R&D Food Technologist – Pasta & Product Innovation

Riviana Foods; Saint Charles (MO); Presencial; USD 65 000 - 78 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Bertagni USA is seeking an R&D Food Technologist for its new St. Charles operation. You’ll be hands-on with product and process development, and you’ll participate in pilot-line trials, customer collaborations, and eventual scale-up to full-scale manufacturing.

The role emphasizes transferring Bertagni’s Italian product knowledge and quality standards to the U.S. facility, focusing on pilot development, trials, and commercialization while ensuring food safety and documentation guidelines are

Qualificações

• Associate or bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Culinary Science, Chemistry, Biology, Microbiology or related field preferred.
• 1–3 years of food product development, food manufacturing, QA, lab, culinary development or related technical experience preferred.
• Experience with pasta, dough-based products, prepared foods, fillings, sauces, refrigerated products, or high-speed food manufacturing is a plus.
• Strong mathematical, measurement, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail and documentation.

Responsabilidades

• Participate in hands-on product, process, and manufacturing training with Bertagni teams in Italy.
• Help transfer Bertagni's product knowledge and quality standards to the St. Charles facility.
• Support operation of the pilot line for product development, testing, and customer trials.
• Assist in developing and improving pasta products, doughs, fillings, and related formulations.
• Prepare ingredients, formulations, equipment, and documentation for development and pilot trials.
• Collect and evaluate trial data, product measurements, processing parameters, sensory results, and observations.
• Participate in customer product-development sessions, demonstrations, tastings, and pilot runs.
• Prepare prototypes and samples and translate customer feedback into product and process improvements.
• Support product scale-up and commercialization from pilot development to full-scale manufacturing.
• Conduct product testing, shelf-life evaluations, and other technical assessments.
• Maintain accurate formulas, specifications, trial records, test results, and technical documentation.
• Provide technical QA and product support to commercial production lines as manufacturing expands.
• Assist with troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement of product quality, consistency, yield, and manufacturing performance.
• Follow all applicable food safety, GMP, allergen, sanitation, quality, and workplace safety requirements.

Conhecimentos

Food product development

Quality assurance

Analytical skills

Documentation

Excel

Communication

Team collaboration

Formação académica

Associate or Bachelor's in Food Science/related

Ferramentas

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Outlook

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Bertagni USA is seeking an R&D Food Technologist for its new St. Charles operation. You’ll be hands-on with product and process development, and you’ll participate in pilot-line trials, customer collaborations, and eventual scale-up to full-scale manufacturing.

The role emphasizes transferring Bertagni’s Italian product knowledge and quality standards to the U.S. facility, focusing on pilot development, trials, and commercialization while ensuring food safety and documentation guidelines are