Baking Apprentice

4 weeks ago

Cardiff, United Kingdom Cardiff Metropolitan University Full time

The opportunity

This role provides the opportunity to be engaged in a WG funded project. The postholder will be based within ZERO2FIVE the Food Industry Centre, Cardiff School of Health Sciences, however will be required to travel within Wales and beyond when required during the project. The postholder will conduct applied activities in line with the bakery and confectionary function and work in conjunction with the agreed Technical, NPD and Process Development Protocols.

What you’ll do – key duties

Undertake baking development tasks in line with the needs of Industry defined project(s) as outlined within Technical, NPD and Process Development projects Learn all aspects of bakery products and processes whilst aiming for continuous personal work improvement product Learn development and process development applications Participate in and contribute to the research and enterprise programme developed to evaluate new products in the bakery sector To collect and collate research data from industry partners whilst working to strict safety, security, confidentiality and professional practice protocols. To develop and deploy basic research techniques

Why join Cardiff Metropolitan University?

In , the University was named The Sunday Times ‘Welsh University of the Year ’; in it became the Times Higher Education ‘UK and Ireland University of the Year ’; and in it was ranked the top university in the UK in the People and Planet Green League.

In addition, the University offers highly competitive terms and conditions including:

Annual leave of 25 days, rising to 30 days after 1 years’ service, plus 12 bank holiday / concessionary days (pro rata if part time). Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme with generous contributions. Flexible and remote working opportunities. Excellent family friendly policies. Award winning sports and fitness facilities with subsidised membership, plus subsidised physiotherapy/complementary therapy/sports massage. Access to all library facilities. Salary sacrifice schemes including cycle to work. Free family access to our independent specialist wellbeing support provider, Health Assured.

If you would like to talk with us about this opportunity please contact Lee Pugh, Head of Baking, email at

Should a high volume of applications be received, we may need to close this vacancy early. We therefore encourage you to apply as early as possible.

The University is committed to creating a highly inclusive culture. We offer family friendly and flexible working arrangements and a range of staff networks, forums and events to support and develop our people. We warmly welcome applications from those traditionally underrepresented in the higher education sector.

Further information

Visit our staff recruitment website for information about working for us, our culture, benefits, work-life balance and our career progression and development opportunities.

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