Techncial Baker

Location: Glenbervie, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom; on-site. Relocation support may be discussed for the right candidate.

Salary: Competitive and dependent on skills and experience.

Company

hirify.global is an internationally acclaimed family ingredient manufacturer producing sauces, bakery products, ice cream toppings, plant-based offerings, and gluten-free products for leading food brands.

What you will do

• Act as the technical bakery subject matter expert across Product Design, Food Applications, and Commercial teams.
• Run practical bakery trials to validate products, concepts, and formulations.
• Advise on ingredient functionality and assess impacts on quality, consistency, shelf life, and manufacturability.
• Troubleshoot bakery formulations and manufacturing challenges and recommend practical solutions.
• Support customer projects, trials, demonstrations, technical discussions, and innovative bakery solution development.
• Manage the day-to-day operation and standards of the Development Bakery while sharing expertise with colleagues and industry contacts.

Requirements

• Extensive hands-on bakery experience in a commercial, development, or craft bakery environment.
• Strong knowledge of bakery ingredients, formulations, and manufacturing processes.
• Experience with bakery product development, trials, or technical bakery projects.
• Broad knowledge of cakes, bread, sweet bakery, and other baked goods.
• Strong practical baking, problem-solving, communication, organisational, and IT skills.
• Must have the permanent right to work in the UK without requiring visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Nice to have

• Experience working with Commercial, NPD, Product Development, or Technical teams.
• Membership of a relevant bakery or food industry organisation.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent full-time employment with 23 days of annual leave plus 9 public holidays.
• Conditional profit-related pay and pension enrolment with a 3% employer contribution against a 5% employee contribution.
• Employee Assistance Program, 24/7 GP line, cycle-to-work scheme, leisure subsidy, and free fruit.
• Free parking, electric vehicle charging stations, and a further education scheme.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay, plus an education bursary and other employee benefits.
• After the initial three-month probation period, access to private medical insurance, permanent health insurance, and 3x death-in-service life assurance.

Hiring process

• Successful candidates must complete right-to-work checks and provide satisfactory employment references.
• Applications close on 14 September 2026.