Liquid technician

Job title: Liquid Technician

Location: Bishops Stortford

Contract: 9- 12-month FTC

Pay rate: Competitive

SRG are looking for a liquid technician to join a global beverage company based in Bishops Stortford. This role supports Scientists across a variety of Innovation projects, as well as personally managing 2-3 liquid development projects per year under supervision of a more senior specialist or line manager. The role will have a financial Impact for the Innovation pipeline. A significant part of the role will be in managing the day to day requests from senior liquid scientists.

The successful Individual will be motivated, self-confident, creative and show a deep desire to grow and learn. They will show energy & passion around creating new drinks and understanding consumers and the flair to sell their ideas and bring them to life. Leveraging commercial and consumer insights, the individual will act as a source of technical and creative expertise on their cross functional project teams.

Responsibilities:

• Actively initiates creative ways of working and fosters a climate where creative thinking flourishes
• Seeks to understand consumer insights and seeks out support/ advice from colleagues during development
• With guidance, creates great liquids on brief, within timeline standards for quality, cost and consumer testing hurdles – enjoys creative work on the bench top and brings creative culinary/mixology flair to development, constantly evolves as a liquid developer.
• Seeks out new ingredients/ methods for advanced outputs (even if they involve risk/ complexity); holds to highest standards in delivering industry-leading liquids
• The individual demonstrates deep accountability for the end-to-end project execution.

Requirements:

• Diploma or Bachelors degree in Chemistry, Engineering, Food Science, or related discipline required, or proven experience equivalent.
• Requires 1+ years of relevant project and/or research experience (food or beverage) including doctoral or post-doctoral research.
• Brewing, Spirits, Wine and/or Beverage Development experience preferred.

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