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Recruitment Specialist at Quorum Search Partners
Reports to: Technology Manager/Head of Science & Innovation
Hours of Work: Monday – Friday 8am – 5pm
Contract Type: Permanent, Full-time, 39 hours per week
Purpose of the Role:
The Science & Innovation (S&I) Technologist will be responsible for delivering the experimental design and industrial trial phases of projects and other team support activities contributing to the continued growth of the business in its chosen innovation platforms and related markets. This is an opportunity for growth with exposure to state-of-the-art food research and manufacturing environment and diverse protein product development and applications.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
* Designs and executes experimentation/trials in addition to designing new or improved methodologies and procedures to conduct validations and experimental testing.
* Works closely with Project Managers and advises on trial design, timelines, potential hurdles, and trials improvement to achieve technical advances at every trial.
* Generates and interprets data. Maintains SharePoint databases. Documents results in OneNote S&I trial reporting system.
* Effectively presents data/results to S&I team to drive decisions on projects during the experimental and prototype testing phase.
* Evaluates new ingredients, materials, products, or processes contributing to S&I capability building.
* Develops expertise on process and analytical methodologies. Prepares and updates specifications and SOPs on new or updated S&I capabilities.
* Contributes to knowledge building and other innovation activities by capturing key learnings and feedback to share within internal communications to improve our innovation process.
* Works closely with other S&I Technologists to coordinate trial planning and within team transfer of knowledge.
* Advises and guides other team members and other departments on scientific/technical matters, as necessary.
* Process performance measures.
* Updated trial reports and communication platforms on a daily basis.
* Number of projects pushed to the next stage.
* Technical advances achieved during trials.
* Quality of communication, reports and documentation stored on SharePoint and OneNote.
* Weekly update on key technical advances and overview on trial activities.
* Trial reports completed and reviewed with Project Managers.
Knowledge and Experience to be demonstrated while in role:
* Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as percent, ppm and basic algebraic equations.
* Ability to apply principles of logical/scientific thinking to a wide range of problems.
* Ability to operate a variety of standard laboratory and pilot equipment and instrumentation (such as food production equipment, pH meters, balances, etc.).
* Excellent record keeping and organisational skills with attention to detail.
* Project management skills with ability to prioritize multiple activities simultaneously.
* Troubleshooting skills are key to this role.
* Ability to distinguish colours.
* Ability to taste and distinguish flavours.
* Understanding of GMP and Food Safety concepts.
* Basic ability to analyse and interpret data.
* Good verbal and written communication skills.
* Ability to build constructive relationships with internal clients and outside suppliers.
* Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs.
* Willing to travel as required.
* Regularly required to lift and/or move materials or equipment up to 10kg and occasionally required to lift up to 20kg.
Qualifications & Experience:
* Degree in Food Science, Nutrition, Chemistry, or related field.
* General understanding of food applications and processing.
* Ability to read, collect data, analyse, and interpret technical information.
Interested? We’d love to hear from you. Please click “apply now” to submit your CV to Joanne Bourke for immediate review or call 01 8788240 for more information!
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Seniority level
* Seniority level
Associate
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Science
* Industries
Food and Beverage Services and Food and Beverage Manufacturing
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