Senior Technician (Food Material Sciences)

CK Group are recruiting for a Senior Technician (Food Material Sciences) to join a global leading food brand company at their site based in Reading on a contract basis for 5 months.

Salary:

£16.03 - £20.84 per hour PAYE

Senior Technician role:

• Provide high quality stakeholder engagement at all times by ensuring effective organisation of assigned workload, integrity of samples/prototypes and data generated and timely/accurate provision of results.
• Perform a range of sample preparation and operate pilot plant equipment under supervision of a senior member of staff.
• Operate basic lab equipment as directed.
• Run trials within given deadlines and in accordance with GMP and HACCP requirements.
• Provide training in routine activities and methods.
• Perform IRIS admin and housekeeping duties as directed.
• Will be expected to work across the different Ingredient Research teams, if the demand is required.
• Assist with the documentation of SOPs for simple equipment and tests and generation of Risk Assessments and COSHH.
• To understand and work to the requirements of GMP and HACCP.

Your Background:

• Educated to Degree / HNC level in a relevant scientific discipline.
• Good understanding of relevant process/product technology. Able to demonstrate experience of practical application of theory infood or engineering/scientific related discipline (preferred).
• Computer literate in standard MS office applications.
• Scientific understanding and ability to conduct practical trials inrelevant area under supervision.
• Experience of working with applying your scientificunderstanding to experiment planning (formulating hypotheses)and analysis of results (validation of results against hypothesis) (preferred).

Company:

Our client is a world leader in food, confectionery and beverages.

Location:

This role is based at our client's site in Reading.

Apply:

It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK. Please quote job reference 101346 in all correspondence.

Please note: 

This role may be subject to a satisfactory basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.