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Title: Food
Technologist
Req Number: hein-00004694
Location(s): Chatsworth, CA
Heinz
North America is seeking a Food Technologist who with moderate supervision,
will develop formulations, create and modify factory processes in the areas
of new product development, cost reduction and quality improvement for our
Foodservice Division.
Who will be successful in this role? An individual who will.
' Apply food science knowledge to determine best ways to process, package,
preserve, store, and distribute foods.
' Coordinate and perform trials in Pilot Plant and factory to insure
compliance to approved formulas.
' Analyze food content to determine levels of vitamins, fat, sugar and protein.
' Demonstrate a customer-oriented approach to developing new products with
targeted west coast customers.
' Contribute to the ideation-to-execution process of product development by
creating products that are safe and transferrable to production.
' Research ways to make processed foods safe, palatable, and healthful.
' Use chemistry, microbiology, engineering and other
sciences to study the principles underlying the processing and deterioration
of foods.
' Keep technically informed through suppliers and technical literature.
Activities performed daily include:
' Formulate new products for flavor, color, nutritional content, and
adherence to government, company policy, and industry standards.
' Check raw ingredients for acceptability for
processing, and finished products for safety, quality, and nutritional value.
' Confer with cross-functional partners such as food
technologists, engineers, plant operators, sensory experts, packaging,
marketing, and sales in order to drive the product development process.
' Evaluate food processing and storage operations,
assist in the development of quality assurance programs for such operations.
' Study methods to improve aspects of food such as
chemical composition, flavor, color, nutritional value, and convenience.
' Develop food standards and specifications, safety
and sanitary regulations.
' Demonstrate products to internal and external
clients, including direct interaction with customers.
' Solve technical problems through search of
scientific literature or other sources of technical information.
' Investigates ingredient and process innovations through suppliers and
technical literature.
The
following skills and experience are required to be considered for this
position:
' Working knowledge of product development and familiarity with quality
assurance procedures.
' B.S. in Food Science or related field required. Masters
degree preferred.
' Minimum of 3+ years of professional food industry
experience necessary.
' 20 ' 25% travel required.
' Foodservice industry experience and culinary
degree/experience is a plus.
Bring Us Your Appetite For Success
Heinz is a global powerhouse with a long history of success. We offer an
environment of strength, stability and exceptionally varied opportunity.
Under our impressive portfolio of brands, we lead the industry in quality,
value, consumer loyalty, and consumer expectations. Heinz was recently ranked
#1 in overall Customer Satisfaction by the American Customer Satisfaction
Index against 225 companies in 47 industries. We are able to achieve these
great milestones through great people - our talent is entrepreneurial,
empowered and always collaborative with a culture that allows each person to
have an impact every day. Your career with us is limited only by your drive,
ambition and imagination and we're committed to maximizing the talents of
those who join us. We invite you to learn more about this career opportunity
and determine if you're ready to join Heinz!
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