AddressNestlé Product Technology Centre – Confectionery (NPTC)
Role: R&D Junior Technician - Chocolate
Location: York, North Yorkshire
Salary: £27,625 per annum plus excellent companywide benefits
This is a full-time permanent opportunity, but we are always open to discuss individual’s flexible working needs so please speak to use during the recruitment process to understand what this could look like for you.
Position Summary
Nestlé Product Technology Centre (NPTC) York is part of a global network of research centres, with our York site focusing on developing and delivering excellence in confectionery innovation and renovation worldwide for Nestlé. Our aim is to passionately lead the way in how chocolate confectionery and healthy snacks are developed, manufactured, and packaged. We truly believe we are a place where creativity meets practicality, but with the caveat that pragmatism doesn’t hinder our big ideas. If anything, it spurs us to really make fantastic initial concepts into exceptional industrialised ideas that stay in production for years to come.
We have excellent opportunities for a R&D Junior Technician to join our chocolate innovation team at our offices in York. This really is a fantastic role that supports the R&D function to develop and deliver world class innovations across our Confectionery factories worldwide.
A day in the life of a R&D Junior Technician
As a Research and Development Junior Technician you will support in the execution, administration and follow-up of operational tasks in R&D. Your work will support specialists, project managers and experts on trials/tests in relation to innovation and renovation of products/processes/systems following relevant tools and programs. You will have a service oriented approach to enable the prioritisation and delivery o key projects.
Responsibilities include:
Delivery of operational and administrative tasks that provide valuable support to our priority trials.- Prioritize and manage own workload effectively to ensure agility.
- Proactively support team members to efficiently execute key tasks and trials.
- Compliance with practices and procedures defined by Nestlé Good Manufacturing Practices, Nestlé Good Laboratory Practices, Nestlé Integrated Management System and local regulatory requirements.
- Follow up and share results and participation in evaluation of results
- Safety, Health and Environment embedded into daily tasks.
- Ensure material and recipe management in relevant systems and tools.
What will make you successful?
We are looking for you to be passionate individual with a proactive mindset and a desire to learn new skills. This is an excellent opportunity for an individual who is looking develop their professional experience within the exciting world of research and development.
Practical experience within R&D and/or a factory setting is desirable (professional experience / apprenticeship).- Highly service oriented with a can-do attitude.
- Basic knowledge of quality, safety and hygiene and environment requirements.
- Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills.
- A proven ability to effectively prioritise workloads.
- Confident IT skills including knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
What you need to know
What can we offer in return? We will provide support and coaching to help you develop yourself in your career and as an individual. By working in a global centre, you will build a huge network across the organisation, creating exceptional opportunities for a global career within a high performing, innovative and supportive culture. Great benefits you would expect from a business the size of Nestlé – in the shape of a competitive salary and benefits package, bonus scheme, flexible working scheme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays plus flex leave, pension scheme and a real focus on personal development and growth.
Job advert closing date Tuesday 19/03/2024
We will be considering candidates as they apply and we will occasionally close job advertisements early in the event we receive sufficient applicants, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.
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