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Food technologist CV: example and template

This example is for food technologists at meat, dairy, bakery, confectionery and fruit and vegetable processing plants, and for food technology graduates and quality department staff.

The employer wants to know which products you develop, how you run recipes and trials, how you prepare specifications and labels, how you look after food safety and what results you have. We show you how to describe this on your CV.

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Example CV: food technologist

All the details in this example are fictional. Treat it as a model of layout and wording, and replace the content with your own experience.

Ewelina Krajewska

Food technologist

Sokolow Podlaski +48 123 456 789 ewelina.krajewska@example.com

Professional profile

Food technologist with 7 years of experience at a meat processing plant. I develop recipes for cold cuts and ready meals, run production trials, prepare specifications for retail chains and label designs, oversee the technology in production and help maintain the food safety plan. I have launched 14 new products, and the raw material cost in recipes fell by 6%.

Work experience

Food technologist

04.2020 - present

Meat processing plant, Sokolow Podlaski

  • Recipes for cold cuts and ready meals, 14 new products.
  • Production trials and launches on the lines.
  • Specifications for retail chains and label designs.
  • Overseeing technology and heat treatment parameters.
  • Raw material cost in recipes down 6%.

Quality specialist

07.2017 - 03.2020

Dairy plant, Siedlce

  • Process and records checks.
  • Internal audits.
  • Customer complaints.

Education

Master's degree, food technology and human nutrition

2012 - 2017

Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Skills

  • Recipes and product development
  • Production trials and launches
  • Specifications and labels
  • Food safety and hazard analysis
  • Process parameters
  • Recipe costing

Training

  • Hazard analysis and critical control points training, 2020
  • Retail chain standards training, 2022
  • Food labelling regulations training, 2023

Languages

  • English: B2

Additional information

  • Driving licence category B

I hereby consent to the processing of my personal data for the purposes necessary to carry out the recruitment process, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (GDPR).

How to write a food technologist CV

Professional summary

Write which industry you work in, which products you develop and what you are responsible for in production. Add results, for example the number of new products or savings. The employer is looking for a technologist who will combine the customer's taste with costs, regulations and what the line can do.

Quality specialist with 3 years of experience at a dairy plant. I check the process and records, run internal audits and handle complaints. I am looking for work as a food technologist.

Experience: duties and achievements

Describe the products, recipes, trials, launches, specifications, labels and food safety. Show results in numbers. Add the standards you work with. Also say whether you work with the sales department and customers.

Weaker: Recipes.

Better: Recipes for cold cuts and ready meals, 14 new products.

Weaker: Documents.

Better: Specifications for retail chains and label designs.

Weaker: Costs.

Better: Raw material cost in recipes down 6%.

Skills worth listing

List recipes, trials, specifications, labels, food safety and costs. In your soft skills show accuracy, creativity and working with production.

Professional skills

  • Recipes
  • Production trials
  • Specifications
  • Labels
  • Food safety
  • Costing

Personal skills

  • Accuracy
  • Creativity
  • Working with production
  • Organisation
  • Communication

Training

List training in food safety systems, retail chain standards and labelling. Knowing retail chain requirements is a big advantage at plants that make private label products.

First job as a food technologist

After university, describe your placements at plants, projects and laboratories. A quality department or a junior technologist role is a good start.

Add the industry that interests you. Meat, dairy and bakery technologies are very different.

Tailoring your CV to the job offer

A meat plant looks for recipes and heat treatment, a dairy for fermentation and shelf life, and a bakery for doughs and large-scale recipes. Move to the top what the job ad is about.

The most common mistakes on a food technologist CV

Questions and answers

What should a food technologist put on a CV?

The industry, products, recipes, trials, specifications, labels, food safety, training and results.

Which results are worth giving?

The number of new products, recipe savings and fewer complaints.

How is a technologist different from a quality specialist?

A technologist develops products and oversees the technology, while a quality specialist ensures compliance and systems.

Does knowing retail chain requirements help?

Yes, plants that make private label products value it highly.

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