Technologist- Packaging

Campdenbri; Chipping Campden; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a motivated individual to join their Packaging Team, where you will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality and safety of food packaging. This role involves technical delivery, client interaction, and the maintenance of analytical equipment. You will have the opportunity to work in a supportive environment that values work-life balance and offers a range of employee benefits. If you have a passion for food technology and packaging, and possess strong communication skills, this position could be the perfect fit for you.

Benefits

Employee discounts and rewards

25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays

Buy and sell holiday scheme

Generous work save pension scheme

Culture focus around work/life balance

Subsidised onsite restaurant

Qualifications

• Graduate or equivalent qualification in packaging or food science.
• Technical knowledge of food packaging across multiple sectors.

Responsibilities

• Technical delivery and management of time to meet deadlines.
• Interpretation of results and preparation of client reports.

Skills

Technical knowledge of food packaging

Good verbal and communication skills

Effective time management skills

Education

Graduate in packaging/food technology/science

Tools

Packaging analytical equipment

Job description

We offer commercial analytical lab chemistry testing for food and drink, including: nutritional and health, microscopy, biochemistry, allergens, chromatography, packaging, cereals and ingredients, and wines and spirits.

Packaging Team

Campden BRI supports food & drink manufacturers by rigorously testing their packaging to ensure product quality, safety, and maintenance. Not only must packaging retain its strength and integrity and have the correct physicochemical characteristics to protect and preserve products as they move through the supply chain, but it must also not adversely affect the product by interacting and causing taints or loss of quality.

Campden BRI has a range of packaging analysis and testing facilities and can conduct a broad range of packaging investigations including microscopic and chemical testing. We ask: is the packaging fit for purpose? Different types of packaging are used for different reasons.

Position

• Technical delivery as guided by your line manager or others within the team, ability to plan and manage your own time to meet deadlines.
• Interpretation of results and preparation of client reports under supervision to agreed standards.
• Providing support to practical delivery on training courses.
• Responding to direct technical enquiries with support from your line manager using information retrieved from relevant sources.
• Preparing simple project quotations for clients with support from the line manager.
• Maintenance of packaging analytical equipment, care of packaging pilot plant, and maintenance of records for business management system purposes.
• Assist with hygiene/good housekeeping activities.

Requirements

• A graduate or equivalent qualification in a packaging/food technology/science related discipline or equivalent experience in a similar environment.
• A technical knowledge of food packaging across multiple food sectors and multiple packaging formats is desirable (e.g. plastic, metal, paperboard, and glass). Knowledge on polymer science would be an advantage.
• Good verbal and communication skills since this is a client-facing role.
• Effective time management skills relating to effective delivery and business practices.

Benefits

• Reward platform with employee discounts and rewards.
• 25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays.
• Buy and sell holiday scheme.
• A generous work save pension scheme, with employee contributions matched by the company up to 10%.
• Culture focus around work/life balance (early finish Fridays).
• Subsidised onsite restaurant.

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