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CK Group are recruiting for a Senior Technician (Food Material Sciences) to join a global leading food brand company at their site based in Reading on a contract basis for 5 months.

Salary:

£16.03 - £20.84 per hour PAYE

Senior Technician role:

Provide high quality stakeholder engagement at all times by ensuring effective organisation of assigned workload, integrity of samples/prototypes and data generated and timely/accurate provision of results.
Perform a range of sample preparation and operate pilot plant equipment under supervision of a senior member of staff.
Operate basic lab equipment as directed.
Run trials within given deadlines and in accordance with GMP and HACCP requirements.
Provide training in routine activities and methods.
Perform IRIS admin and housekeeping duties as directed.
Will be expected to work across the different Ingredient Research teams, if the demand is required.
Assist with the documentation of SOPs for simple equipment and tests and generation of Risk Assessments and COSHH.
To understand and work to the requirements of GMP and HACCP. 

Your Background:

Educated to Degree / HNC level in a relevant scientific discipline.
Good understanding of relevant process/product technology. Able to demonstrate experience of practical application of theory infood or engineering/scientific related discipline (preferred).
Computer literate in standard MS office applications.
Scientific understanding and ability to conduct practical trials inrelevant area under supervision.
Experience of working with applying your scientificunderstanding to experiment planning (formulating hypotheses)and analysis of results (validation of results against hypothesis) (preferred). 

Company:

Our client is a world leader in food, confectionery and beverages.

Location:

This role is based at our client's site in Reading.

Apply:

It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK. Please quote job reference (phone number removed) in all correspondence.

Please note: 

This role may be subject to a satisfactory basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check