A position has become available for a Junior Product Application Technologist, in the meat industry, in Cape Town.

Requirements:

1. Bachelors/ Master’s in Food Technology, Food Engineering, Chemistry, Food Science
2. Minimum of 3 years' experience
3. Valid drivers license & own vehicle
4. Willing to travel to customers in the Western Cape area
5. Meat product development & application knowledge
6. Experience with processing technology
7. Meat industry exposure / experience
8. Processing equipment knowledge
9. High sensitivity to sensory attributes
10. Project management exposure
11. Presentation skills

Responsibilities:

• TIC Product Development Projects
• Develop plan of action based on request form received from NPD
• Liaise with Sales Representatives and NPD regarding relevant requirement potentially omitted by clients
• Create rough outline of recipe
• Check all required parts and ingredients necessary are in stock
• Liaise with Product Applications Manager for ingredient orders
• Assemble machine(s) to be used in testing
• Making product mix, running product mix on relevant equipment
• Liaise with NPD / Product Applications Manager, the trial outcome
• Report concerns to Product Applications Manager
• Complete detailed product report on trials
• Maintain database
• Evaluate meat ingredients (particle size, binding, water)
• Customer Support & Machine Installations (Alginate)
• TIC equipment installations
• Product trials for customers

PLEASE NOTE:  Thank you for your interest in this position, we will review and be in touch if you are suitable.
 
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