Careers in food and drink
A career in the Scottish food and drink industry offers varied opportunities, good pay, exciting prospects and a bright future.
The Scottish food and drink industry is made up of lots of different
companies
from major global brands through to small family businesses. To
maintain its
success, the industry needs a lot more people to help innovate
and develop new
products to meet the needs of our customers and make changes to
existing
products to
make them healthier, tastier and more exciting.
A World of Opportunities
Food science, marketing, IT, engineering, new product development,
research,
analysis, operational efficiency, microbiology, sustainability,
procurement,
law,
PR, logistics, all of these and many more careers are all on
offer within the
food and drink industry.
View our career case studies and career films to find out more.
Food and drink career resources
Through our skills initiative - A Future
in
Food, we work with industry and partners to promote the variety of careers in food
and
drink. We have many free resources that can be used in the classroom and at
careers events.
View
resources »
FDF Scotland promoting career opportunities to Further and Higher Education
Institutions
Responding to requests from our members, FDF Scotland is testing a new service
to help the
food and drink industry recruit new employees for work placement, internship
and
employment
opportunities. Food and drink companies can fill out a form to advertise
directly to students in further
or higher education. FDF Scotland will then send directly to colleges and
universities across Scotland
that specialise in food and drink and engineering courses.
More information can be found here »
Last reviewed: 08 Feb 2019