Graduate Process Technologist - Food in Oldham
Posted by The Foodie Recruiter Ltd
£27,800 a year
Oldham · Permanent
Are you ready to launch your career in the food industry with one of the most dynamic food manufacturing businesses around, and, into a role that offers genuine scope to learn, develop and progress your career.
If you love to learn, enjoy solving problems and want to see products come to life in a state-of-the-art manufacturing environment, we’d love to hear from you.
The Company
This opportunity exists within one of the most advanced food manufacturing facilities in Europe, and, having ambitious expansion plans, we are now looking for a Process Technologist to join its Process Team; in a fast-paced, highly collaborative and culturally diverse operating environment.
About the role of Process Technologist
- Taking products from kitchen handover stage through to product launch, ensuring a smooth transition from trial and testing stages.
- Facilitation of the site cross functional team, ensuring trial production runs take place and outcomes are communicated to relevant people whilst identifying any critical issues, making recommendations for improvements and measuring yields to make sure everything complies with quality, safety and customer expectations.
- Supporting the wider team with buying and trialling new processing equipment for product launches or within improvements for current processes
About You
- Food Science/Food-related Degree (or equivalent) would be highly desirable
- Some experience of working in a food factory or operational manufacturing would be beneficial
- Strong work ethic
- Open to learning and personal development – there’s a lot to learn!
- Positive, pro-active attitude, enthusiastic and highly motivated
- Can work at pace, tenacious and driven
- Agile and flexible approach
- Organised and can manage multiple projects at any time
- Good problem-solver
- Strong data collation and analysis skills
- A great sense of fun, a team player with the ability to work autonomously
- A passion for food and creativity
And finally …
Process is the heart of any food factory, and so this opportunity provides an excellent platform to build your career in the food manufacturing arena;
- Brand new, high-tech work environment, newly built, modern, state of the art automated machinery and clean facilities
- Rapidly growing, subsidiary of a very successful food business
- Clear paths for career progression in Operations, Production, Technical, NPD
- Excellent staff perks and discounts
- Strong sustainability values; an environmentally conscious food business
- Starting salary £27,800 + benefits
- Working hours typically: Monday – Friday, 8am – 4pm
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