Research & Development Placements

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Deadline: 12th November 2018
Salary: £16,000 + £1,000 sign-on bonus
Length: Placement (10 Months+)
Roles: Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Manufacturing, Product Design
Location: South East
City: Banbury in Oxfordshire

Research & Development Placements

What is Research & Development?

Research & Development is a huge area of the business, with the largest placement student intake, spread across 3 sub-areas: Category, Science & Technology and Packaging.

In R&D you can directly contribute to the improvement of world-renowned coffee drunk by millions across the world daily.

Whichever role you are placed into, you will be using problem solving skills to overcome key challenges as JDE looks to optimise its products. This could be product efficiency, the way the coffee is brewed, the taste or the design of the packaging.

You will have a range of programs with a core individual project that you will lead on.

Previous interns have even been able to develop patents based on their work!

What could I be doing day to day?

1. Category:

  • You’ll complete end-to-end projects, conduct factory and consumer test trials and carry out sensory analysis and evaluation on brands such as Kenco, Douwe Egberts and Tassimo.

2. Science & Technology:

  • Mechanical engineers could be developing next generation beverage dispensing systems in partnership with Bosch, designing functional packaging and conducting fundamental research into products and processes. Previous students have developed delivery mechanics for ongoing Tassimo machine development.
  • In Ingredients Research you could be researching new ingredients, running experiments, developing novel measurements, recording and analysing data, scouting new technology and communicating results to the technical leadership team.
  • Within Food Science you’ll be supporting longer-term projects by furthering knowledge in a specific area, applying fundamental theory to produce technical breakthroughs, inventing the future of the coffee industry.
  • In the Analytical Chemistry Department, you’ll be responsible for both analytical work and method development. You may also be assigned a research-type project, investigating the fundamental chemistry behind some of JDE’s processes and products, such as studying lactose crystallisation in milk powder or assessing oxidation of flavour compounds over shelf life.
  • The Process Development roles consist of organising and running pilot scale trials, recording and analysing data, scouting new technology, working with the facilities team to install new equipment into the pilot plant and supporting the development of risk and commissioning assessments to ensure safe operation.

3. Packaging:

  • You’ll be working on the technical development of new packaging formats for local and international brands and discovering new materials/technology applications to optimise existing products. The team works closely with suppliers and manufacturing locations to ensure smooth transition from concept to finished product.

Who is best suited to this role?

  • For these roles we’re looking for applications from a broad range of STEM backgrounds, including but not limited to: Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Food Science, Physics, Natural Sciences, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Production/Product Design, Mechatronics and Technology.
  • We are looking bright and enthusiastic students who can work well in a team and are willing to get stuck in.
  • You must be an undergraduate looking for a 12-month Year in Industry placement from July 2019 to July 2020.

About Jacobs Douwe Edgberts

JDE is a €5 billion global business with around 15,000 associates based in 28 different countries, selling their brands in over 100 different countries around the world.

Formed in 2015, JDE retains a start-up feel containing some of the leading brands in the Coffee and Tea industry including – Kenco, L’OR, Tassimo and Douwe Egberts to name a few.

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