Research And Development Specialist

3 weeks ago


UK, UK, United Kingdom White & Clayton Recruitment Full time

We can offer you:


  • 25 days (5 weeks) annual leave, pro-rated, increasing with service (in addition to bank holidays), plus 1 additional floating day
  • Management Bonus Scheme which is worth up to 12.5% of your salary
  • Profit share: We want everyone to share in the success of the business, so we distribute 10% of our profits to all our employees who have at least 6-month service, or more, each year
  • Private Medical Insurance which is free for you and subsidised for your dependants
  • Permanent Health Insurance which is a replacement income scheme
  • You will automatically join our pension scheme which is a fantastic way to save for your retirement and allows you to benefit from employer contributions and tax advantages
  • Defined contribution management pension scheme
  • Death in service benefit which provides a lump-sum payment equal to 4 times your
  • year’s salary
  • Colleague discount, up to 50% off our own-produced products
  • Share save schemes that let you buy discounted shares, by saving a set amount of money over a fixed time, to have an even bigger share of our profits
  • Career progression and learning and development
  • Employee Assistance Programme; A free, confidential helpline, offering advice and support with financial, relationship, work-related and wellbeing issues, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Including a mobile app providing a range of wellness content on physical, mental, social, and financial wellbeing
  • Perks and savings, such as digital gift card discounts, online cashback, in-store and online coupons and lifestyle offers
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Colleague Networks – internal groups where colleagues and their allies can share their own experiences, offer feedback on the way we do things and provide support to one another


About the role:


  • This is a full-time role, however flexibility in this will be considered
  • We know that having a work-life balance is important, so we offer our colleagues as
  • much flexibility as possible in line with the needs of their role
  • The base location for this role is Newcastle Upon Tyne


What you'll do:


  • Use your scientific knowledge to develop and carry out research programs incorporating current developments to improve existing products/ ingredients and study the potential of new products/ ingredients.
  • Reformulate existing products on our current manufacturing platforms to enhance performance and quality.
  • Develop process solutions which deliver against guidelines set by external bodies such as Public Health; reductions of nutritional components in products
  • Help develop and review business approach to the Ultra Processed Food (UPF) agenda.
  • Transfer innovative technologies into our process, development, and site teams.
  • To work on scientific enhancements of products with our suppliers and industry
  • experts
  • Build key relationships within our network
  • Liaise and build relationships with key suppliers, universities and other industry experts/research bodies and coordinate any streams of work
  • Report, analyse, create methodology and present all findings in a well-documented and scientific manner


About you:


You will fit right into this role if you:


  • Relevant food degree and a minimum of 3 years' experience in the food industry
  • R&D experience/ Scientific background
  • You are curious, experimental and have hands on product development and process experience


Desirable Criteria:


  • Practical bakery development experience
  • Great problem-solving skills
  • A great sense of creativity, innovation and BlueSky thinking
  • Can demonstrate excellent organisational skills with strong attention to detail
  • Have strong IT skills including Microsoft 365, Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams
  • Be self-motivated, have great organisational skills that allow you to operate independently.
  • Have an absolute fascination of food, ingredients, and technology.
  • Have excellent written & verbal communication skills and the ability to present ideas
  • and opportunities (including using known presentational tools)
  • Have the proven ability to work cross functionally and collaboratively
  • Can multi-task and work with multiple priorities at pace, delivering results within tight timescales
  • Enjoy being part of a hard-working team, sharing the same end goal, and celebrating results together
  • Are supportive of an inclusive culture – recognising and valuing that difference is good


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