Food Development Placement Programme

If you share our passion for great food, this placement offers you opportunities, development, and guidance to help you learn and grow. You will gain skills in areas such as food safety, microbiology, internal auditing, raw materials, technical systems and factory hygiene. This entry level placement is ideal for those studying a food-related or food science degree, aiming to enter this field upon graduation. You will be based at one of our manufacturing sites engaging in a broad range of activities and projects. The placement structure includes working within different functions within the technical department, these may include: - Technical Factory QA: Collaborate with our manufacturing operations to ensure high quality and food safety as part of the Quality Assurance team. You'll engage in technical tasks such as GMP audits, taste panels, and micro-sampling while working within the factory environment. - Technical Systems: Working with our technical systems team to help develop robust technical systems that comply with food safety, legal and customer requirements. This could include tasks around HACCP, code of practice reviews, quality management systems and KPI’s. - Raw Materials and Specifications: Working in the raw material or specifications team to monitor and evaluate raw material safety through risk assessments and generate product specifications, including artwork and legal compliance checks. - Process: working within our process teams to ensure the smooth transition of products from concept to launch. You will engage in factory trials, organoleptic sampling, shelf-life reviews, verifying data and product quality attribute generation. **Food technology placement roles will require you to spend a high proportion of your day within a factory environment What you’ll get in return - You will work with an experienced line manager, early careers manager and technical champion who will conduct regular performance reviews and support you through a skills checklist to ensure your development. - Assuming everything progresses as planned, Greencore will assist you in identifying the right career opportunities upon completing your degree. This could include direct entry roles or positions within our Graduate programmes. - From day one, you will take responsibility for your work area and personal development, with comprehensive on-the-job training and development opportunities to further your career - Undergraduate currently studying a food science (Food related) or science-based degree (Must be mid degree, not mid masters) - Experience working as part of a team - Existing right to work in the UK (we are unable to sponsor visas for this placement) - A clear motivation to learn more about the food industry - A desire to learn how food manufacturing works and to get into detail of:  What makes food safe How factories consistently produce great quality food time after time  - An ability to demonstrate good attention to detail  - A full UK driver’s licence and own transport is preferred, as our locations and suppliers are not always readily accessible by public transport  - A curiosity to explore, learn, and show initiative - At Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work. Together we make every day taste better. All placements are subject to successful right to work checks, and eligibility to work in the UK. If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success. You may not have heard of us, but we’re sure you’ve tried our products. Greencore is a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. We employ c.11,800 colleagues across 16 manufacturing sites, and we supply all the UK’s food retailers with everything from sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals. In fact we reckon you’ll have consumed at least one of our products in the last four weeks.