R&D Assistant_FT

Reporting to the Research Scientist Product Development and working at the Hershey Malaysia Sdn Bhd, the Research Assistant position supports project work with plenty of guidance and direction. A successful candidate has knowledge of how to manufacture a wide portfolio of products and to run the associated lab and pilot plant equipment. This candidate has knowledge of how manufacture core products and to run the associated lab and pilot plant equipment and demonstrates basic cross-functional communication and communication focused to R&D Manager/Research Scientist Product Development 

Specific Role Focus Area: (what is this person doing?)  

• Support benchtop development 

• Support pilot plant testing 

• Equipment assembly and preparation 

• Support in-plant initiatives such as trials, sales sample production, and start-ups 

• Perform data entry, basic calculations, computer applications, and organoleptic evalulations 

• Partner with R&D Team on planning and execution 

This role will interact and partner with:  

• Scientists 

• Engineers 

• Pilot plant operations