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Food Technologist - Salisbury,
MD 21804
Perdue Farms
Perdue Foods is part of Perdue
Farms, a family-owned company heading into it's second century of growth and innovation. With
a goal of becoming the most trusted name in premium proteins, we create
products for consumers and for retail and foodservice customers around the
globe, while changing the way animals are raised for food.
Summary
The Food Technologist is responsible for supporting the
development of food products in support of the Company business needs. They
independently plan and conducts multiple project assignments. Their project
scope includes supporting new products, quality improvements of existing
products, cost optimization of existing products and technical brand
maintenance.
Principal and Essential Duties
& Responsibilities
- Promotes
applicable safety, regulatory, GMP requirements in lab, pilot plant, and
manufacturing facilities. Assists in writing of new policy and
procedures as needed.
- Executes
with little guidance on multiple projects to grow top line volume in
support of new product development as a % of revenue goals. Conducts and
leads required lab, pilot plant and plant experimentation.
- Lead
in product development process including: Materials, food processes,
sensory testing, customer & consumer testing, NPD stage gate
process, costing, plant trials commercialization, and related processes.
- Documents
all development work accurately. This includes written documentation of
lab work, product showings, and plant trials in a timely manner with
little to no guidance.
- Prepares
accurate and timely specifications for all products developed. This includes: materials, formula, process and finished
product with little to no guidance.
- Acts
as technical customer and consumer consultant for assigned products and
channels. Understands who the customer and consumer is,
why and how they use our products.
- Interacts
cross-functionally with Marketing, Purchasing, QA and Operations to
successfully implement new product developments.
- Conducts
Product Showings to evaluate products developed and competition.
- Interacts
with customers as needed.
Minimum Education and Experience
Bachelors degree in Food Science, Meat Science, Packaging, Process Engineering or related
discipline plus 3-5 years of related work experience. MS with 1 year of
related experience or PhD can be substituted.
The ideal candidate will have:
- Technical
problem solving skills.
- Excellent
oral, written, communication and planning skills.
- Ability
to coordinate multi-task projects; results oriented; prior supervisory
experience.
- Expert
Knowledge of the product development process from idea generation, bench
top, scale up and commercialization.
- Ability
to influence necessary cross-functional partners for successful
implementation of projects.
- Knowledge
of ingredients including functionality, allergen considerations and
cost.
- Understanding
of food manufacturing processes and the sequence of events necessary to
convert raw materials to finished products.
- Expert
in poultry processing and/or related food product systems.
- Ability
to travel up to 25% of the time.
Perdue Farms, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative
Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for
employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation,
gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
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