Food Scientist

at Actalent in Schaumburg, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Job Title: Food Scientist

Job Description

- The Food Scientist will play a key role in formulating and developing new bakery products while ensuring taste, texture, and quality standards.

- Project involvement will extend from initial concept through production and ongoing troubleshooting of manufacturing operations as required.

- Using specialized knowledge of formulation processing, food science, manufacturing capabilities and commercialization of products engineer, reverse engineer or develop products to meet customer demand.

- Leads the creation, ideation, identification, assessment, and validation of formulations from bench top through commercialization.

- Manages new product or product change projects including identifying ingredients, steps, properly documenting according to an established process and meeting deliverables by deadlines.

- Reviews and approves nutritional data.

- Assists in writing product specifications.

- Ensures all proper documentation is done accurately and on time.

- Conducts and leads consumer tests, sensory evaluations, and shelf-life studies.

- Provides support to internal cross-functional teams for new products and process improvement projects both as a subject matter expert and as a fellow team member.

- Facilitates quality and continuous improvement solutions.

- Creates, designs, supervises the development of new experimental protocols/best practices required to validate product concepts and prototypes.

- Collaborate with Food Safety & Quality (FSQ), Compliance, Operations, Marketing, Sales and Procurement as well as other functional teams.

- Provides input on process, product or formulation to aid in optimal product solutions.

Qualifications

1 to 3 years of experience working as a Food Scientist

5 years of experience working in research & development

Experience working in product development

About Actalent

Actalent connects passion with purpose. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts that drive scale, innovation, and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 engineering and sciences consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia, and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. An operating company of Allegis Group, the global leader in talent solutions, Actalent launched as a new specialized engineering and sciences services and workforce solutions brand in 2021.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Actalent, Diversity And Inclusion Are a Bridge Towards The Equity And Success Of Our People. DE&I Are Embedded Into Our Culture Through:

+ Hiring diverse talent

+ Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection

+ Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes

+ Ensuring growth opportunities for our people

Actalent is an equal opportunity employer.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

At Actalent, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I are embedded into our culture through:

+ Hiring diverse talent

+ Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection

+ Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes

+ Ensuring growth opportunities for our people

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com (%20actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com) for other accommodation options.