Food Scientist

Excellent Benefits | 1st shift | Opportunity for Growth

As a member of the R&D group, you will collaborate with the sales and production departments to develop innovative solutions for our customers. You will create products from scratch in a test kitchen environment, identify scale-up opportunities, and support production trial runs. This role involves managing multiple projects related to new product development and ensuring effective communication with management and leadership.

Responsibilities:

• Develop new products in a test kitchen environment.
• Identify and support scale-up opportunities and production trial runs.
• Manage multiple projects focused on new product development.
• Support customer needs and specifications based on their requests.
• Communicate effectively throughout projects to keep management and leadership informed.
• Coordinate with external vendors for ingredients and other material needs.
• Collect and enter formulations and yield information.
• Maintain information on ingredient specifications, formulas, processes, and analytical data such as quality attributes, yield information, and sensory results.
• Report on sample status to team members and discuss business implications.
• Identify plant and process improvement initiatives.
• Support cost-out initiatives on existing products and processes, following through with plant trials.
• Organize internal product cuttings with customers or the manufacturing team.

Work will be done in a small kitchen with other food scientists working on projects. Team works together but also independently for client projects. This person will be spending time within both test kitchen and production/manufacturing environments.

• Must have an Associate or Bachelors degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Microbiology, or Culinary
• Previous culinary experience is preferred

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

At Actalent, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I are embedded into our culture through:

• Hiring diverse talent
• Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection
• Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes
• Ensuring growth opportunities for our people

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com for other accommodation options.