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Graduate NPD/ Technical Technologist

Employer
DR Newitt
Location
Northamptonshire
Salary
Up to £25K
Closing date
21 Mar 2019

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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Development, Graduate, Technical
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

Are you looking to build on previous industry experience or are you looking for a challenging role to kick start your Food Manufacturing career?

In either case my client offers a fantastic opportunity to join a well established team focusing on an exciting product range. 

ROLE 

Job Purpose 

Reporting into the Head of NPD you will be part of the team evaluating ingredients, with the aim of reducing complexity throughout the business.

Key Responsibilities

Be part of NPD / Technical projects involving continuous improvement.
Maintain a close working relationship with all departments of the company
Review ingredients to be in line with company policies and standards, regarding clean & nutritional declarations
Conduct kitchen recipes, to assess suitability and process control before trials 
Organisation daily of all sample deliveries and collection 
Ability to communicate clearly with other departments to obtain information, ingredients, samples, and feedback
Co-ordinate across departments, gathering of ingredients & recipe information, trials, sites & customer approvals
Review logistic, planning, and commercial impacts with relevant teams
Present to customers alongside Technical & Commercial teams

CANDIDATE 

You will ideally be educated to a degree level in a food science, food technology or nutrition discipline and any previous NPD / Technical experience from either an industry placement or full-time role would be a benefit. You will have good communication and computer skills coupled with a real passion for food innovation.

•    Base salary £20-25,000 p.a.
•    28 days holidays (including bank holidays) – one extra day of annual leave per year after 1 years’ completed service in 1 full holiday year up to a max of 33 days including bank holidays. (Holiday year runs 01 Jan to 31 Dec. and 3 days holiday need to be taken over Christmas shutdown.)
•    Company pension contribution 3%, rising to 4% in April 2019

If you are interested in this position then please forward a copy of your most up to date CV to andrew@drnewitt.com or contact Andrew Donaldson on 0131 226 5060.

Company

Job vacancies from DR Newitt DR Newitt provide recruitment services to the UK, Ireland, Middle East and Worldwide FMCG market, including manufacturing, engineering and technical jobs. Established as a recruitment agency in 2002, DR Newitt’s experience of working with customers in these core markets enables us to be a key partner in the job supply chain.DR Newitt delivers permanent, contract and interim recruitment services via specialist divisions for:

  • Executive Management Jobs
  • FMCG Jobs
  • Food Jobs
  • Engineering Jobs
  • Manufacturing Jobs
  • Jobs in Pharmaceutical & Healthcare
  • Scottish Jobs

For your perfect job, call or email us

Edinburgh Office 0131 226 5060 

Manchester Office 0161 833 0181

Email us your CV to register@drnewitt.com

 

Company info
Website
Telephone
0131 226 5060
Location
38 Melville Street
Edinburgh
EH3 7HA
United Kingdom

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