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R&D Laboratory Assistant

Employer
b3 jobs
Location
Hampshire
Salary
£18,000 - £19,000
Closing date
8 May 2021

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

Job Details

R&D Laboratory Assistant

Job ref: 62818 | £18,000 - £19,000 | Hampshire

The company

This is a fantastic opportunity to work for a traditional, family business which is extremely proud of their products. Supplied into high quality outlets and major UK retailers, the company has a clear vision to make and sell the best tasting and highest quality products!

The job

This is an excellent opportunity for a recent food graduate or a Junior NPD Assistant looking to progress their career in the food R&D sector by joining an expanding, branded food business that holds product innovation at the heart of what they do.

You will be working in a talented and forward-thinking Research & Development team where you will play an integral role in developing market leading products.

Specifically, the role will carry out trials for new product development, conduct tests for product assessment as well as ensuring developed products are of the highest quality.

Additional duties:

  • Conduct laboratory trials for new product development, existing product development, new ingredients and packaging.
  • Carry out physical chemical analysis such as viscosity, pH, Brix among others.
  • Maintain an inventory of ingredients and finished products.
  • Carry out sensory evaluation tests.
  • Ensure that lab equipment and working areas are maintained in a clean and tidy state and available for use all the time.
  • Assist with recipe development, administrative tasks and factory trials.
  • Generate reports for all trials and tests carried out.

Your experience

To be considered for the R&D Laboratory Assistant role, you will possess a degree/HND or equivalent in a food science, food nutrition or food technology related discipline or have previous food technical, NPD or similar experience from a university placement/post-grad role.

A background of working in a food laboratory is highly desirable.

You will have a good understanding of food safety and quality standards, have excellent organisation and problem-solving skills and a driving licence is also required due to site location.

More details

The R&D Laboratory Assistant job is based in Hampshire and is paying £18,000 - £19,000 according to previous experience.

How to apply

If this sounds like you and you want to be considered for the R&D Laboratory Assistant job, please click the Apply button.

What happens next?

On applying for this job, you consent to b3 jobs ltd holding your details on file to be able to contact you about your job search, for full details of our GDPR policy, please refer to the b3 jobs website. We aim to contact you within 24 hours on the assumption that your credentials fit the requirements for the role.

b3 jobs is a professional, friendly, and progressive food recruitment consultancy established in 2000 dedicated to the food manufacturing industry. We are a market leader for permanent jobs within food and drink manufacturing throughout the UK. All our consultants have considerable recruitment experience so you can be confident they have your best interests at heart when finding the perfect job for you.

Alternate job titles

Laboratory Assistant | Food Lab Assistant | Graduate Food Development Jobs | Research & Development Assistant | R&D Technologist | NPD Assistant | Junior NPD Technologist | New Product Development Technologist | Food Product Development Jobs | Hampshire

Company

Since 2000, b3 jobs has been helping to further 1000s of people’s careers within the food manufacturing industry, throughout the whole of the UK. As one of the leading specialist food manufacturing recruitment agencies, b3 jobs cover all disciplines both permanent and interim and from graduates to MD’s,

Our core values are always:

  • to find the very best job for you - not us!
  • to give you friendly, ethical, honest and expert recruitment services
  • to advise and not pressurise, so that you can make the right decisions for you

We genuinely strive to provide you with what you want – a job that not only offers the salary you’re after, but also the career progression and job satisfaction that makes going to work all the more worthwhile. Enough trumpet blowing though – visit our website to read just some of our happy previous candidate testimonials - we are more than happy to let our reputation precede us!

For a full up to date list of our jobs, visit www.b3jobs.co.uk

Food Industry Graduates

If you are graduating soon and looking for your first job in food manufacturing, have a look at our Graduate Resource Hub on the b3 jobs website.

https://www.b3jobs.co.uk/graduates

Here you will find everything you need to get started on searching for a new position, from CV and cover letter writing tips, sample food industry job descriptions, informative and entertaining blog posts, useful links and even live graduate vacancies you can apply for.

Company info
Website
Telephone
01435 866000
Location
Heffle Buildings
33a High Street
Heathfield
East Sussex
TN21 8HU
GB

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