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Supporting food manufacturers and retailers with product innovation including: rheology, new product development, value optimisation, instructional development, pilot plant, quality and food safety manufacturing, thermal processing, new technologies, and regulatory affairs. You will lead and develop projects with key food manufacturing focused clients, both internal and external. Through client contact & extensive research develop an understanding of individual clients needs to provide tailored and robust research to provide scientific solutions to demanding challenges. Generation of project proposals, management of projects and delivering the required outputs. The role will require contact with a broad range of clients (including industry, government and academia), from practical through to senior managerial. You will provide authoritative advice, deploy experience, knowledge and detailed understanding of fundamental food science to design and execute problem solving and research projects for clients. This role will involve a significant amount of analysis on behalf of clients, across a wide range of techniques.
Job Responsibility:
Manage and undertake work on behalf of clients
Write reports for contract and research projects
Provide advice to clients
Identify new business opportunities
Contribute to idea generation for food and beverage science and research
Generate proposals for client work
Participate in conducting training both scheduled and tailor made
Requirements:
Extensive experience in an R&D, or similar, role for a food or ingredients manufacturer
A degree in food science/ technology or similar.
A PhD in food science/chemical engineering/similar with a focus on development of analytical methods, experimental design, execution, statistical analysis, scientific writing, project management, and presenting at conferences.
Significant knowledge of food science and technology and analysis of physical properties such as rheology, texture, structure and thermal properties is essential
Extensive knowledge of, and experience with, functionality of emulsifiers, proteins, starches and hydrocolloids
Experience in using instrumental techniques to investigate raw materials or product properties.
Experience in data analysis from the above and familiarity with statistical analysis techniques required.
Project management skills.
What we offer:
Reward platform with employee discounts and rewards
25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays
Buy and sell holiday scheme
A generous work save pension scheme, with employee contributions matched by the company up to 10%
Culture focus around work/life balance (early finish Fridays)