Hiring: Food Technologist – In-House Manufacturing, Quality & Food Safety
Location: Andheri East, Mumbai (Manufacturing Facility)
Employment Type: Full-time
Department: Manufacturing / Operations
Reports To: Founders / Head of Operations
Role Purpose
The Food Technologist will be the technical owner of in-house food manufacturing, responsible for ensuring all products are safe, compliant, consistent, shelf-reliable, and scalable.
This role has end-to-end responsibility from raw material intake to finished goods dispatch, with authority over production processes, quality control, food safety systems, and factory discipline.
This is a hands-on factory-floor role, not a desk-based QA position.
Scope of Authority
The Food Technologist is authorized to:
Stop production in case of quality or food safety risk
Approve or reject raw materials, in-process batches, and finished goods
Define and enforce SOPs, GMP, and HACCP requirements
Set and modify production process parameters
Lead corrective and preventive actions (CAPA)
Key Responsibilities
1. In-House Production Management
Own daily production operations across all SKUs
Define and control batch sizes and process parameters
Monitor environmental conditions (temperature, humidity)
Ensure production targets, yields, and timelines are met
Troubleshoot issues related to texture, binding, moisture, breakage, and packaging
Minimise downtime, rework, and wastage
2. Product Development & Scale-Up
Translate R&D; formulations into production-ready recipes
Conduct pilot trials and commercial validation batches
Optimise formulations for:
Shelf life
Process stability
Ingredient functionality
Cost efficiency
Support new product launches from trial to full-scale production
3. Quality Control & Quality Assurance
Design and implement factory-wide QC systems
Define quality specifications and acceptance criteria
Oversee:
Incoming raw material checks
In-process quality controls
Finished goods inspections
Review and approve batch manufact
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