Jr. Food Technologist

Ferrero is a family-owned company with a truly progressive and global outlook and iconic brands such as Nutella®, Tic Tac®, Ferrero Rocher®, Raffaello®, Kinder Bueno® and Kinder Surprise®. As the love for our brands continues to grow, so too does our global reach. Represented in more than 50 countries, with products sold in more than 170, the Ferrero Group is loved by generations around the world. The secret to our global success? 40,000  dedicated employees who celebrate care and quality to craft a business, careers and brands we are proud of. Join us, and you could be one of them.

You have always loved it, now be part of it

Ferrero North America is thrilled to be launching its Industrial Graduate Program (IGP), a career acceleration program, which seeks to groom top new graduate talent interested into the future leaders within food manufacturing.

What to Expect

The IGP offers a comprehensive 3-year journey, which will prepare candidates for a career with Ferrero through mentorship, technical training in the role, as well as a supplementary training curriculum to support your development. 

This program embodies the Learning by Doing spirit of Ferrero, and will introduce new graduates to the industrial setting, learning the “Ferrero Way” and exploring industrial career path opportunities. 

This 3 year program will include the first 2 years in the Home location and the 3rd and final year on a rotation to a different plant with Ferrero North America to expand your breadth of experience with the company and in Manufacturing. 

Ferrero Brantford, our largest manufacturing hub in North America, where we make beloved products like Ferrero Rocher®, Nutella®, Nutella & Go® and Tic Tac® is looking for a Jr. Food Technologist.

In this role, you will:

• Learn to apply procedures using specifications, standards, methods, and instruments to monitor the production process and ensure product quality.
• Gain expertise in understanding all aspects of the product, overseeing the quality of semi-finished and finished goods, and adjusting processes as needed.
• Acquire proficiency in conducting standardized qualitative and quantitative tests to enhance product aesthetics, preserve quality, and optimize costs.
• Embrace and uphold company guidelines, policies, and procedures to maintain operational excellence.

This position will start September 2024

• Implement and maintain Ferrero's quality standards.
• Support Quality and Production teams to meet program requirements.
• Troubleshoot technological issues and serve as a point of contact.
• Acquire knowledge from headquarters and assist in training updates.
• Ensure consistency in product specifications and requirements.
• Collaborate with production for process improvement.
• Identify and resolve root causes of quality issues.
• Assist in research and development efforts.
• Monitor and control production processes.
• Conduct product tasting and testing, providing feedback.
• Ensure compliance with standards and regulations.
• Participate in sampling sessions and analyze results.
• Support production inspection to meet quality specifications.

• Recent graduate (Bachelor’s or Master’s) in the last 12 months
  • Degree in Food Technology, Microbiology, Chemical Engineering or related field, preferred.
• Demonstrates interests in Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Process Technology or another Industrial Career Path
• Knowledge of Organoleptic Testing
• Knowledge of food industrial equipment, food production process and technology, standard operating procedures, health & safety / food quality standards and work instructions, food industrial installations.
• Product technical knowledge (in connection with mechanical/industrial application) and technological knowledge (relating to the science
• of the process applied to the product).

Consumers, quality and care are at the heart of everything we do. So, to be successful at Ferrero, you’ll need to be just as consumer and product centric as we are - dedicated to crafting brilliant results for consumers around the world. 

Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.

Ferrero Canada will accommodate the needs of applicants with disabilities throughout all stages of the selection process. If you need accommodation during the recruitment process, please advise the HR Representative. Information relating to the need for accommodation and accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.