Engineering Success

Our client is a leading chocolate and confectionery manufacturer in Thailand. They are currently looking for an experienced and passionate R&D Officer with a background in chocolate or confectionery to join their team, with the factory based in Wellgrow, Chachoengsao.
This role focuses on developing, testing, and supporting chocolate and confectionery products from concept to commercialization, ensuring they are scalable, safe, and market-ready. The ideal candidate has strong hands-on chocolate knowledge, a solid food science background, and can work closely with Production, Quality, and Commercial teams.






Responsibilities:

• Develop new chocolate and confectionery products including bars, fillings, coatings, inclusions.
• Improve and optimize existing recipes for cost, quality, and performance
• Translate customer briefs, market trends, and internal concepts into workable formulations
• Conduct product trials to evaluate flavor, texture, appearance, and shelf life
• Plan and execute pilot and factory-scale trials for new and renovated products
• Ensure formulations are scalable, repeatable, and compatible with existing production equipment
• Work closely with Production to fine-tune processing parameters such as tempering, molding, and enrobing
• Support first production runs and troubleshoot technical issues during scale-up
• Prepare and maintain product specifications, formulations, processing instructions, and stability records
• Ensure compliance with food safety, regulatory, and allergen requirements in collaboration with Quality
• Evaluate raw materials and support ingredient trials or substitutions with suppliers
• Propose improvements to enhance consistency, shelf life, and sensory quality

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Food Engineering, Food Chemistry, or a related field
• 2–5 years of experience in R&D or product development within chocolate or confectionery
• Hands-on experience in factory or pilot plant environments
• Experience supporting OEM/ODM or customer-driven product development is an advantage
• Strong knowledge of chocolate processing such as tempering, molding, and enrobing
• Good understanding of cocoa ingredients, fats, sugars, emulsifiers, and shelf-life stability
• Basic knowledge of food safety systems including HACCP, GMP, and allergen control
• Familiarity with regulatory and labeling requirements for food products
• Comfortable conducting trials, maintaining documentation, and recording technical data

Our client, a global organization within the automotive technology sector, is seeking a Technical Account Manager to support vehicle manufacturers across the ASEAN region through advanced engineering solutions. This role serves as a key interface between customers and internal teams, ensuring strong technical alignment, supporting ongoing programs, and identifying opportunities to further develop customer partnerships. The position requires a balance of technical understanding and commercial awareness, working closely with cross functional stakeholders to deliver practical, high-quality, and commercially viable solutions.

Responsibilities 

• Act as the main point of contact for customers on technical topics across Thailand and the ASEAN region 
• Understand customer requirements and translate them into clear technical direction for internal teams
• Support ongoing projects by coordinating between customers and cross-functional teams
• Identify opportunities to strengthen customer relationships and expand project scope
• Contribute to proposal development and support technical discussions during project evaluations 
• Build strong working relationships with stakeholders across engineering, operations, and procurement functions 
• Ensure alignment between customer expectations and delivered solutions 
• Support continuous improvement initiatives related to customer engagement and project execution

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline 
• Experience in a customer-facing or technical coordination role within automotive, electronics, or related industries 
• Strong understanding of technical products and ability to communicate concepts clearly 
• Experience working with cross-functional teams in a project-based environment 
• Good communication skills in English 
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills 
• Proactive, adaptable, and able to work in a dynamic environment