J&J Snack Foods is hiring a Senior Food Scientist to lead product development from initial benchtop concept through to commercialization. You will provide essential technical support to departments including Sales, Production, and QA, focusing on products for the Vernon, Daddy Ray’s, and California Churros plants.
What You'll Do
- Develop new food products and improve existing food products.
- Create benchtop prototypes.
- Plan and conduct Production test runs.
- Collect and analyze data.
- Develop initial product specifications.
- Develop nutritional, ingredient, and allergen labeling information for products.
- Provide technical information and assistance to other departments and customers.
- Report any food safety or quality problems to personnel with authority to initiate action.
- Follow J&J Snack Food’s Food Safety Plan (FSP), the Safe Quality Food (SQF) Program, the Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) and the Good Documentation Practices (GDPs).
- Follow all OSHA safety rules and all food safety laws and regulations.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor of Science degree in Food Science, Culinary Arts, or a related field.
- Minimum 5 years’ experience as a Food Technologist, requiring a higher skill level and additional years of experience.
- Knowledge and working experience in food ingredient functionality, food product development, food processing, nutrition, and food labeling laws.
- Ability to read and analyze formulas, specifications and processes, collect and analyze data, perform formula calculations and work with formula spreadsheets.
- Ability to mix and process formulas as prescribed.
- Ability to plan, coordinate, and conduct plant test runs.
- Ability to use equipment such as weighing scales, mixing/food processing equipment & lab analytical equipment.
Nice to Have
- Working knowledge of Genesis nutritional software is a plus.
Work Mode
This position is onsite.
J&J Snack Foods Corp. is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discriminatory employment actions against, and treatment of, employees and applicants for employment based on actual or perceived Federal, State and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, national origin, ethnicity, alienage, religion or creed, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship, genetic disposition or characteristics, disability or veteran's status, sex offenses, prior record of arrest or conviction, genetic information or predisposing genetic characteristic, status as a victim or witness of domestic violence, sex offenses or stalking and unemployment status.
