Food Technician

How you will make an impact

As Food Technician you will be the prime responsible for running pilot scale trial-production of a wide range of dairy/’plant based’ products. Your work will always happen in close collaboration with product developers/food designers. To be more specific, you will:

Perform pilot trials within a wide variety of product and technology areas Contribute to the preparation of the test proposal and help plan the trials Act as gatekeeper for projects in the pilot plant from A-Z Be responsible for the practical execution of the trials along with the rest of the team Showcase prototypes within Innovation community Report on observations and raw data Ensure good use of relevant process data Using available IT-systems Secure a safe, lean and efficient Plant

You will be part of an innovative and creative environment in which you will get the opportunity to handle many different development tasks and unit operations. The position entails a wide contact surface both internally in the department and at the operation sites.

What will make you successful

You are a trained Dairy Technician or Process Technologist, or you possess relevant work experience from the food industry. Furthermore, you have solid understanding of technical contexts and are used to handling equipment and processes. As your trials will determine, which products end up in the customers’ baskets, it is important that you act responsibly particular around food safety.

From time to time you will need to help roll-out recipes at production sites or collaborate with our global pilot plants and therefore it is important that you are flexible and open to work with many different people. You navigate smoothly in a project-oriented environment with many tasks and deadlines, and using your knowledge, commitment and creativity, you succeed in challenging your colleagues and contributing to the development of the department. You master both written and oral English.

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