Product Developer
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2026
Drive innovation. Improve quality. Shape the future of Australia's favourite smallgoods.
Are you a hands ‐ on and solutions ‐ focused Product Developer ready to make a meaningful impact in food production?
At Primo Foods, you ' ll play a key role in supporting product development, cost optimisation, and continuous improvement across our portfolio. You ' ll work closely with cross ‐ functional teams to enhance product quality, efficiency, and innovation within a fast ‐ paced manufacturing environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Support EPD and product improvement projects to enhance quality, efficiency, and cost performance
- Identify and implement cost ‐ reduction and process ‐ optimisation opportunities
- Analyse production processes, ingredients, machinery and yields to pinpoint improvements
- Ensure products meet food safety, regulatory and customer quality standards
- Provide technical R&D support across operations, supply chain, procurement and QA
- Troubleshoot product, process and quality issues and support root cause analysis
- Conduct trials in pilot and factory environments and track outcomes
- Research new ingredients, packaging and processing technologies
- Use data ‐ driven insights to support formulation improvements and scalability
- Manage timelines, deliverables and key milestones across simultaneous projects
About You
- Degree in Food Science, Food Technology or related field
- 2+ years' experience in product development, R&D, QA or food manufacturing
- Strong understanding of HACCP, FSANZ, GMP and food safety principles
- Analytical thinker with experience running trials and solving production issues
- Excellent communicator with strong cross ‐ functional collaboration skills
- Detail ‐ oriented, adaptable and comfortable in a fast ‐ paced manufacturing environment
Why Work for Primo?
- Discounts on health insurance and retail partners
- Savings at the Primo onsite butcher shop
- Free onsite physio and chiropractor services
- Long ‐ term career development and stability
- Join a supportive team where innovation and continuous improvement are valued
Ready to take the next step?
If you're passionate about food science and love solving problems that make a real impact, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply now and build your future with Primo Foods.
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