Night R&D Technician - Food Product Innovation

Johnsonville; Denmark (WI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off (PTO)

Job summary

Salm Partners seeks a hands-on R&D professional to support product development, testing, and commercialization of ready-to-eat meat products. You will assist with prototypes, trials, and scale-up, ensuring compliance with safety, GMP, and USDA-FSIS regulations.

You will document procedures, manage MAS 500 inputs, source materials, and contribute to process improvements while supporting Lean initiatives and SQF compliance.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years experience in a USDA-FSIS-regulated food manufacturing environment, preferably with ready-to-eat processed meats.
• Experience with USDA-FSIS label approval process is desirable.
• Understanding of meat processing and USDA-FSIS regulations for fully cooked meat & poultry sausage products is required.
• Experience with process improvement activities and documentation is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the development of new product prototypes and revised formulations.
• Create product samples from recipes and evaluate results.
• Monitor and oversee production testing; develop and document the process.
• Assist with production trials and new product start-ups.
• Develop finished product and processing specifications.
• Ensure formulations are entered into MAS 500 in a timely manner.
• Provide raw material source information and vendor documentation for MAS entry.
• Assist with identifying new vendors and sourcing materials.
• Develop procedures for processing operations and scale-up from testing to production.
• Establish audit processes to ensure customer requirements and product specs are met.
• Assist with label approvals submissions to USDA-FSIS.
• Maintain R&D test kitchen supplies and equipment.
• Support SQF compliance and Lean Manufacturing initiatives.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Outlook

MAS 500 (ERP)

Mathematical Skills

Root Cause Analysis

Tools

MAS 500

Job description

Salm Partners seeks a hands-on R&D professional to support product development, testing, and commercialization of ready-to-eat meat products. You will assist with prototypes, trials, and scale-up, ensuring compliance with safety, GMP, and USDA-FSIS regulations.

You will document procedures, manage MAS 500 inputs, source materials, and contribute to process improvements while supporting Lean initiatives and SQF compliance.