SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

The ideal candidate will have the following skills and attributes:

• 1 – 3 years in a similar role within Dairy Technology, Engineering or Science field
• A tertiary qualification in Food Technology, Engineering or Science or a related field preferred
• Hands-on experience in UHT factory trials and food safety systems (HACCP, RMP) preferred
• A solutions-focused mindset with strong problem-solving skills
• Detail-oriented with excellent communication and planning skills
• Team player with energy, initiative, and a commitment to continuous learning
• A strong customer focus and a willingness to build collaborative relationships

ABOUT US

Synlait is a dynamic, purpose-led milk nutrition company that is Doing Milk Differently for a Healthier World!
We pride our organisation as being different and allowing our spirit to drive our success, shifting perceptions and driving value through new thinking and a new attitude.
You’ll be joining down-to-earth, authentic people working together to create the very best in milk nutrition as we combine expert farming with innovative thinking and state-of-the-art processing to produce a range of nutritional milk products for our global customers.
We will challenge you by providing the opportunities you’ve been seeking to expand your career; we believe that everyone brings unique experiences and perspectives to the table so are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and embrace diversity to drive innovation and business success.

We have an exciting opportunity for an Associate Technologist to join our talented and passionate New Product Development team. You’ll play a key role in supporting the scale-up of new liquid milk, cream and beverage products and delivering technical services that enable commercialisation, product improvement, and technical troubleshooting.
In this dynamic, hands-on role, you’ll coordinate factory trials, develop specifications, and support manufacturing and quality teams with day-to-day product performance. Your work will contribute directly to both new customer opportunities and the continued success of our existing products.

Key responsibilities of this role include,

• Coordinate and execute new product development projects for commercialisation.
• Provide technical advice on plant, products, processes and ingredients to support business development initiatives and Synlait’s technology requirements.
• Work collaboratively with the Synlait NPD team, plant and process engineers, category and sales, and project teams in the development, scale up, implementation and optimisation of new products.
• Coordination of scale up activities into Synlait Milk Limited production facilities including trial planning, product specification development, SKU master data setup, scheduling, sample management, trial evaluations, reporting and recommendations.
• Performance and trend monitoring for commercial SKUs (conformance to specification).
• Product maintenance post launch e.g. ingredient changes, artwork changes, support for Sales on customer enquiries, support for Quality on complaints, product and process optimisation.