Extrusion Scientist - Gridley, United States - PACMOORE PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES LLC

Description

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At PacMoore (a division of Glanbia Nutritionals Inc.), our portfolio centers around dairy and non-dairy nutritional ingredients.

We co-innovate and deliver finished products, ingredient solutions, flavors, and precision premixes for use in the mainstream food and beverage, infant and clinical, and functional nutrition markets.

We are the number one provider of whey-based nutritional ingredients globally and the number one producer of American-style cheddar cheese.

Our protein systems have transformed the bar and beverage categories — bringing increased levels of protein, cleaner labels, and greater product functionality to market.

We have a direct presence in 21 countries, with manufacturing facilities in the US, Germany and China, and international sales and technical offices around the world.

Position Summary

Representative Responsibilities
1) Primary responsibility for Company and customer projects within assigned technology area.

a. Organize, develop, and conduct pre-trial planning and communications with internal and/or external stakeholders.

b. Serve as primary point of contact and leader for assigned projects with other team support as needed.

c. Ensure proper materials, staff, and equipment on-hand to prepare for and complete trials.

Willingness to learn to pilot plant equipment and to support the maintenance, setup, operation, and sanitation along with other pilot plant technicians and staff.

d. Ensure successful completion of technology transfer process for items scaling to commercial processing line(s).

e. Attend scaleup validation trials at internal/external commercial production facilities as required to ensure project transition success.

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Serve as a consulting resource for internal Operations support and external manufacturing partners in the event of technical processing issues requiring additional expertise.

2) Willingness to share workload related to small scale commercial production runs at PML by serving in hands-on roles such as blending, extruder operations, sanitation, and/or product packaging as needed.

3) Possess a thorough operational and theoretical knowledge of extrusion processing and analytical equipment.

4) Maintain all applicable R&D project documentation to ensure compliance with internal and external requirements.

5) Develop tentative product specifications, nutritional information, and other key product parameters.

6) Assist in training presentation and development related to assign process technology, process improvements, standard operating procedures, and product safety/quality.

7) Communicate any observed food safety and quality concerns to the appropriate personnel.

8) Support continuous improvement efforts related to engineering, procedural, product, quality, and safety.

9) Continuously drive self-development and development of others to ensure an effective and cohesive team environment.


Requirements:


Qualifications

• We're looking for someone who is passionate about food product development and extrusion processing. A minimum of 1 year of experience in food processing is preferred in this role with preference for direct experience in extrusion processing.
• A Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Food Science, or other relevant discipline is required. Advanced degree a plus.
• Detail oriented and attentive.
• Thorough scientific understanding of food ingredient functionality, food ingredient interactions, and food processing.
• Models the highest levels of integrity, humility, and willingness to learn and teach.
• Basic understanding of food product labeling, nutrition, and packaging.
• Expert level knowledge of Genesis R&D (or similar) formulation and nutritional analysis software.
• Working level knowledge of TraceGains documentation management system.
• Intermediate computer skills with thorough working knowledge of MS Office software suite.
• Welldeveloped sense of personal initiative and ability to work with little direct supervision.
• Willingness and ability to independently travel overnight via commercial transportation or driving motor vehicle to support business objectives up to 25%.
• Exceptional communication skills both verbal and written.

Physical Requirements

• Visual acuity to determine accuracy, neatness, thoroughness, variances in product (including color vision).
• While performing the duties of this role, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear.
• The employee is required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; climb or balance; kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Ability to exert and/or lift 50lbs occasionally.
• Visual acuity to determine accuracy, neatness, thoroughness, variances in product (including color vision).
• Physical/environmental conditions may include exposure to noise, dusts, chemicals, and allergens.

What We Would Like to Offer You
The opportunity to develop your career on a global