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As a Development Technologist you’ll play a key role in the development, launch and product improvement of our range of prepared potato.

As the Development Technologist you will be working with the customer and the internal teams to create propositions and products to drive the categories forward. You will take the lead in product and recipe development, ensuring all due diligence is carried out and it hits the brief.  You will also coordinate market reviews and benchmarking, reporting what trends you see and highlighting product opportunities that may meet customer needs.

As the Development Technologist you will be working with the customer and the internal teams to create propositions and products to drive the categories forward. You will take the lead in product and recipe development, ensuring all due diligence is carried out and it hits the brief.  You will also coordinate market reviews and benchmarking, reporting what trends you see and highlighting product opportunities that may meet customer needs

As a Process Technologist you’ll play a key role in the development, launch and product improvement of our range of fresh potato products.

As the Process Technologist you will take the lead in coordinating, factory trials, including varieties, packaging and processes. Reporting the trial findings, getting all functions buy in and implementing next steps. You will also be responsible for fresh potato market reviews and benchmarking, reporting what trends you see and highlighting product opportunities that may meet customer needs.

At Branston, we make a positive difference not just for our people but also for the planet. As a supplier to some of the largest retail, wholesale, and food manufacturing customers in the UK, we’re a business who thrive on growth planning and investment, innovative processes, and planning for a sustainable, carbon‐neutral future.

Can we count on you to give us your best?  You can count on us for job security, a safe working environment and continued support for your career and wellbeing.

As a key player in our production team, we’ll rely on you to make sure your line is always working safely and efficiently. It’s an essential part of how we exceed customer expectations and achieve the highest quality standards.

Your attention to detail and can-do attitude will be vital, ensuring that you remain calm and clear headed to cope with the demands of fast-paced production.

A positive attitude, enthusiasm and a technical mind-set are more important than experience. We will invest time and training for the right person.

We’re currently seeking a talented and enthusiastic individual to take on the role of Protein Production Lead at our Lincoln Protein Factory. Reporting directly to the Protein General Manager, the successful individual will be responsible for leading and managing a small team of people ensuring production targets are met whilst ensuring full compliance with company specifications, policies, and procedures. 

As a Machine Operative, you will thrive in a fast-paced environment. You’ll have a passion for Health and Safety and understand its importance. You enjoy a challenge and have the resilience and can-do attitude to match, if this sounds like you then this is an exciting and rewarding opportunity!

We are looking for a Quality Assurance Operative due to multiple internal promotions recently within our team, based out of our South West site. You will be responsible for ensuring all product we pack is of the best standard and in line with our customer specifications.

As Central HR Administrator, you’re a pivotal point of contact for both visitors and employees. Without you, processes would be harder to manage, and colleagues wouldn’t feel supported.

Because for you, HR Admin isn’t about routine and being sat at a desk working alone all day. You’re a people person who thrives on regular interactions with colleagues and external visitors.

Join Branston to be trusted and encouraged to be you. Working in a small team across admin, recruitment, and face‐to‐face interaction, you’ll be backed and supported by great people striving for you to learn and succeed. 

At Branston, we make a positive difference not just for our people but also for the planet. As a supplier to some of the largest retail, wholesale, and food manufacturing customers in the UK, we’re a business who thrive on growth planning and investment, innovative processes, and planning for a sustainable, carbon‐neutral future.

As a Variety Development Manager, you inspire and influence at all organisational levels. You build meaningful relationships that yield ideas and inspirations. By challenging the status quo, constructively and progressively, you look to continuously improve processes and optimise innovation, drive, and volume of all you’re involved in. 

This is not a Variety Development Manager role juggling repetitive and robotic processes that are resistant to change; here, you’ll be in the thick of a dynamic and fast-paced food manufacturing environment, managing a rich and varied workload.

As a supplier to some of the largest retail, wholesale, and food manufacturing customers in the UK, we’re a business driving fresh produce innovative processes, and a sustainable, carbon-neutral future. At Branston, we continuously look to improve our sustainability procedures and are on track to be carbon neutral by 2030!

We are looking for a Hygiene Operative to join our Abernethy Site. You will be responsible for ensuring our fresh potato factory adheres to hygiene audit standards. We are currently at an exciting time for the business, with new automation recently installed as part of our continuous improvement plans. 

At Branston we pride ourselves on our HWDB values and aim to exemplify this in everything we do. Our purpose is to make a positive difference to people’s lives and the wider environment, focusing on work life balance and employee wellbeing.  We are dedicated to helping employees grow their careers, with training opportunities that allow you to build on existing skills and develop new ones.

Are you passionate about achieving results, problem solving and leading a team to provide a first-class technical team? Our Lincoln Preparation site is recruiting for a Technical Manager to join our enthusiastic team. This role will report to the General Manager and be part of the Senior Management Team.

The role is a senior appointment that comes with the expectation to drive continual improvement and seek new ways to do things that improve all of our business measures. This role will report into the Prepared General Manager.  Close working relationships will be needed with the Technical teams in all other areas of the business.

This role is for an apprentice technician to learn to deal with the routine work of the department, completing helpdesk tickets, building new desktop and laptop computers, setting up/dealing with new users and their machines, installing software, fault finding and fixing,

It will suit a candidate with some experience and skills gained at school or as an enthusiast but who is very keen to learn and grow their skill-set with exposure to a  large, diverse infrastructure technology base with high end hardware and systems. You will be mentored by our Level 2 IT Technician. An excellent career development post.

We're looking for a multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer to help maintain the operational performance of our high-speed production and packing machinery at our fresh site in Lincoln.

You'll be responsible for frontline breakdown cover as well as undertaking routine maintenance to maximise production efficiency.

As a sustainability and environmental professional, you thrive on a fast–paced environment where you can use your influence skills to help shape the sustainability strategy of the company, you will be supporting the Group H&S Manager and will be using your decision-making abilities. 

As environmental and sustainability manager you will be a vital part of the team reporting on environmental statistics, maintaining Branston Environmental Management system (EMS) to the ISO 14001 accreditation and external audits for sustainability and environmental. You will drive the business towards its goal of Net Zero by 2035. 

Within this role you will have autonomy with your day-to-day duties but will have clear support from not only your line manager but the wider business.

As a Forklift Driver, you will thrive in a fast-paced environment. You have a passion for Health and Safety and understand its importance. You enjoy a challenge and have the resilience and can-do attitude to match, if this sounds like you then this is an exciting and rewarding opportunity! 

We are looking for Quality Assurance Operatives to join our Abernethy Site. You will be responsible for ensuring all product we pack is of the best standard and in line with our customer specifications.

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