Development Technician

Key Responsibilities

• Undertake and support R&D Projects.
• Reliably follow technical details and direction accurately.
• Develop good culinary skills to undertake development application and presentation work confidently.
• Cook up product for both internal and external presentations/tastings.
• Support Project R&D team members with both internal pilot line trials and external factory trials at customer sites.
• Demonstrate understanding and awareness of project importance and time scales.
• Maintain close working relationships with R&D team.
• Develop good understanding and application of development recipe system.
• Develop and grow ingredient and process knowledge.
• Capability to report project progress, problems encountered as well as possible solutions.
• Necessary, liaise with suppliers and internal department to order ingredients required for development purposes.

Candidate Profile

• Interest in culinary food development.
• Able to demonstrate ability to build effective working relationships.
• Experience of dealing with face to face communication.
• Initiative in food related work experience.
• Current, valid driving licence.
• Able to travel to customers within the UK and EU.
• Strong team working skills.
• Able to work in the Pilot plant with a range of equipment.
• Able to work with all flours and flavourings using appropriate PPE.

Benefits

Competitive benefit package.