Food Color & Flavor Technical Services Engineer

Sensient Technologies Corporation; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Benefits package

Onboarding and training

Job summary

Sensient Technologies Corporation is seeking a Technical Services Engineer to provide expert color system support for food and beverage applications. You will collaborate with EHS, Quality, Engineering, and Operations to troubleshoot and optimize processes, and lead site trials to ensure successful implementation of finished products.

The role emphasizes development of new color technologies, formulation support, and driving product lifecycle improvements across Sensient’s North America

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Food Science, or related technical field.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably within the food ingredients or packaged food industries.
• Analytical, results-driven leader with a proactive mindset and strong desire for career growth and advancement.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, strong manufacturing acumen, and an entrepreneurial mindset.
• Ability to serve as a critical link between commercial and manufacturing teams, fostering cross-functional alignment and driving business unit growth.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical customer support to optimize color system performance in food and beverage applications.
• Partner with customer EHS, Quality, Engineering, and Operations teams to troubleshoot and resolve color and process challenges.
• Lead customer-site plant trials and production support, ensuring successful implementation and performance of finished products.
• Conduct laboratory and production trials to diagnose process issues and develop effective technical solutions.
• Support application projects through formulation development, ingredient recommendations, and optimization of customer products.
• Communicate and demonstrate new color technologies and application solutions to improve product performance and customer outcomes.
• Drive innovation by supporting new product and concept development, evaluating raw materials, and resolving technical customer complaints across Sensient’s food ingredient portfolio.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Results-driven

Interpersonal communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Entrepreneurial mindset

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Food Science, or related technical field

Job description

Sensient Technologies Corporation is seeking a Technical Services Engineer to provide expert color system support for food and beverage applications. You will collaborate with EHS, Quality, Engineering, and Operations to troubleshoot and optimize processes, and lead site trials to ensure successful implementation of finished products.

The role emphasizes development of new color technologies, formulation support, and driving product lifecycle improvements across Sensient’s North America