of Food? If you're someone who thrives in a fast-moving environment and loves the challenge of making ideas production-ready, we'd love to hear from you. Apply now to find out more! Our Commitment to Your Privacy Kandhu Recruitment will treat all applications confidentially. If your experience aligns with the role, we'll be in touch and may retain your information in accordance with our GDPR & Privacy Policy for relevant future opportunities. If not, we will not store your data or contact you further.
Bennett and Game Recruitment LTD
Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan
NPD Manager Job Overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for a New Product Development (NPD) Manager to join a fast-growing and award-winning food manufacturer based in South Wales. With a strong track record of innovation and a dynamic pipeline of new product launches planned over the coming years, the business is currently investing in a brand-new, purpose-built test kitchen to support future growth. This role is ideal for a passionate foodie who enjoys working with ingredients and wants to be hands-on in developing both branded and own-label products from concept to launch. Reporting directly to the Head of Commercial, you'll lead the end-to-end NPD process and manage a small, skilled team including a Packaging Technologist and an NPD Process Technician. Working cross-functionally with Commercial, Technical, Operations, and Marketing teams, you'll play a pivotal role in delivering innovation that meets both customer and commercial needs. Lead and manage the full NPD lifecycle, from initial concept through to market launch. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and successful project delivery. Oversee and support the development of direct reports in packaging and process development roles. Partner with National Account Managers and Brand teams to translate market insights into winning products. Conduct market trend and competitor analysis to drive innovation and identify opportunities. Manage critical paths, resources, and budgets to ensure timely and cost-effective project delivery. Maximise use of the new test kitchen facility for creative development, trials, and presentations. Support product trials, shelf-life testing, and internal/external product showcases. NPD Manager Job Requirements Strong background in food NPD, ideally within dairy, spreads, or similar chilled categories. Passion for food, ingredients, and innovation. Proven experience managing the concept-to-launch process. Skilled in leading and developing teams. Excellent communication and project management skills. Ability to work collaboratively across multiple functions and levels. NPD Manager Salary & Benefits 50,000- 55,000 salary 33 days holiday Full benefits to be discussed Bennett & Game Recruitment are acting as a Recruitment Agency in relation to this vacancy. Bennett and Game Recruitment are a multi-disciplined technical recruitment agency based in Chichester, West Sussex operating across the UK with specialist teams covering a range of industries. We are acting as a Recruitment Agency in relation to this vacancy, and in accordance with GDPR by applying you are granting us consent to process your data, contact you about the services we offer, and submit your CV for the role you have applied for.
Oct 07, 2025
Full time
NPD Manager Job Overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for a New Product Development (NPD) Manager to join a fast-growing and award-winning food manufacturer based in South Wales. With a strong track record of innovation and a dynamic pipeline of new product launches planned over the coming years, the business is currently investing in a brand-new, purpose-built test kitchen to support future growth. This role is ideal for a passionate foodie who enjoys working with ingredients and wants to be hands-on in developing both branded and own-label products from concept to launch. Reporting directly to the Head of Commercial, you'll lead the end-to-end NPD process and manage a small, skilled team including a Packaging Technologist and an NPD Process Technician. Working cross-functionally with Commercial, Technical, Operations, and Marketing teams, you'll play a pivotal role in delivering innovation that meets both customer and commercial needs. Lead and manage the full NPD lifecycle, from initial concept through to market launch. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and successful project delivery. Oversee and support the development of direct reports in packaging and process development roles. Partner with National Account Managers and Brand teams to translate market insights into winning products. Conduct market trend and competitor analysis to drive innovation and identify opportunities. Manage critical paths, resources, and budgets to ensure timely and cost-effective project delivery. Maximise use of the new test kitchen facility for creative development, trials, and presentations. Support product trials, shelf-life testing, and internal/external product showcases. NPD Manager Job Requirements Strong background in food NPD, ideally within dairy, spreads, or similar chilled categories. Passion for food, ingredients, and innovation. Proven experience managing the concept-to-launch process. Skilled in leading and developing teams. Excellent communication and project management skills. Ability to work collaboratively across multiple functions and levels. NPD Manager Salary & Benefits 50,000- 55,000 salary 33 days holiday Full benefits to be discussed Bennett & Game Recruitment are acting as a Recruitment Agency in relation to this vacancy. Bennett and Game Recruitment are a multi-disciplined technical recruitment agency based in Chichester, West Sussex operating across the UK with specialist teams covering a range of industries. We are acting as a Recruitment Agency in relation to this vacancy, and in accordance with GDPR by applying you are granting us consent to process your data, contact you about the services we offer, and submit your CV for the role you have applied for.
We are currently looking for an experienced Development Technologist to join the R&D department of a company in Derbyshire. As a Technologist you will lead/ support projects to develop new and existing textile products. Responsibilities include Design and run experiments. Apply expertise in colour theory, dyeing techniques, and colourfastness to development company products. Evaluate raw materials for their properties and how they react in processes Support production to implement new and re-developed processes and solve technical problems on the plant. Drive R&D projects from the laboratory through to pilot plant. Ideal candidates will have A degree in Chemistry and have experience in the research & development of textiles or materials. You will have experience in dying techniques and ideally colourfastness, along with experience in scale-up and manufacturing. To apply for the Development Technologist role please send your CV to Peter at Rowland Talent. Please note my client cannot sponsor a visa for this position, so full eligibility to work in the UK is required. Key words: Chemist, Technologist, materials, Textiles, R&D, research, development
Oct 07, 2025
Full time
We are currently looking for an experienced Development Technologist to join the R&D department of a company in Derbyshire. As a Technologist you will lead/ support projects to develop new and existing textile products. Responsibilities include Design and run experiments. Apply expertise in colour theory, dyeing techniques, and colourfastness to development company products. Evaluate raw materials for their properties and how they react in processes Support production to implement new and re-developed processes and solve technical problems on the plant. Drive R&D projects from the laboratory through to pilot plant. Ideal candidates will have A degree in Chemistry and have experience in the research & development of textiles or materials. You will have experience in dying techniques and ideally colourfastness, along with experience in scale-up and manufacturing. To apply for the Development Technologist role please send your CV to Peter at Rowland Talent. Please note my client cannot sponsor a visa for this position, so full eligibility to work in the UK is required. Key words: Chemist, Technologist, materials, Textiles, R&D, research, development
Using C# for robotic applications and delivering applied technologies This applied robotics company develops both software and hardware that is used in the field. They have successfully delivered multiple versions of their mobile robots, used by partner customers. Their latest projects are testament to new features and technologies to improve their robots, and they are currently recruiting for their engineering team. This hands-on software engineering position is for an experienced, senior level and technically adept hands-on technologist to work on a range of software development and engineering activities including implementing best practice software design patterns and architecture within an agile environment. As a senior member of the engineering team, you will help scale their software, provide technical input for new projects, mentor junior members of the team, and ensure high levels of quality are adhered to for the codebase. Requirements Extensive demonstrable experience in coding and software engineering using C# and .NET; coupled with experience with Python and Linux. Experience interacting with complex hardware products ideally within robotics. Exposure to Azure DevOps tools and technologies. Experience with both start-ups / scale-ups and larger organisations. Additional experience in technical team mentoring, software architecture and / or software scalability would be desirable. Projects experience is most important, what you have done should be relevant technically and applied. It is expected that applicants will be computer science graduates or similar. Due to the multidisciplinary nature of projects, good communications are needed as you will work closely with software, electronics, manufacturing and mechanical engineers. Work will be mostly conducted at their offices and workshops, with homeworking options available when projects allow. On offer is an excellent remunerations package including benefits. No company sponsorship is available. Due to the semi-rural location of their offices, applicants who have their own vehicle or who are willing to take public transport are encouraged. Another top job from ECM, the high-tech recruitment experts. Even if this job's not quite right, do contact us now - we may well have the ideal job for you. To discuss your requirements call ecm or email your CV. We will always ask before forwarding your CV. Please apply (quoting ref: CV27443 ) only if you are eligible to live and work in the UK. By submitting your details you certify that the information you provide is accurate.
Oct 07, 2025
Full time
Using C# for robotic applications and delivering applied technologies This applied robotics company develops both software and hardware that is used in the field. They have successfully delivered multiple versions of their mobile robots, used by partner customers. Their latest projects are testament to new features and technologies to improve their robots, and they are currently recruiting for their engineering team. This hands-on software engineering position is for an experienced, senior level and technically adept hands-on technologist to work on a range of software development and engineering activities including implementing best practice software design patterns and architecture within an agile environment. As a senior member of the engineering team, you will help scale their software, provide technical input for new projects, mentor junior members of the team, and ensure high levels of quality are adhered to for the codebase. Requirements Extensive demonstrable experience in coding and software engineering using C# and .NET; coupled with experience with Python and Linux. Experience interacting with complex hardware products ideally within robotics. Exposure to Azure DevOps tools and technologies. Experience with both start-ups / scale-ups and larger organisations. Additional experience in technical team mentoring, software architecture and / or software scalability would be desirable. Projects experience is most important, what you have done should be relevant technically and applied. It is expected that applicants will be computer science graduates or similar. Due to the multidisciplinary nature of projects, good communications are needed as you will work closely with software, electronics, manufacturing and mechanical engineers. Work will be mostly conducted at their offices and workshops, with homeworking options available when projects allow. On offer is an excellent remunerations package including benefits. No company sponsorship is available. Due to the semi-rural location of their offices, applicants who have their own vehicle or who are willing to take public transport are encouraged. Another top job from ECM, the high-tech recruitment experts. Even if this job's not quite right, do contact us now - we may well have the ideal job for you. To discuss your requirements call ecm or email your CV. We will always ask before forwarding your CV. Please apply (quoting ref: CV27443 ) only if you are eligible to live and work in the UK. By submitting your details you certify that the information you provide is accurate.
