Science & Technology Opportunity: Food Scientist

Food Scientist Current Vacancies

2007-06-17:

Food scientists and food technologists work in the food and drink industry developing and ensuring the safety of a wide range of products for consumers.
Food scientists are involved in the application of biology, chemistry, physics, biochemistry, microbiology, genetics,
biotechnology, radiation science, enzymes and nutrition, to keep food fresh, safe and attractive. producing food more quickly and cheaply.
Much of the work involves quality assurance and food safety.
Food technologists plan the manufacture of food and drink products.
The work involves conducting experiments and producing sample products, and designing the processes and machinery for making products in large quantities.
consumer research, and financial management.
Food scientists and technologists usually work 35 to 40 hours a week. cover production times.
Food scientists tend to work in laboratories, research departments, or in quality inspection and control on production lines. Food technologists spend much of their time in factories monitoring production processes and machinery operations.
worn as work could involve using food materials of varying quality.
Food scientists and technologists work for food manufacturers, retailers and supermarket chains, government research
establishments, universities, local authorities and independent organisations which undertake research or develop new products.
Opportunities are available in quality control and product development for supermarket chains. warehouses, distribution centres and suppliers factories. Graduate food scientists and technologists can earn 18,000 to 24,000 a year (Permalink)

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2008-01-22: The operations management development scheme will build on your core engineering or scientific skills learnt at university. The benefits of a career with British Sugar are an appealing mix of the professional and the financial: Opportunity for cross-functional moves 21 days? holiday in first year rising to 26 in subsequent years plus 8 statutory days? holiday Agriculture. The Agriculture development scheme will build on the core agricultural, business or scientific skills you have gained at University. The benefits of a career with British Sugar are an appealing mix of the professional and the financial: Opportunity for cross-functional moves Formal and informal mentoring scheme - The emphasis is on your development through delivering business benefits. You will start by taking a development support role in our Applications Support team. Formal and informal mentoring scheme Formal and informal mentoring scheme. Location: 3 x placement opportunities at Central Office, Peterborough + further placement opportunities at other sites across the country Salary: 15,000. This position involves providing scientific support across the range of our business activities. Stage 4, From Engineers to Agriculturalists, our business relies on a wide range of professionals with some wizard skills. We have an extensive range of standard sugars and sweetener blends, as well as more specialised products. Naturally sugar is our core product, but the sugar-making process has spawned a whole series of associated products which are testimony to our ingenuity and efficiency. British Sugar is a key player in a wide range of market sectors. pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products plant and high street bakers Processing more than 7 million tonnes of sugar beet also results in a range of additional products for other markets: agriculture Product quality and food service quality - all British Sugar sites have achieved the ISO 9001:2000 quality standard and the highest level of certification to the British Retail Consortium Global Standard for Food Supply chain improvements rapid response times, Our People Peterborough. Interested persons should apply to bs grads at http://www.bsgrads.co.uk/ (Permalink)