Product Development Officer – Meat (Butchery)

Product Development Officer – Meat (Butchery)

Join the Tibaldi team as a full-time Product Development Officer – Meat (Butchery) based in Clayton Victoria. 

Our Story

Founded in 1934, the Tibaldi family of butchers had a dream to provide Australian’s with only the finest cuts of meats processed the traditional way using authentic Italian recipes.

Over 80 years later not much has changed. Today, Tibaldi is a major supplier to the retail, route and food service industry across Australia. Our state-of-the-art facilities in Clayton excel industry standards using leading technology.

Our product range spans across traditional Italian salami, ham, bacon, traditional smallgoods and fresh meat including a range of Outdoor Bred pork. 

That’s Tradition. That’s Tibaldi.   Tibaldi.com.au

Your Story

As aProduct Development Officer – Meat (Butchery) at Tibaldi you will be part of the Research and Development team based in Clayton, Victoria reporting to the Research and Development Manager. 

To be successful in this role you will have a competent hands-on butchery skill set / background and relevant experience inclusive of smallgoods or meat manufacturing experience. In your application we invite you to outline your butchery background. 

You will be involved in:

• Using your well-rounded butchery skills 
• Responding to internal technical enquiries related to smallgoods
• Supporting NPD including Stage and Gate processes and procedures
• Assisting with developing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and establishing quality control points for emerging, new and existing products. 
• Assisting with continuous improvement and technical development activities including product trials on a case-by-case basis (e.g., system and document creation and maintenance, capture data and data entry) 
• Assisting with end-to-end R & D project implementation from pre-production to commercial launch (e.g., costings, sourcing ingredients, data collection, food safety procedures, refinement of briefs and quality and assurance).

Our FMCG and meat products, will require you to use your knowledge of:

• Competent hands-on butchery skill set (pig highly desirable)
• Meat processing
• FMCG, meat and smallgoods products
• Food manufacturing GMP standards
• Food safety managements systems (e.g., FSANZ, SQF, HACCP, CFMSR, Yum!, Costco, Aldi, FSSC 22000)

Previous Product Development experience will be highly regarded. 

As part of the Research and Development team you will: 

• Be an adaptable, innovative team player, willing to work in a fast-paced environment with good communication skills and good sense of judgement on confliction priorities.
• Work collaboratively to partner with key business stakeholders including from Operations, Production, Quality and Assurance, Research and Development, Finance, Maintenance, Sales, Marketing and HR.
• Be ‘hands-on’ with everyone from our entry level roles to the CEO.
• May be able to work from home on occasions (not a permanent arrangement).

Our Ways of Working

As part of our Tibaldi team, you will be able to:

• participate in our Tibaldi Team Product Orders program that enables you to purchase our products at a below-retail price
• access free on-site car parking
• access our Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• participate in training and development courses tailored to your needs; both on-site and off-site.
• travel to work on public transport as we are conveniently located close to public transport including Westall or Clayton train stations.

COVID-19

We are an essential industry, during periods of COVID-19 Lockdowns. You may be required to continue working as directed (including remotely) during these periods. 

Due to the nature of our industry, full COVID vaccination status is strongly encouraged. 

Pre-Employment Medical

A pre-employment medical may form part of the recruitment process.  

External Recruitment

Candidates interested in this position are encouraged to apply directly to this advertisement.

That’s Tradition. That’s Tibaldi.   Tibaldi.com.au