Food Scientist

In this role, you will leverage your creativity and technical foundation to lead the proof of principles, development, and implementation of productivity projects impacting biscuits in the North America market. As part of a Regional Productivity team, you will deliver the RDQ activities required to support feasibility assessments of ideas, generate briefs, and collaborate with ingredient suppliers. You will review and modify specifications, develop products via bench top and pilot plant, coordinate sensory validation, scale up trials in bakeries with good manufacturing practices and HACCP requirements, and conduct analytical tests with an emphasis on meeting productivity targets.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of productivity projects impacting biscuits in the North America market.
• Support feasibility assessments of ideas and generate briefs.
• Collaborate with ingredient suppliers and review specifications.
• Develop products via bench top and pilot plant.
• Coordinate sensory validation and scale up trials in bakeries.
• Ensure compliance with good manufacturing practices and HACCP requirements.
• Conduct analytical tests and other activities focused on meeting productivity targets.

• Knowledge in food product development including bench top development, shelf life, sensory evaluation, and regulations.
• Experience in plant trials, including scale up, commissioning, or deploying projects.
• Strong communication skills for interacting with multifunctional teams and suppliers, including effective verbal and technical writing.
• Ability to work autonomously with accountability and project management skills.

• Experience in developing innovation and flavor developments.
• Experience working with flavor houses.
• Leadership and influencing skills.
• Strong initiative, results-driven, quality-focused, and consumer-centric.

This role offers a casual work environment with standard working hours from Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. However, flexibility is expected depending on project needs. National travel may be required to run plant trials or engage in project-related activities.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $42.00 - $46.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job
classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be
subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:

Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Short and long-term disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in East Hanover,NJ.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Aug 25, 2025.

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.

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