Product Applications Technologist

Recruiter:

The Skills Mine

Job Ref:

3884404643

Date posted:

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Location:

Cape Town, South Africa

SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

Requirements:

A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Food Technology, Food Engineering, Chemistry, or Food Science.
A minimum of 3 years' experience.

Responsibilities:

Develop plan of action based on request form received from NPD.
Liaise with Sales Representatives and NPD regarding relevant requirements potentially omitted by clients.
Create rough outline of recipe.
Check that all required parts and ingredients are in stock.
Liaise with Product Applications Manager for ingredient orders.
Assemble machine(s) to be used in testing.
Physically make product mix.
Run product mix on relevant machine(s).
Communicate outcome of trial to NPD/Product Applications Manager, etc.
Report any concerns to Product Applications Manager.
Compile a detailed product report on the trials that were done.
Maintain database of project statuses and previous product mixes.
Evaluate meat ingredients (i.e., particle size, binding, water, distribution between meat particles, etc).

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