Food Scientist
Utz
- Hanover, PA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Designs, develops, conducts and/or reviews experiments (e.g., laboratory or process experiments) to deliver new products.
- Evaluates ingredient and product efficacy, claims and safety.
- Evaluates new ingredients, materials, products and/or processes.
- Successfully applies scientific, engineering and consumer insights principles in research, formulation, processing, and commercialization of snacks.
- Identifies, evaluates, and selects new ingredients, developments, trends and technologies in food and beverage industry to guide product development initiatives.
- Runs pilot scale equipment with knowledge of various plant unit operations and processes.
- Performs plant trials from initial planning through execution and scale-up.
- Analyzes ingredients, finished products or other substances using laboratory instruments. This includes preparation of analytical standards and standard curves.
- Uses and applies knowledge of Good Laboratory Practices (e.g., handling of chemicals and glassware, preparation of standards and reagents, proper measuring techniques, data management, housekeeping).
- Develops, maintains and/or validates laboratory test methods or equipment (sampling, monitoring, analytical procedures) to ensure reliability and accuracy of analytical results.
- Writes detailed and accurate reports for analyses, experiments, and projects.
- Responsible for quality and food safety tasks for their position.
- Scouts new technologies, processes and partners to help drive the business, meeting new consumer and business needs.
- Bachelor’s Degree: A Bachelor’s degree in food science, chemistry, chemical engineering is preferred.
- Demonstrated leadership and team building competencies.
- Project management and complex problem-solving abilities.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and people management skills.
- Able to be self-directed, forward thinking and make complex decisions that drive business innovation and performance.
- Deep ability to exercise design of experiments, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
- Comfort with presenting findings/data to senior leadership.
- Excellent time and project management skills with proven ability to manage and prioritize multiple, concurrent projects.