Fleischmeister

Hela Spice; Uxbridge; Sur place; CAD 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Dental care

Extended health care

Vision care

Life insurance

RRSP matching

Paid time off

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

On-site parking

Career development opportunities

Résumé du poste

Hela Spice Canada Inc. seeks a highly experienced meat technologist to act as a technical ambassador for the company. The role focuses on developing meat products, optimizing formulations, and presenting solutions to customers and industry partners in North America.

Ideal candidates will combine hands-on lab skills with strong commercial awareness, travel willingness across Canada and the US, and the ability to teach and explain complex concepts to diverse audiences.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on meat processing expertise required.
• Experience in developing meat products and applications.
• Ability to explain technical topics to customers and partners.

Responsabilités

• Serve as a technical ambassador for Hela Canada with customers and industry partners.
• Lead product development projects for Canada and the US markets.
• Convey practical know-how through demonstrations and trainings.
• Collaborate with R&D and sales teams to tailor solutions for customers.

Connaissances

Meat processing

Product development

Customer-facing

Technical troubleshooting

Lab scale-up

Creative thinking

Formation

Meat technology education

Outils

Meat lab equipment

Description du poste

Hela Spice Canada Inc. is a leading manufacturer of custom spice blends and seasoning solutions for the food industry. We are committed to delivering high-quality products while maintaining a safe, collaborative, and continuously improving workplace.

The ideal candidate is a qualified Fleischmeister, Meat Technologist, or highly experienced meat industry professional with strong practical expertise and the personality to become a visible technical ambassador for Hela Canada.

This person should not only know how to produce meat products, but also how to explain, improve, present, and market this expertise to customers and industry partners.

Professional Background

The candidate should ideally come from one of the following backgrounds:

• German or European meat industry
• Craft butchery with strong technical competence
• Industrial meat processing
• Sausage and processed meat production
• Meat product development
• Seasoning, functional blend, or application technology
• Meat technology education or training
• Technical sales support in the meat or food ingredients industry

A German
Fleischmeister qualification would be highly attractive, but the position should remain open to strong candidates with comparable meat technology or product development expertise.

Technical Skills

The candidate should have solid knowledge in several of the following areas:

• Sausage production
• Cooked meat products
• Cured meat products
• Fresh and value-added meat applications
• Marinades, seasonings, spice blends, and functional ingredients
• Meat processing technology
• Product texture, colour, flavour, binding, yield, and shelf-life
• Practical troubleshooting in production environments
• Small-scale lab trials and scale-up to industrial production
• Product adaptation for customer-specific requirements

Personal Profile

The best candidate should be:

• Hands-on and practical
• Creative and imaginative
• Technically strong but commercially aware
• Confident in front of customers
• Able to teach, train, and explain
• Open-minded and internationally oriented
• Interested in North American food culture and meat products
• Comfortable working in a role that is partly technical, partly customer-facing, and partly representative
• Able to work independently while integrating into an existing R&D and sales team

Communication & Customer Orientation

This person should be able to build trust with customers by demonstrating real practical know-how. The role requires someone who can speak credibly with production managers, butchers, R&D teams, QA staff, sales teams, and business leaders.

The ideal candidate can explain technical topics in a clear, practical, and convincing way and enjoys helping customers solve real production challenges.

Strategic Value for Hela Canada

The candidate should help Hela Canada:

• Re-establish strong meat industry credentials.
• Differentiate from competitors through visible expertise.
• Strengthen customer trust.
• Support sales with practical meat application knowledge.
• Develop innovative meat concepts for Canada and the US.
• Become more recognized in the meat industry through courses, trade shows, and innovation sessions.

Must-Have Requirements

• Strong meat processing expertise.
• Practical product development experience.
• Ability to work hands-on in a meat lab.
  
• Willingness to travel in Canada and the US.
• Ability to support customers directly.
  

What we Offer

• Competitive wages
  
• Dental care
• Extended health care
• Vision care
• Life insurance
• RRSP matching
• Paid time off
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• On-site parking
• Company events
• Training and career-development opportunities
• Career advancement opportunities
  
• A supportive, collaborative work environment