Junior NPD Technician (12M FTC) | THG Manufacturing (Food Manufacturing)

Location: On-site: 4 days per week at hirify.global Omega Campus, Warrington (WA5 3TP), and 1 day per week at Icon 1, Manchester Airport (WA15 0AF)

Company

hirify.global is a global ecommerce group operating beauty, sports nutrition, and contract manufacturing businesses through brands including LOOKFANTASTIC, Myprotein, ESPA, Perricone MD, and Cult Beauty.

What you will do

• Develop recipes, prototypes, and Gold Standard samples for powders, protein bars, tablets, capsules, fruit preparations, and concentrates.
• Evaluate flavours, functional ingredients, and alternative raw materials through bench screening and sensory testing.
• Capture customer briefs, coordinate sample approvals, support customer visits, and align packaging specifications.
• Host first production runs, monitor critical process parameters, and compare factory output with laboratory benchmarks.
• Coordinate technical, quality, hygiene, operations, regulatory, and allergen requirements for new products.
• Set up and maintain projects, formulations, BOMs, SKUs, recipes, and test data in Monday.com, ANDI, Opal, and Sage.

Requirements

• Degree, HND, or equivalent practical experience in Food Science, Food Technology, Nutrition, Chemical Sciences, or a related discipline.
• Hands-on or academic experience with recipe formulation, bench prototyping, sensory evaluation, and laboratory hygiene.
• Strong organization skills with the ability to manage multiple development briefs and tight deadlines.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, with the ability to learn Monday.com, ANDI, Opal, and Sage.
• Confident verbal and written communication skills for customer discussions, prototype presentations, and collaboration with production teams.
• Regular on-site attendance is required at the Warrington and Manchester Airport facilities.

Nice to have

• Experience or a placement year in FMCG food, beverage, sports nutrition, or supplement manufacturing.
• Knowledge of contract manufacturing, private-label launches, BRCGS, HACCP, allergen segregation, and UK/US nutritional labelling differences.

Culture & Benefits

• Access to bespoke development programmes and an industry-partnered upskilling programme.
• 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, birthday leave, enhanced parental pay, compassionate leave, and volunteer leave.
• In-house GP appointments, a 24/7 Bupa Employee Assistance Programme, on-site gym, and physiotherapy.
• Salary sacrifice technology savings, subsidised transport to the Icon office, staff discounts, and an on-site staff shop.
• Employee referral rewards and long-service anniversary gifts.