Danone Hiring for Formulations Development Technologist Job at Balclutha Full Time

As a Formulations Development Technologist, you will join the Manufacturing department at our spray-drying plant in Balclutha, reporting to the Production Manager. You will support the safe delivery of Infant Formula products via formulations development, in line with the manufacturing conditions of the Danone Balclutha factory operations. This is a technical, detail-oriented position with focus on decision-making through data analysis.

This is a permanent full-time position working Monday – Friday between 8.30am and 4pm, with weekly on-call responsibility.

You will:

• Deliver safe, high-quality, in-specification nutritional formulations for Danone Balclutha operations and adapt nutritional formulations to manage milk and ingredient variability
• Maintain the integrity of formulations templates and source data to ensure high quality formulations
• Support Manufacturing, Quality, technical teams to achieve best-practice delivery of nutritional formulations and specialty milk management
• Work in connection with the R&I team in Auckland to ensure recipe development follows base powder project specifications
• Provide technical training for operational teams & support staff

About you

You will have a tertiary qualification in Food Technology, Chemistry, Engineering or equivalent. You are self-motivated, thrive in a detail-focused environment and enjoy taking ownership of your work.

To be successful in this role, you will also have:

• Experience in a food manufacturing environment and good understanding of basic chemistry / food processing, exposure to dairy formulations is advantageous
• Intermediate to Advanced MS Excel skill
• Excellent attention to details with strong decision-making ability
• Good initiative and ability to work without supervision
• Strong communication skill and willingness to help others

About us

Do things your way. The way you work, the way you develop, the way you progress, it’s all up to you. Working here you’ll need to enjoy a fast-pace, complexity and it can get a little challenging. But it’s packed with opportunities. You’ll work with some of the best-known brands in the world, such as YoPro, Activia, Aptamil and Karicare, and we absolutely guarantee that you can just be yourself.

Always looking to bring the outside in to continuously improve our ways of working as well as our Danoner’s day to day experience, we have been awarded Winner of the 2020 Employer of Choice awards through the NZ HRD Awards.

Be innovative and entrepreneurial and the impact you could make might just amaze you. Join our movement for a healthier world. One Planet One Health BY YOU.

Located in the beautiful vista of Greenfield, just 20 minutes from Balclutha in the South Otago region, Danone Nutricia NZ spray drying plant employs state of art European technology to manufacture and package high quality nutritional powders. Our farm-fresh quality NZ milk is collected, delivered and processed daily ensuring only the best for our consumers. Our operation prides itself on delivering the finest food and ingredients to help stand by the consumers of our products.

Danone is an equal opportunities employer. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, or disability status. If you require any assistance during the recruitment process because of a disability, please enclose details within your application.

WE OFFER

• The ability to make a difference to our society through Specialised Nutrition
• Endless possibilities to develop and accelerate your career
• Free health & life insurance, annual bonus scheme, annual health check & flu vaccination, fresh fruit every day, Flexible working options, 4% Kiwisaver contribution and so much more!

Proving yourself in this role could lead to future opportunities within Danone both locally and abroad. We support our employees to take ownership of developing their career within Danone and encourage moves across (as well as within) our varying functions and businesses. We are passionate about developing and growing our team of leaders, and that could soon include you!

WHAT’S NEXT?

Opportunities like these don’t come around often and we will review applications as they are submitted, so if this sounds like you – get in quick!

Click Apply Now to submit your application before 28 February 2022 – we will review applications as soon as they are submitted. Please note that only candidates with the right to work in New Zealand will be considered for this role.

No Recruitment Agencies please.