CNC Recruitment are seeking a dedicated and innovative Junior R&D Assistant/Food Technologist to join our client in Beaminster. You will provide key technical support role for Innovation and renovations projects, value engineering initiatives whilst maintaining organoleptic blend standards and ensuring a high level of technical integrity is maintained with regards to product quality, safety and legality for all aspects of product design and lifecycle management.
Location – Beaminster
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £26,200.00-£28,000.00 per year plus yearly bonus
Working hours – Monday to Friday, 8.00am – 5pm
Responsibilities:
* Support project coordination activities and general R&D administration
* Creation and management of Internal Specifications (BECPG System) for Raw Materials, Semi-Finished Products, Packaging and Finished Products
* Producing recipe development prototypes for Innovation, Renovation and Value Engineering
* Organisation of outgoing development samples for internal (MSOs) and external customers and supporting communications as required.
* Coordinating and setting up tasting and benchmarking sessions both internally and to support customer visits and capturing minutes
* Provision of Technical Information for SAP Master data uploads via Evolve portal
* Regulatory/technical Artwork checks (once trained)
* Support planning and implementation of Industrial trials
* Assists with product registration and approval process for Organic and Fairtrade Certification
* Other general support duties
Technical skills and knowledge:
* Knowledge of GFSI Standards
* Good knowledge of food safety (e.g.: HACCP, microbiology, allergens) principles
* Good organoleptic assessment skills and knowledge of benchmarking/quality basket reviews
* Good communication and organization skills
* Proficient administrative support
* Good understanding of product composition and recipe development
* Understanding of product labelling requirements
Requirements:
Experience working within food industry in technical (Quality or R&D or regulatory) remit beneficial or exposure to same within higher education e.g. Food Science related University Graduate.
Others:
* Exposure to food quality disciplines
* Specification understanding and writing
* NPD, understanding of timelines and working to Innovation stage gate process
* Regulatory understanding, navigation and interpretation
* Sampling, Benchmarking and organoleptic assessment
* Good IT skills, including Microsoft Office applications
Competencies:
* Proactive and energetic
* Team player
* Integrity and always demonstrates professionalism
* Methodical and diligent with an eye for detail
* Structured with good organizational skills
* Customer focused
* Drives for results
* Takes personal responsibility
* Responds to feedback
* Communicates effectively
* Innovates
* Dependable and able to work independently and to meet deadlines.
Benefits:
* Annual Bonus of 12.5% target incentive
* 25 days holiday + 8 public holidays
* Private medical insurance
* Life insurance
* Salary exchange pension scheme with contributions by employee and employer of 4%
* EAP schemes
* Access to Mental Health First Aiders
* Access to a wide range of health, wellness and other resources and activities under the Flourish programme which includes access to 1:1 finance clinic, nutritionists, etc.
* 1 day per annum volunteering locally (usually with the National Trust, local school or other rewilding/environmental type work)
CNC Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer, we are working as a recruitment agency and comply with all data and GDPR processes, we are ICO registered, all data is kept strictly confidential.
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