Research & Development Specialist

4 days ago


La Mirada, United States Capitol Distribution Company Llc Full time

**Job title**:

- RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST_

**Location**:

- Valley View Facility. No Travel required._

**Terms**:

- Full-Time_

**Salary/rate**:

- $65,650 Annually_

**Requirements**:

- Regular Hours: 9:30am - 6pm. Ability to work rotational shifts based on company needs._

**About us**:
Superior Products, at the Best Price, Delivered on Time and with a Smile. Every Time.

If you want to understand what Capitol Food Company is about, believe us when we tell you that headline up there is not just some "sounds great" sales line. For us, it is real.

Around here, customers really do come first. And giving them the best products, prices, and lead time, delivered with kindness, is how we keep the lost art of customer service alive.

We may have gotten a bit bigger over the past century and a quarter, but our small-town service has stayed the same. The smooth operation of our clients, whether in the beverage, snack food, baking, or pet food industry, is our top priority.

From the simplest wheat flours to the most complex custom blends and mixes, all Capitol Food Company ingredients have two things in common - superior quality and exceptional value.

We source hundreds of ingredients painstakingly selected from all over the world, from manufacturers committed to uncommon quality and sustainability. And we're quite willing, able and happy to accommodate our customers' most precise specifications.

Our headquarters is in Cerritos, CA and just down the road in La Mirada is our plant. We have distribution centers in CA, OR, GA, SC, NC and IL.

**About the role**:
**Responsibilities**:

- _
Provide support to team members by monitoring, guiding, and resolving product quality and food safety issues throughout the entire operation process_
- _ Conduct in-process testing, to ensure that products are both safe and of uniformity. _
- _Function within cross-functional teams to problem solve or improve processes and procedures._
- _ Identify opportunities for improvements, develop appropriate recommendations, implement action plans, and follow up to assure effective results. _
- _Provides technical support to both internal sales team and external customers._
- _ Monitor the collection of retains and approved that QC lead or techs have completed this process. _
- _Demonstrated high degree of sound judgement, resourcefulness, and initiative in handling complex technical assignments. _
- _Available to perform ad hoc projects that may arise. _
- _Perform production checks periodically and communicate deviations to the appropriate parties._
- _ Coach and support QC team and operations on quality standard procedures. This includes following instructions, recording deviations from process, and providing training when needed._
- _ Test and evaluate ingredient and finished good expiration and when possible, advise on shelf-life extension._
- _ Update batch records and host preproduction scheduling meeting._
- _
B.S. in food science or related science from an accredited university_
- _ 1-3 years of food industry experience covering a combination of food manufacturing, research and development, food safety, and quality management systems _
- _1-2 years supervising others in a manufacturing facility_
- _ Able to walk, sit, stand in production area for extended periods_
- _ Strong at planning, organizing, and communicating. _
- _Knowledge of sensory evaluation, processing technology, analytical evaluation including (pH, Brix, Viscosity, Moisture, Salt concentration, and texture analysis)_
- _ Knowledge of Microsoft Office_
- _ Bilingual English/Spanish is a plus._
- _ Ability to taste test all products produced in our plant that may include certain food allergens_



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