Senior Research & Development Engineer

Come and join the leading #avoexperts 🥑

Westfalia Fruit is a leading multinational supplier of fresh fruit and related value-added products to global markets. Through our vertically-integrated supply chain we grow, source, ripen, pack, process and market quality avocadoes & fresh produce – 365 days a year & across the globe.

With the largest avocado-growing footprint in the world, we are recognised as the leading #avoexperts and considered as the supplier of choice to both retail & wholesale customers whom we serve from sales offices in the UK, Europe, North America, Latin America & Southern Africa.

We’re looking for a Senior R&D Engineer to join our team in Wingene, Belgium.

The Senior Research & Development Engineer will drive product and process innovation across Westfalia Fruit within it’s scaling convenience team, combining expertise in food product development, manufacturing processes and packaging technologies.

Responsible for managing projects from initial concept through to commercial production, the role will develop and optimise recipes, processes and packaging solutions, ensuring alignment with customer requirements, food safety standards and operational capabilities.

Working collaboratively across Quality, Production, Sales and Supply Chain, the role will lead industrial trials, process validation and continuous imp