Our Client in Food Manufacturing is looking for an experienced Food Processing Technologist to join their Product Development Team.
Position: Food Processing Technologist Reports to: Product Development Manager.
Responsibilities: Will work with the Product Development Manager to plan and execute development trials.
The Food Processing Technologist requires a deep- rooted knowledge of food technology, ingredient functionalities, quality assurance, food science and manufacturing to succeed.
Communicating trial results and the implications to all levels of the business.
Capable of quickly developing and maintaining a robust understanding of business processes and interactions between multiple departments.
Working closely with the Product Developers they should be capable of coaching the team on recipe design and execution including the anticipated impact of scaling.
Comfortable with a wide variety of packaging and processing equipment.
often coordinating and collaborating with cross-functional teams In collaboration with Quality Assurance will be responsible for the collection of data outputs from plant trials and post launch production runs used for creation of final product specifications Daily Responsibilities: Attending and facilitating appropriate internal meetings, communicating the trial requirements Executing scheduled trials for new product development and existing formulation testing (process changes, recent ingredients, problem solving.) Entering the information gathered from the trials / tests in the appropriate data bases.
Transitioning current recipes into production, supporting operations, working with QA and PD to ensure smooth hand over.
Requirements: The ideal candidate will have a Bachelors degree in Food Science, or a relevant field.
Minimum of 3 years process development experience in food manufacturing, preferably with SQF certified companies.