Food Sciences Technician

Career Choices Dewis Gyrfa Ltd; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading educational institution in Cardiff is seeking a Food Sciences Technician to support Food Science students in practical classes and manage health and safety. The position is term-time with excellent benefits, including pension scheme and family-friendly policies. Ideal candidates will have practical experience in food science and strong communication skills.

Benefits

Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme

Excellent family friendly policies

Opportunities for skills development

Subsidised sports and fitness facilities

Free access to wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Experience working in food science is essential.
• Understanding of health and safety in food environments is crucial.
• Ability to connect with students and staff effectively.

Responsibilities

• Collate student practical requirements for classes.
• Prepare practical classes and manage food areas.
• Assist with health and safety documentation.
• Support other technical staff as needed.

Skills

Practical experience in food science

Knowledge of food industry health and safety

Good computer skills

Communication and interpersonal skills

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a term-time (26 weeks of the year) Food Sciences Technician to join a small team working in the university’s Food Industry Centre. You’ll support Food Science students in a range of specialist teaching areas including high and low care food processing, confectionary, bakery and sensory analysis.

Responsibilities

• collating student practical requirements
• preparing practical classes including ordering food and consumables, setting up and clearing food areas and ensuring that equipment functions correctly and carrying out routine maintenance
• assisting in the collation of various health and safety documents
• supporting other technical staff to ensure the smooth running of all specialist teaching areas

As a term-time position a proportion of your salary will be regarded as holiday pay to which you will be entitled together with statutory, extra statutory and concessionary holidays.

What you’ll bring

• With practical experience of working in food science and a knowledge of food industry health and safety requirements, you’ll provide excellent technical support for our Food Science and Technology, Food and Nutrition and Dietetics and Nutrition students.
• Good computer skills combined with your ability to plan and prioritise will enable you to manage your workload.
• It’s not just about work, it’s about people too. Your working knowledge of health and safety will help keep people safe and your good communication and interpersonal skills will help to connect you with students and our academic teams.
• Additionally, by liaising with senior staff you’ll be able to:
• introduce and support students and visitors that are new to the area
• assist staff on training and development needs and
• ensure that work is carried out effectively in accordance with our existing procedures

Why join Cardiff Metropolitan University?

We are a values-based University. We are proud of our culture, and we are there for our people. Our community spirit is the golden thread that underpins our values and behaviours. We support and embrace inclusion that enables everyone to feel respected and able to perform at their best. By joining our University, you\'ll find yourself in a unique environment where a wealth of knowledge and resources are readily available, supporting you with your career development.

We offer excellent benefits such as:

• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme with generous monthly contributions.
• Excellent family friendly policies – take a look on our Policy Hub page.
• Opportunities to learn and develop your skills with access to library and digital services facilities.
• Excellent sports and fitness facilities with subsidised membership.
• Free family access to our independent specialist wellbeing support provider, Health Assured.

Contact us

For more information about the role please contact Leighton Jenkins on email address [e-mail], or feel free to contact Aleks Janusiewicz, the Recruitment Advisor supporting this vacancy on email address [e-mail].

All applications must be submitted online.

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