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 protected, 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




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
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 current product launches from trial to full-scale production
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
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