Food Science Graduate Vacancies

Our client is part of a European food manufacturing group which specialises in complex desserts & dairy products supplying all major supermarkets throughout the UK.

They are currently has the following 3 vacancies availablefor Food Science graduates, you will need to have a 2.1 or above. Please can you have a look at the following vacancies and let me know if you would like to apply for any of them.

Quality Improvement Officer – Bath (Ref BG963
Graduate Product & Process Development – Bath Ref BG965
Graduate Technical Manager – St Ives Cambridge Ref BG966

Quality Improvement Officer – Goods In and Process
Locations: Somerset, Avon
Salary: £26,000 – £30,000per yearnegotiable plus excellent benefits
Ref: BG963

Due to their continued success they are expanding rapidly and looking to recruit a Quality Improvement Officer to work from their manufacturing site near bath in Somerset.

Reporting to the Quality Improvement Manager, you will implement the company standards and train staff to operate to them, whilst continuously striving to improve the standards.

Key Responsibilities
– To implement into Goods In and Process the standards by which the Company operates and seek to raise them continuously

Relationships with other departments
– Build strong relationships with other departments to ensure that the required standards are implemented and continuously improved.

Decision Making
– Decision making will generally be referred to the Quality Improvement Manager.

Specific Tasks
– Updating QMS documentation
– Training of staff against the systems and procedures in place
– Creation of QAS in conjunction with the Quality Compliance Team, NPD and Production Dept.
– Creation and improvement of Work Instructions
– Creation of the control documentation for the HACCP system
– Creation of control documentation for Goods In and Process
– Investigation of Factory non-conformances
– Investigation of customer complaints and implementation of corrective and preventative actions

Experience, skills & qualities required
– Degree educated or equivalent in Food Technology
– Experience of microbiological and chemical testing
– Experience of Quality Management Systems
– Good communication skills

Competencies
– Excellent communicator
– Motivated and enthusiastic.
– Logical and analytical approach.
– Continuous improvement mentality.
– Driven and determined to achieve results.- Passionate about the success of the Company.
– To inspire and positively influence others.
– To be able to show vision and have ambition to make change happen.
– Organisational skills.

If you would like to apply to this vacancy please can you email a copy of your CV

Graduate Product & Process Development within New Product Development
Locations: Somerset, Avon (Near Bath)
Salary: £26,000 – £30,000per yearnegotiable plus excellent benefits
Ref: BG965

Due to their continued success they are expanding rapidly and looking to recruit a Graduate Product & Process Development to work from their manufacturing site near bath in Somerset.

The purpose of this role is the development and optimisation of the company’s product range in line with the direction given by Marketing, Commercial, Quality and Production

Key Responsibilities
Maintain the correct formulation of recipes in line with the standards set by the company at the best cost possible

Manage the development of product and process from the initial concept to industrialisation and launch in the factory

Assist factory to resolve any problems arising from product recipe and process

Sourcing and listing of new ingredients in conjunction with Quality and Purchasing

Ensure that all new products, processes and ingredients comply with both company and legal standards

Validation of ingredients, recipe and process parameters in the finished product specification

Specific Tasks

Develop and produce products, either pro-actively or in response to customer briefs

Utilisation of the Pilot Plant.

Completion of customer sample submission documentation in liaison with Quality and Marketing

Creation of recipe costs (BBZ), using the ingredient cost database

Giving responses to projects in the MEM

Provision of information to Quality regarding: ingredients, recipe and process parameters to enable completion of product specifications.

Liaise with other departments to ensure new products meet production, quality and legal requirements

Liaising with suppliers to ensure timely delivery of trial materials.

Work with production to ensure scale up from Kitchen/Pilot to Industrial

Management of industrial trials in terms of notification, organisation, sample collation for organoleptic and microbiological verification, reports and follow up

Completion of customer Quality Attribute Sheets in conjunction with Quality and Production

Monitor evolution of recipe costs and take appropriate action to control price rises
Working with raw material suppliers and Quality and Purchasing to source and list new ingredients to improve costs and functionality

Monitor quality analysis of finished products over life through regular product tasting with Quality and Production

Work with Quality to seek opportunities to extend product life without compromising product quality

Work in conjunction with Production and Quality to optimise, combine or reduce recipes and ingredients on existing product ranges

Any other ad-hoc duties as requested by your Line Manager.

Experience, skills & qualities required
– Degree educated or equivalent in Food Technology or Food Chemistry
– Experience or knowledge of how food behaves not how it looks
– Science background essential – more process than product orientated
– Good communication skills
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Competencies
– Excellent communicator
– Motivated and enthusiastic.
– Logical and analytical approach.
– Driven and determined to achieve results.- Passionate about the success of the Company.
– To inspire and positively influence others.
– To be able to show vision and have ambition to make change happen.
– Organisational skills.

If you would like to apply to this vacancy please can you email a copy of your CV

Graduate Technical Manager
Locations: St Ives, Cambridgeshire
Salary: £26,000 – £30,000per year (or undergraduate £14,000 – £16,000 plus excellent benefits
Ref: BG966

Due to their continued success they are expanding rapidly and looking to recruit a now looking for a Graduate placement to work in the Customer Technical department in St Ives in Cambridge.

The Role
To be the interface between the Technical teams of the customers and the on-site Technical teams at the subsidiaries

Responsibilities
To understand the needs of the customers from a Technical perspective
Understand Food Law, accreditation standards and the customer policies in order to inform, direct and influence our business
To explain the Technical benefits of working with the company
To develop new business opportunities
Customer contact for Technical and NPD enquiries
To understand and communicate to the subsidiaries the customer and legal standards affecting our products
Working with the factories on closing out Corrective Actions following site visits and Audits
Participation in customer Quality Panels
Approval of QAS documentation and agreement with the customers

Experience, skills & qualities required
Studying for a degree or equivalent in:
Management and food safety
Biology/Chemistry
Food and nutrition
Business & Management
Business & Food science
Capacity to think of innovative solutions and ability to implement them.
French speaking ability is a distinct advantage
Significant on-the-job training will be provided
Capacity to think of innovative solutions and ability to implement them.
Communication skills
Enthusiastic, passionate and confident

This placement provides a challenging opportunity for individuals who are looking to gain experience with an international food manufacturing business.