Junior Production Technologist


Have an appetite for more?

Join a leading global bakery group powered by ambitious people that are truly passionate about delivering the best in everything they do.

With business in mind and people at heart we always work together to influence our road ahead. We want you to be part of our growth journey and of a great, global family.

Currently we are looking for Junior Production Technologist to join our Lantmännen Unibake team in Londerzeel.

This is what you will do :

As a Junior Production Technologist you will be in the center of our Operations/Site team and collaborate in the entire production process starting from raw materials to finished bakery products. You will be involved in different challenging projects.
This is an excellent opportunity to get to know our business, processes and products and grow with our company.

Your main responsibilities will be (but not limited to) :

  • You will be reviewing and optimizing processes to facilitate productivity, quality and safety
  • You will be involved in ‘value engineering’ and assist in CI initiatives : improving recipe costs by developing, evaluating, assessing and approving alternatives
  • You will liaise with a lot of internal and external stakeholders to initiate and coordinate production related development activities and processes and make sure that documents are up-to-date.
  • You will support the Site management team in developing, standardizing and documenting of Operations’ processes in adherence to global Unibake standards and best practices
  • You will support in productional process optimization and assist in training of shift supervisors and operators in the technology areas.
  • You will facilitate, guide and support the organisation in identifying and systematically driving improvement initiatives in the technology area

This is what you need to succeed:

Who are you ?

  • You probably have a Master's degree in food science & technology or equivalent by experience
  • You are a starter or have max 2 years experience in a manufacturing food/bread industry within R&D and/or NPD and/or process/production
  • You have excellent communication and stakeholder skills
  • You are a team player with an open mindset for improvement and change
  • You are eager to learn and you love to be challenged
  • You are fluent in Dutch and English (writing and speaking), knowledge of French is an asset

What we offer :

  • a challenging job within an awesome team where a sense of responsibility and initiative is encouraged
  • a profound internal training on-the-floor
  • the opportunity to grow and evolve together with a world class organization
  • to work for an employer with an ambitious and sustainable vision that results in "billions of smiling tummies"
  • your workplace will be Londerzeel, with the possibility of homeworking (max 1day/week)

Sounds interesting?
Please submit your CV and motivation here.

We strive for a short lead time for the selection process and have defined subsequent phases so that you can also meet some future colleagues/stakeholders right away.

  • Meeting/call with HR/Dirk Nyberg (Talent Acquisition Specialist)
  • Meeting Direct Manager, Rudi De Schepper
  • next steps according to feedback

At Lantmännen Unibake, we treat your application with the highest degree of confidentiality.