Job Description

Job No: 2928 | Advertised on: 2023-09-04 | CIC: Christina Tin | Reg. No: R1103418
Job Location(s): West (eg: Queenstown, Jurong, Clementi, Tuas)

JOB DESCRIPTION Our client is actively searching for a Senior Professional Officer, Food Technology, RaPID and SPICE to join their team!
If you are a dynamic individual seeking a new career opportunity, read further!

The Professional Officers Division (POD) houses two Innovation Centres - Rapid Product Innovation and Development (RaPID) Centre and the Innovation Centre of Excellence (SPICE) Centre. The RaPID Centre aims to guide businesses in their innovation and value creation activities through rapid product development and sample production while the SPICE Centre aims to support local Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in their technology-driven transformation, innovation and talent development initiatives. These Innovation Centres house a dedicated pool of Professional Officers who come with specialised and deep technical skills acquired through extensive industry experience. Professional Officers work with industry partners to co-create commercially viable solutions. They deliver on projects that help the industries and businesses to move up the innovation value chain. While working on these projects, Professional Officers will have the opportunity to be equipped with applied research skill sets that are relevant to industry demands. The success of these initiatives will bring about deeper collaboration with key industry stakeholders that will translate the industry engagement into more innovation projects with the University.
The responsibilities of this role are:

• Participate and manage the industry project with Principal Investigator (PI), Co-PI and team members to ensure all project deliverables are met
• Involve in customer engagements, includes gathering of systems requirements and formulate scope
• Involve in the full development life cycle, i.e., design, development, and testing
• Generate technical proposals, design documents, test documents

The ideal candidate will need to have the following qualities and experience:

• A good degree in Food Science and Technology, or a related field. Masters and PhD would be advantageous.
• Proven track record of technical expertise with minimum 7 years of R&D experience in food industry.
• Excellent knowledge and hands-on experience in food ingredients/ packaging/ processing, and their applications in food products.
• Excellent understanding in food chemistry/ microbiology/ texture/ sensory evaluation, with discerned laboratory skills for food analysis would be advantageous.
• Good knowledge / understanding in quality control and food safety management would be an added advantage.
• An innovative mindset in exploration, valuation, and application of new technologies in food product/ process/ packaging research and development.
• Experience in writing project grants will be an added advantage.
• Extensive experience and knowledge of industry practices to bring industry perspective to the University
• Keen interest in innovation projects, with demonstrated ability in developing solutions to technical problems.
• Strong supervisory skills and enjoy working closely with students in an educational environment.

An exciting career awaits the right candidate! Click "Quick Apply" to register your interest now.

All applicants\' CV will be treated with the strictest confidentiality. We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. SALARY S$7,000.00 - S$9,000.00 per Month

CTES Consulting