Purpose:

Food Scientist w

orks on the practical application of food science principles to develop and improve food products and are involved in product development, quality control, safety, nutritional value of food products and troubleshooting production processes.

Job Responsibilities:

Demonstrate expertise in our ingredients and product formulations, including flavor and sensory science and the impact of food chemistry on organoleptic characteristics and manufacturing performance

Apply expertise to all elements of the concept-to-launch development cycle; including, but not limited to, Sales/customer consultation and recommendation, project scoping, assembling relevant documentation, formula and application development, trials of various scale and technology transfer.

Develop and maintain functional knowledge of processing technologies used at Ellison

Assist in managing technical projects and work with cross-functional teams against defined timelines, budgets, and deliverables to generate new platforms and products, refine/optimize processes, reduce cost of goods, improve product performance or resolve quality challenges

Participation and adherence to all food safety and safety programs

Completion of assigned Alchemy courses that are required throughout the year

Conduct testing of new products in a test kitchen

Develop new processing methods

Organize and direct sample development

Product testing

Calculate the nutritional content of food

Develop appropriate control measures for new products

Develop new production technologies that can increase the efficiency and quality of product

Evaluate the results of new and old technologies and assess their impact on food product characteristics and safety

Engage with new products launches, working with Production and Quality to dial in production settings for new SKUs.

Create and maintain work instructions detailing operation settings and specifications for oven settings, machine-specific settings (wire-cut, rotary, etc.), and post-production packaging.

Work with Assistant RandD Manager to keep the lab organized, assist with feedback on samples, and manage inventory of stock samples.

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Organizing and updating Customer Sample Requests database

Printing labels for samples needing to be shipped

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