We have an exciting permanent opportunity for an Assistant Food Technologist to join the Safety Team reporting to the Head of Supplier Quality Assurance. Your key responsibility is to ensure that all food products within the product portfolio are safe, and that accurate technical data is produced and to enable the provision of allergen information to our guests so, they can make informed decisions on the food they consume.
Join us at Mitchells & Butlers, the heart of hospitality. With over 1,600 sites we’re the home of some of the nation’s favourite restaurants, bustling bars, cosy country pubs and the local you didn’t know we owned. Think of a brand for any occasion, we’re all about providing moments to remember. If you’re passionate about hospitality, we want to hear from you!
What’s in it for me as an Assistant Food Technologist...?
- Love eating out? You'll love it even more with a massive 33% discount across all our brands, so whether its date night at Miller & Carter or family roast at Toby Carvery we’ve got you covered. What’s more, you can also choose FIVE of your nearest and dearest and sign them up to 20% family and friend’s discount.
- Flexible working – to fit around the other important things in life
- Company Car
- Buy up to an extra 2 weeks holiday – life is for living after all!
On top of all this, we offer; a pension, 26 days paid holiday, private medical plan, high-street shopping discounts; and we even give you free shares! There's also a free employee helpline- to support you with whatever life throws at you.
What will I be doing as an Assistant Food Technologist...?
- Verify and sign off dish names and menu descriptions for dishes
- Responsible for the accuracy of technical data within M&B’s product specifications
- Signing off & delisting product specifications on behalf of M&B in real time, timely and accurately
- Investigating food composition and advising and assisting team members on unnecessary offending ingredients
- Providing support to Food Development Managers with the development of specialist dietary ingredients
- Auditing the validation of and maintaining the specification portfolio including; product risk rating, product categorisation, nutritional values & FIR labelling compliance etc.
What do I need as an Assistant Food Technologist...?
Just like our brands, our teams are diverse. You’ll have...
- Food Composition, Allergen, Nutritional & Labelling experience
- A good understanding of production processes and development limitations
- Ability to maintain professional internal and external relationships
- Ability to translate complex data feeds into customer-facing information
- Highly organised with the ability to maintain a methodical approach on projects, ensuring objectives are completed in a timely manner
- Excellent numerical, verbal and written communication skills with a good eye for detail
- Science Food related Degree and/or post graduate qualification supported by sound food composition knowledge
- Specification writing experience
- Advanced HACPP preferable
- Food Safety level 4 or above, preferable
Working at the home of hospitality (our Head Office), you may not be serving our guests, but your support will put smiles on our guests and teams faces. This is the place where we get creative, train our teams and crunch our numbers. We’re all about having fun and creating moments to remember across the nation, our head office is no different.
Closing Date - Midnight, 7th July 2022
