Job vacancy R&D Lab Technician

On Behalf of our Client, Manpower is seeking to recruit an R&D Lab Technician. Reporting to the Category Product Technologist, the R&D Lab Technician supports product and knowledge development projects in various fields including flavouring, prototyping and sensory with the aim of launching successful consumer relevant products. The R&D Lab Technician also takes care of lab equipment, the lab organisation and carries out physical and chemical analysis as well as organizing the sensorial tasting sessions. The R&D Lab Technician also reports results and prepares documents for the R&D team.

Key Accountabilities

Test management

• Responsible for prototyping activities relative to early kitchen trials and flavoring solutions for product development projects, events organization, or innovation workshops, including preparation, executing, tastings.
• Diligently and accurately weighing ingredients and preparing lab trials to support recipe development as specified by the lab trial sheets in a timely and efficient manner.
• Proficiency in carrying out the required analyses according to standard procedures and work instructions such as total acidity, pH measurements, gel strengths analysis etc.
• Responsible for ensuring accurate and correct reporting of results whilst highlighting any deviations or abnormal results efficiently and effectively.
• Support activities relative to sensory including preparation, execution of specific tests or events.
• Preparing samples for other business units and support consumer/competition analysis

Lab and kitchen management

• Ensure proper functioning of formulation, creative and sensory kitchens, including material supply and maintenance, GLPs implementation and internal databases management.
• Responsible for maintaining the lab in a neat and organized manner by ensuring adequate labeling of samples/ingredients, material stock level maintenance, daily equipment checks.
• Responsible for up-keep of lab and safety equipment in good order and ensure availability.
• Aiding in preparation for tasting sessions
• Participate in routine sensorial trainings sessions whilst effectively be part of the R&D sensory panel.

Ideal Candidate Profile

Education / Experience

• Diploma in Food Technology/ Food Science/ Food Engineering, bachelors degree of advantage
• Minimum 1 year demonstrated work experience executing analytical testing within a food environment, product prototyping, ideally with flavors or other flavoring ingredients and in kitchen / cooking preparations, ideally with novel and trendy ingredients.
• Experience in sensory evaluation and in product innovation will be considered an asset.

Technical skills

• Have good sensorial attributes.
• Solid understanding of food science and guiding principles
• Analytical testing methodologies
• Lab / kitchen management skills

Competencies

• Attention to detail.
• Drive for Results
• Rule Oriented
• Teamwork
• Verbal and Written communication
• Planning and Organizing