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Description
TxMQ is currently assisting their client in the search for a qualified
Food Scientist for their food manufacturing facility in Chautauqua
County, NY.
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ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
• Use chemistry,
microbiology, engineering, and other sciences to study the principles
underlying the processing and deterioration of foods;
• Analyze food
content to determine levels of vitamins, fat, sugar, and protein;
• Discover new
food sources;
• Research ways to
make processed foods safe, palatable, and healthful;
• Apply food
science knowledge to determine best ways to process, package, preserve,
store, and distribute food.
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE
WITH THE FOLLOWING:
• Computing moisture or
salt content, percentages of ingredients, formulas, or other product factors,
using mathematical and chemical procedures,
• Conducting standardized
tests on food, additives, and preservatives in order to ensure compliance
with standards and regulations regarding factors such as color, texture,
and nutrients,
• Examining chemical and
biological samples in order to identify cell structures, and locating
bacteria, or extraneous material, using a microscope,
• Providing assistance to
production, sales and quality assurance,
• Recording and compiling
test results, and preparing graphs, charts, and reports,
• Measuring, testing, and
weighing containers in order to ensure hardness, strength, and dimensions
that meet specifications,
• Mixing, blending, or
cultivating ingredients in order to make reagents or to manufacture food
products,
• Ordering supplies needed
to maintain inventories in laboratories or in storage facilities of food
processing plants,
• Tasting or smelling
foods in order to ensure that flavors meet specifications, or selecting
samples with specific characteristics and setting up sensory evaluation
panels,
• Developing ingredient
statements and nutritional labeling within FDA regulatory standards,
SALARY:
• Salary will be
commensurate with experience in the $60-80K range, plus an excellent
benefits package, 401(k) after 1 year of service, vacation, performance
and end of year bonuses, etc.
HOW TO APPLY:
• Interested and qualified
candidates should submit a Word formatted resume, employment references,
and salary history to natalie@txmq.com for immediate consideration.
• TxMQ would like to
extend thanks to all applicants, however, only those that may qualify for
the position will be contacted for a preliminary interview screening.
TxMQ provides expertise
in Middleware solutions and staff augmentation,
including Contract and Permanent Professional Level Placements.
Where you see frustration, we see a solution.
www.txmq.com
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