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Ready to help lead the next phase of growth for Crofter’s Organic?!? Join a team focused on
innovating new flavors, new products and new ingredients! The Research and Development
(R&D) Associate Scientist plays a critical role in the development and execution of the company’s
innovation and new product development goals. They should understand phases of the food
product development cycle and can work independently to develop a new product from
conception through plant scale-up. You’ll be responsible for assisting to conduct research on new
product concepts, industry trends, and new manufacturing processes.
This position reports directly to the Manager of R&D. The duties and responsibilities of the R&D Associate Scientist is as follows:
Responsibilities:
1. R&D Prototypes: Prepare benchtop samples and prototypes for internal and/or external
evaluation.
2. R&D Lab Management: Maintain all aspects of the R&D Lab including ongoing cleaning,
maintenance, organization and consumable material inventory.
3. R&D Support: Provides administrative support, such as monitoring instrumentation and
equipment calibration and maintenance programs, lab files and reports and labeling.
4. New Product Development: Assist with new product development activities. Including
acting as a back-up for the R&D Manager. Track and record product development activities
and record recipes, formulations, processes, and testing results.
5. Records and Documentation: Maintain accurate records, data entry, tracking & trending to
determine process effectiveness and optimization. Maintain organization and filing
management of all R&D documentation.
6. Sensory Testing: Maintain an internal sensory testing protocol for all new and existing
items, ensuring that the taste, texture, smell, and visual appearance of products are
consistent.
7. Production Scale Up: Support the oversight/management of the scale-up process from
concept to product launch, ensuring that projects are managed in an organized and orderly
manner and that there is strong communication across relevant departments/stakeholders
to move projects forward without complications.
8. Ingredient Testing: Support the investigation of alternate ingredients, substitutions and/or
recipe tweaks that maintain product integrity and may assist in daily problem-solving of
quality, material reliability, and/or operational challenges.
Required experience and skills:
– Bachelor’s degree in food science, nutrition, chemistry, biology, physics, engineering or
related science.
– At least 2 years of experience working in a laboratory environment.
Job type: Full-time, Permanent, on-site (not remote), some work travel is required
Benefits: Basic Benefit Plan including Health and Medical, Vision Care, Dental, Wellness & Preventative
Services. RSP and Bonus Program.
Rate of Pay: $30.00 – $40.00 pending on skillset and experience/Hour
(a minimum of 40 hours of work per week, possible evening and weekend work as required)
Please submit your resume to hr@croftersorganic.com indicating your experience and interests
Crofter’s Food Ltd. welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities.
Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
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