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Leclerc, a North American leader in the snack food
manufacturing industry, is seeking a FOOD PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIST to join
our winning team in Montgomery, PA.
Leclerc, a thriving family company, manufactures
snack bars, crackers and cookies for distribution to more than twenty
countries all over the world. For more than 100 years, Leclerc has
successfully balanced innovation, freshness, and good taste, pleasing
customers of all ages. For the past decade, Leclerc invests in the US, in both
Montgomery, PA and Kingsport, TN. Those two state-of-the-art plants are
destined for growth in the near future.
The food processing technologist is supporting the
process development for shelf stable foods and spans all existing and
future packaging formats as formulated to foods. This position is to ensure
compliance with the established procedures and standards to deliver
products of the highest quality.
Process development can entail scale-up of novel or existing products and
packages, or support commercial and pilot plant Commissioning Validation
and Start-Up activities of new equipment installations.
A high level of collaboration is expected internally with R&D
department, Innovation, Quality Services, and externally with Operations,
Engineering, Service Vendors and Regulatory. He should attend all related
to new product development activities; actively participate in the
implementation of various improvement projects ensuring compliance with
established procedures; support integration and production of new products;
establish and maintain product specifications; participate in the
implementation of process optimization projects; exercise watch the
competition, analyze and proactively anticipate trends and the impact on
the market.
The technologist should be an effective organizational capacity to carry
out a variety of tasks in a dynamic and complex environment.
- Collaboration with product,
process and packaging developers on existing and new shelf stable
products to deliver product performance (palatability, appearance,
etc.) and food safe regulatory compliance;
- Test plan development,
experiment setup and preparation, test execution and data analysis to
quantify key processing parameters (critical factors);
- Assist in the establishment
of processes in support of new products/processes and
improvement/modifications to existing processes;
- Develop and maintenance of
data collections systems for all supporting process date and ensure
calibration adherence;
- Develop and maintenance of
all key process data, heat penetration, temperature/hear distribution
tests, etc.;
- Implement long-term process
development activities – coordination with Operations Engineering and
Product/Process Technology teams;
- Assist in the development of
pilot plant capability to deliver optimized process times to factory;
- Contribution to and
Involvement with global food stabilization organization;
- Interaction with external
process authorities and relationships with regulatory bodies (FDA,
USDA, State of TN, BRC, etc.);
- Design appropriate test
methods and data analysis to yield thermal processes that ensure food
safety while delivering optimal quality;
- Project coordination,
management and communication;
- Development of alternative
analytical methods for monitoring and measuring critical factors.
- Understanding of processing
specialists responsibilities;
- Working knowledge of process
science and industry best practices;
- Ability to plan and
coordinate activities in the lab, pilot plant and commercial
environment;
- Ability to use SAP, Microsoft
Excel, Word, Redmine, PowerPoint, Lotus
Notes;
- Engineering fundamentals and
familiarity with experimental design and statistical data analysis;
- Self-starter with assertive
project ownership qualities;
- Demonstrated abilities to be
creative and innovative;
- Familiar with appropriate
regulations;
- Familiarity with food
manufacturing processes and change control environment;
- Understand food microbiology
principles.
- 1-3 years in food processing
technical field (engineering, food science, chemistry) with industry
experience;
- Strict regimen in laboratory
preparedness and documentation diligence;
- Technical degree with 1-3
years industry experience (engineering, food science, chemistry,
microbiology).
In addition to a driven and pleasant working
atmosphere, we offer a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits
package that includes health, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401(k)
with match.
Contact us today for immediate consideration.
Visit us at www.leclerc.ca
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