Job Title: Scientist II Location: Reading Scientific Services Ltd, 2-3 Millars Business Centre Fishponds Close, Wokingham, RG41 2TZ Rate: £28.31ph Umbrella (Inside IR35) Start Date: 2nd October 2025 (TBC) End Date: 5th April 2026 Hours: 36 hours per week / Thursday to Monday / 9am – 5pm (Including Bank Holidays and working over the Festive Period) Job Description: The candidate will join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It With Pride. Working as part of a cross functional team, you deliver the RDQ activities required to complete new product development, portfolio maintenance and/or productivity projects with an emphasis on meeting the desired consumer experience. What you will bring: A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge: * Food science, science, or engineering ideally in a fast-moving consumer goods market. * Working on teams and independently with the guidance of a manager. * Prioritizing and managing activities. * Identifying problems proactively and creating and implementing solutions independently. * Applying fundamental technical understanding to interpret and analyze data to reach clear conclusions. * Communicating effectively verbally and in writing, including technical writing. * Putting the consumer at the heart of development activities. Responsibilities: * Working as part of a cross functional team, you deliver the RDQ activities required to complete project and/or productivity projects with an emphasis on meeting the desired consumer experience. How you will contribute: * With the support and guidance of a manager, you will organize and execute projects in line with client requirements, effectively communicating status and risks. * You will plan and conduct projects in accordance with good manufacturing practice and GMP requirements and validation activities. * You will also write technical reports that will require the analysis and interpretation of results and that lead to conclusions and recommendations and create and maintain accurate consumer-led specifications. Comments/Special Instructions: * Extensive experience of GMP Microbiology background - recent experience being within the lab testing. * Data reviewing & Validation experience preferred. * Must be able to work Bank Holidays and throughout Christmas Period. Experience: * Strong experience in a GMP Pharmaceutical Microbiology Environment with testing and data review responsibilities is highly required for this role. * Will have Line Management / People Management experience – do 1:1’s, etc. * Must have a technical mind in Microbiology. * Must have been a Line Manager of at least 1-2 people. * This position is a Junior Team Leader Position, not a Manager/Senior Manager. Additional Information: This role is INSIDE IR35 Do not miss out on your chance of interview – APPLY NOW! Our Clients are unable to provide sponsorship for Tier 2 General Visas; therefore, only candidates eligible to work in the UK need apply! Caresoft Global Limited operates as an Employment Business and Employment Agency. We are an independent highly-experienced recruitment consultancy dedicated to specialist markets within the Automotive, Aerospace, Agricultural & Construction Industries. No terminology within this advert is intended to unlawfully discriminate on the grounds of age, sex, race or disability and we welcome all applications