About The Role
Join the Samworth Brothers Team and become part of our dynamic family!
At Samworth Brothers, we genuinely care about our colleagues and strive to create an engaging environment that values your unique contributions. We are committed to your success and offer a range of exceptional benefits that we believe supports your life and personal aspirations: -
At Samworth Brothers, we genuinely care about our colleagues and strive to create an engaging environment that values your unique contributions. We are committed to your success and offer a range of exceptional benefits that we believe supports your life and personal aspirations: -
- Enhanced pension scheme
- Private health scheme
- Employee discount scheme
- Experience annual pay reviews
- Profit related pay
- Unlock your potential through training and growth opportunities
The Opportunity
In this role you’ll work alongside the Development, Process, and Raw Materials teams—as well as suppliers and central technical functions—to manage and risk assess raw materials and final products ahead of product approval. Your work will play a key part in ensuring product safety, legality, and compliance with customer standards, including vegan, gluten-free, and listeria-related guidelines.
Key Responsibilities :
In this role you’ll work alongside the Development, Process, and Raw Materials teams—as well as suppliers and central technical functions—to manage and risk assess raw materials and final products ahead of product approval. Your work will play a key part in ensuring product safety, legality, and compliance with customer standards, including vegan, gluten-free, and listeria-related guidelines.
Key Responsibilities :
- Own and manage the internal Final Product Risk Assessment and Packaging Risk Assessment processes.
- Conduct risk assessments on new products and raw materials—ensuring alignment with customer codes of practice and internal policies.
- Reassess products when post-handover changes occur, such as shelf-life extensions.
- Support the Raw Materials Manager with specification updates and risk assessments in Foods Connected.
- Assist with weekly technical updates and cross-team support within the department.
The Ideal Candidate
We believe that success is built upon collaboration and diverse perspectives. At Samworth Brothers, we welcome candidates who are passionate about working together to achieve greatness. As a valued member of our team, you will bring the following skills and experience: -
We believe that success is built upon collaboration and diverse perspectives. At Samworth Brothers, we welcome candidates who are passionate about working together to achieve greatness. As a valued member of our team, you will bring the following skills and experience: -
- A food-related degree (or equivalent experience).
- Knowledge of HACCP (Essential) and BRC standards (Essential).
- Previous experience in a technical role within food manufacturing.
- A good understanding of chilled food is desirable.
- Strong IT literacy and proficiency in Microsoft Office.
We also want you to thrive in an engaging and inclusive work culture where you will have the opportunity to take on personal accountability and take pride in your work. We encourage positive communication, and the building of strong collaborative relationships is essential to every role.
Join us at Samworth Brothers, where you'll be more than just a team member – you'll be an integral part of our thriving family. Apply today and embark on an exciting journey with us!
Join us at Samworth Brothers, where you'll be more than just a team member – you'll be an integral part of our thriving family. Apply today and embark on an exciting journey with us!
About Us
We are a fourth-generation family business producing high quality own-label products for many of the UK’s best-known retailers along with our own brands including Ginsters, Soreen, Higgidy, Dickinson & Morris and Walker & Son. We employ over 10,000 people in well-invested modern food manufacturing sites around the country.At Samworth Brothers we take pride in our family feel within our businesses and work together to make things happen. We can offer you the stability of a wider group as well as the opportunities that that offers if you wish to progress your career with us. We are family and we would like to invite you to be part of that and support our teams in delivering great products to all of our customers.
Samworth Brothers do not engage with unlicensed gangmasters or third parties. Samworth Brothers will NEVER ask you for money in order to provide you with employment. If you are in any doubt, please contact an official Samworth Brothers representative.
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