Food Processing Technologist

Smart Staff Solutions; Toronto; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in food manufacturing is on the lookout for an experienced Food Processing Technologist to enhance their Product Development Team. This position entails executing development trials, coaching product developers, and ensuring quality specifications in collaboration with various departments. The ideal candidate should possess a Bachelor’s degree in Food Science and have at least 3 years of experience in process development within SQF certified environments.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years process development experience in food manufacturing, preferably with SQF certified companies.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute development trials with the Product Development Manager.
• Communicate trial results and implications to all levels of the business.
• Lead trials while coordinating with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Food technology

Ingredient functionalities

Quality assurance

Food science

Manufacturing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Food Science

Job description

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 strong 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.
• Execute procedures (CRF, Pre-trial / launch meetings, post-trial / launch meetings, trial / launch reports, etc.)
• Lead trials, 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, new ingredients, problem solving.)
• Entering the information gathered from the trials / tests in the appropriate data bases.
• Transitioning new recipes into production, supporting operations, working with QA and PD to ensure smooth hand over.

Requirements :

• The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, or a relevant field.
• Minimum of 3 years process development experience in food manufacturing, preferably with SQF certified companies.