New Product Development Technologist | Humberside
| Company: | Cranswick |
| Location: | Humberside |
| Salary: | Competitive salary |
NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGIST
Shift Pattern: Monday – Friday
Working Hours: 8.30am – 5.00pm
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an NPD Technologist to join our New Product Development Team. Helping to develop products for the customers of Cranswick Convenience Foods from initial product samples through factory scale up and on to launch.
A bit about us
Cranswick Convenience Foods is one of the largest cooked meats manufacturers in the UK, supplying high quality cooked meats, from standard tiers through to premium, to leading high street retailers.
With a diverse team of over 1,000 colleagues, every day at Cranswick brings unique challenges and opportunities for personal and professional growth – there has never been a more exciting time to join us!
What you’ll be doing
As an NPD Technologist, you will play a key role in supporting the NPD team throughout the product development process.
Key Responsibilities
Prepare customer samples in line with agreed recipes and timescales
Support yield, process, and product trials as directed by the NPD team, both on and off site, to ensure accurate product costing and smooth transition from kitchen to factory
Complete accurate product costings
Conduct factory trials including shelf-life, nutritional, cook/cool, and transit testing, ensuring correct procedures, temperatures, and sampling regimes are followed, with all results accurately recorded and maintained
Assess and develop ingredient supplier samples in line with project briefs
Work closely with Production and Technical teams to ensure all relevant information is shared for successful product launches
Liaise with Engineering, Production, and Technical teams to ensure production lines and machinery are ready for launches
Complete QAS and storyboard documentation
Support the coordination of pre-production runs
Assist with product launches, attending key stages to ensure compliance with specifications
Maintain high standards of cleanliness within the development kitchen
What we need from you
Essential
Ability to work from recipe sheets to produce factory samples
Awareness and understanding of factory equipment and processes
Ability to work independently in a factory environment, including scaling up recipes and conducting trials
Good understanding of food quality standards
Completion of site and group induction
Level 2 Health & Safety awareness
Understanding of relevant risk assessments and safe working procedures
Ability to identify hazards and report near misses
Desirable
Previous experience in a food manufacturing or NPD environment
Experience of factory trials and product scale-up
What you’ll get in return
We offer a fantastic reward package in return, here’s a peek at some of our fantastic benefits:
Discounted ShareSave scheme
Enhanced Maternity, Paternity & Adoption pay with service
Enhance pension scheme
Long service awards – vouchers and enhanced holidays with service
Access to our ‘Feed Your Wellbeing’ hub offering a range of retail, restaurant and entertainment discounts, as well as access to health and wellbeing support (including 24h virtual GP)
Cycle to work scheme
Opportunity to purchase extra holidays
Recommend a friend scheme
Death in service
Access to discounted and exclusive memberships
On site parking
Interested?
Send us your CV and covering letter to [email protected] and let us know what position you’re applying for in the subject of the email.
Closing date: 22/05/2026 (please note that the closing date may be brought forward)
If you are an internal applicant please notify your line manage before applying
Apply directly with Cranswick.
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