Product Development Technologist – 1 Year Industrial Placement Opportunity

Lowestoft, Suffolk – Commences Summer 2025

Are you passionate about food and would be interested in the opportunity

of being part of a team which creates great tasting products?  If so, and you’re studying towards a Science degree and wish to develop yourself personally and professionally then look no further, our R&D team is offering a 12-month industrial placement.

Nomad Foods Europe is Europe’s leading frozen food company with an annual turnover of €2 billion and manufactures market leading brands such as Birds Eye, Iglo, Findus, Aunt Bessie’s and Goodfella’s; products that offer our consumers great tasting, easy-to-prepare food that is fantastic value.  Our headquarters are in London, UK and we employ 8,000 people in 17 countries, with 13 factories and this gives us the scale, the talent and the opportunities to achieve our ambitions.

Over the year working as part of our Research, Development and Quality team at our Lowestoft factory site in Suffolk, you will broaden your knowledge and gain a variety of experiences, by undertaking a role which:

• teaches you about consumer preferences and trends in multiple markets and provides first-hand experience of R&D specification systems and operational processes

• provide hands-on experience developing bench prototypes through to supporting scale-up factory trials. This will broaden and strengthen your practical skills and teach you new ones

• gives you project responsibilities with challenging deadlines, delivering your findings as both written reports and presentations to senior managers

• teaches you about the innovation process, as you take a product from concept, through development into factory trials and ultimately to launch

• requires interaction with a variety of cross-functional teams for example Quality Assurance, Marketing, Finance, Packaging and Factory Process – this daily variety ensures that no two days are the same

• will give you the chance to visit our headquarters in London and meet colleagues from different functions to better understand their roles

• will invite you to participate in off-site training sessions with some of our key suppliers

Essential application requirements:

• Currently studying towards a BSc science degree course (or equivalent) that is related to or applicable to the food industry
• Have excellent verbal and written communication and basic IT skills
• Close attention to detail and good analytical skills
• Can make independent decisions and work autonomously whilst also being comfortable as part of a team
• Feel confident to constructively challenge your seniors

This placement is open to undergraduates seeking a 12-month sandwich placement starting Summer 2025

You must confirm you have agreement from your university to undertake a 12-month student placement.

Important Dates:

Closing dates for applications - 31/ November 2024

Telephone interviews will be held w/c : TBC

Final interviews (ideally in Lowestoft) w/c tbc