Graduate Food Technologist

CK Group are recruiting for a Graduate Food Technologist to join a global leading food brand company at their site based in Sheffield, on a contract basis for 3 months.  
 

Salary:
£16.03-£20.84 per hour PAYE, depending on experience.
 

Graduate Food Technologist Role:

• You will work as part of a cross-functional team to lead and deliver the activities required to complete Process Design and Process Deployment for Innovation, Growth and Productivity projects across multiple geographies with an emphasis on delivering the desired consumer experience.
• You will play a key role in jellies production mapping and you would help to build the benchmark for the key ongoing initiatives. 
• You would be helping to create a linkage between R&D team and plant and improving information exchange between those two partners.
• Working closely with R&D teams leaders as part of the biggest jellies projects impacting our client's Sheffield Plant. 

Your Background:

• A degree in Food technology or related subject.
• Experience in R&D, and or fast-moving consumer goods environment is beneficial.
• Ability to apply fundamental technical understanding to interpret and analyse data and to reach clear conclusions.
• Communicating technical information effectively verbally and in writing.
• Good IT skills, experience with Microsoft packages.
• Enthusiastic, proactive and keen to learn.

Company:
Our client is a world leader in food, confectionery and beverages. They operate in over 70 companies worldwide and currently have almost 100,000 talented employees working for them. They have a strong foundation of iconic brands, which makes them a very established company within the field. The client’s aim is to have a positive impact on the customers and the planet, while still ensuring business success.
 

Location:
This role is based at our clients site in Sheffield. Due to the short term nature of the role, we are only considering candidates within Sheffield or reasonable commuting distance (no relocation).
 

Apply:
It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK. Please quote job reference 105850 in all correspondence.
 

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