Food Scientist - Product Innovation & Scale-Up

Basic American Foods; Blackfoot (ID); Presencial; USD 90.000 - 120.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Basic American Foods in Blackfoot, Idaho is seeking a Food Scientist to lead product development from concept through commercialization. You will design bench trials, support pilot plant scale-up, and work with RDQA, Marketing, and Operations to ensure successful project outcomes.

The ideal candidate has a food-science background, at least three years of related experience, and a willingness to travel up to 25% within southeast Idaho.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Food Science or related discipline.
• Minimum 3 years’ food science experience, preferably in manufacturing.
• Willingness to travel up to 25% between facilities in southeast Idaho.
• Ability to develop new products and optimize processes using scientific principles.
• Strong analytical, project management and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsabilidades

• Lead new product development from concept to commercialization with bench trials and scale-up.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to resolve product development hurdles.
• Plan shelf-life studies and communicate recommendations.
• Manage ingredient, formula, and finished good specifications.
• Identify new ingredients and technologies; apply Lean and data analysis for RCA.

Conocimientos

Food science

Project management

Lean principles

Data-driven analysis

Cross-functional communication

Educación

Bachelors in Food Science or related

Herramientas

Lab equipment knowledge

Lab testing tools

Descripción del empleo

Basic American Foods in Blackfoot, Idaho is seeking a Food Scientist to lead product development from concept through commercialization. You will design bench trials, support pilot plant scale-up, and work with RDQA, Marketing, and Operations to ensure successful project outcomes.

The ideal candidate has a food-science background, at least three years of related experience, and a willingness to travel up to 25% within southeast Idaho.