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Job vacancy R&D Lab Technician
Announced
09 February, 2024
Job Type
Full time
Job Status
Employee
Job Title
R&D Lab Technician
Job Presentation
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
Reference number
QX74XX3R
Valid Till
9 May, 2024 (9 days left)
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