Footwear Technologist

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

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