Taste Panel Assistant

Exciting Opportunity for a Taste Panel Assistant
The Technical Taste Panel Assistant role is to provide support and assistance to the Quality function within Technical. This will include housekeeping duties in the kitchen, general tasks to support quality investigations and product development and all other duties including any instructed by management.

**Key Responsibilities and Duties include**:
Manage daily taste panel, including conformance to specification checking
Responsible for the daily/annual chilled shelf-life review
Recording and reporting of results with active involvement in investigations of any out of specification and improvement plans
Collecting samples when required from the factory
Cook ups of products when required to the agreed method
Assist in post launch cook ups and shelf-life monitoring
Active involvement in trials of new products/changes to recipes

About The Role
HOURS OF WORK
Monday - Friday 6 hours per day, flexibility between the hours of 08:00-16:00
SALARY
£9.80 per hour
LOCATION
Albert Bartlett, 251 Stirling Rd, Riggend, Airdrie ML6 7SP.
Required Criteria
Right To Work In The UK
Attention to detail
Experience of working in a busy kitchen environment
Experience of working independently against a busy schedule

Desired Criteria
Basic Food Hygiene and HACCP awareness would be an advantage
Experience of working within a high and low risk food manufacturing environment
A proven background within food manufacturing

Skills Needed
Time Management, Flexibility and Adaptability, Attention to detail, Teamwork, Communication, Numeracy and Literacy
About The Company
Our story began in 1948, when Albert Bartlett started our family tradition of selling good-quality produce by setting up a beetroot-boiling operation in Coatbridge, Scotland.
Nine years later, Albert’s experience and expertise helped him grow the business, and along with his two sons, Jimmy and Alex, he found a new home for their flourishing company in Airdrie, Scotland.
On that very same site, we made history when we became the first factory in Britain to pre-pack carrots in a plastic bag.
Over the years, our expanding business has stayed true to Albert’s spirit of innovation and passion for quality, and we’ve built on our experience.
Today, we proudly supply potatoes from our network of farmers and growers across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Jersey.
Company Culture
Over 70 years since Albert started the business, we remain proudly independent and the fourth generation of the Bartlett family is now working in the company. Our headquarters are in Airdrie, only four miles or so from our founder’s original business.
We want Albert Bartlett to be a world famous household brand, renowned for quality and expertise in own label and branded potatoes and potato products.
We aim to be an innovative and improving company that exceeds our customers’ expectations while operating in an environmentally responsible and sustainable way.
We can only achieve this by investing in the best people and some of the latest job vacancies at Albert Bartlett are listed below.
Our minimum hourly rate is above the real living wage
Company Benefits
We value our team members, and encourage you to act on your ideas You bring skills and a customer-first mentality, and we'll bring the tools and environment you need to do the best work possible
Vacation, Paid time off, Retirement plan and/or pension, Employee development programs, Employee discounts, Free parking, Cycle to work, Referral bonus, Competitive salary, Life insurance, Long service recognition, Employee Assistance Scheme, Perks Card, Shopping Cashback, Work With Charities, Employee of the Month, Employee Recognition Scheme
Salary
£9.80 per hour