Food Scientist
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PIM BRANDS LLC
NJ
Summary
The Food Scientist will develop new product formulations, ingredients, and processing methods while ensuring quality control and sensory standards. They will also coordinate pilot and manufacturing trials to validate parameters and ensure compliance with GMP practices.
Job Description
Job Details: Job Location: Somerset - Somerset, NJ, Salary Range: $65000.00 - $75000.00Salary, Do you love candy and snacks? Are you looking to join an ever evolving and rapidly growing team? PIM Brands might just be exactly what you’re looking for!
At PIM, we make the brands you love. Our portfolio of products, from Welch’s® Fruit Snacks to Sun-Maid® Chocolate Raisins and Sour Jacks® Sour Candies are enjoyed by millions of consumers every day. And when it comes to careers, we seek talented, results-oriented individuals who want to play a part in building amazing brands and products while working in a collaborative, dynamic, and fast-paced office environment. At PIM, you can make an immediate and lasting contribution to help grow iconic snack and confectionery brands, no matter your area of expertise.
We are looking for people with experience in Food Scientist, interested in starting a SWEET career as part of our team at PIM.
Qualifications: JOB SUMMARY
Applies scientific and engineering principles in research, development, production technology, packaging, processing and utilization of foods. Develops new and improved methods and systems for product processing and production. Studies methods to improve the quality of the manufactured products, such as flavor, color, texture, convenience, or physical, chemical and microbiological composition of the manufactured product. Supports the development of product formulations, evaluation of new products and ingredients. Assists in the definition of process parameters, procedural specifications, shelf life evaluations, coordinates pilot and manufacturing trials, documents trial results and coordinates product start-ups. Tests new products in the laboratory and develops specific processing methods and interacts with the process engineer, QA/QC, production management, packaging and marketing leaders to resolve problems.
1. Develop formulations, ingredients and specifications.
2. Develop analytical, and quality control metrics.
3. Coordinate and oversee all sensory testing.
4. Test new recipes.
5. Work with formulas to create product samples.
6. Establish procedures.
7. Develop and validate parameters that are compatible with manufacturing equipment.
8. Modify to scale.
9. Conduct bench testing.
10. Enter data of findings from trials and bench work. Maintain accurate records.
11. Drive innovation and new product development.
12. Monitor pre-qualification and qualification runs, and closeout visits to the production floor to ensure proper procedures and GMP practice compliance.
PIM Brands, Inc. (PIM) is one of North America’s premier makers of fruit snacks, confections, and other treats. PIM Brands has been ranked #10 amongst the top 60 candy companies in North America by Candy Industry Magazine and has been noted as one of the fastest growing CPG companies in the U.S. by Boston Consulting Group and IRI six times in the past ten years.
At PIM Brands, our goal is simple: Delight consumers with delicious, high-quality snacks and confections. Our commitment is to develop, manufacture and market the highest quality products in a responsible, ethical, and transparent manner. We put consumers at the core of what we do and are continually looking to improve our people, knowledge, processes, and technologies to accomplish this. The company’s exceptional portfolio of loved brands includes Welch’s® Fruit Snacks, Welch’s® Juicefuls®, Welch’s® Fruit ‘n Yogurt™ Snacks, Original Gummi FunMix®, Sun-Maid® Chocolate Raisins, Tuxedos® Chocolate Almonds, Sour Jacks® Sour Candies, Nuclear SQworms™, Toggi® Fine European Chocolate Wafers, and more.
Our company was founded with an entrepreneurial spirit to identify unique opportunities and move fast to bring them to market. That mantra still exists today. While our business has grown significantly, achieving double-digit growth every year since its inception, we have maintained our entrepreneurial roots and continued our commitment to delighting consumers with brands they love.
We invite you to come and build a SWEET career at PIM Brands. Our entrepreneurial environment is perfect for action-oriented individuals who enjoy a fast-paced, collaborative office culture. Come make an immediate and lasting impact while helping to grow iconic brands!
PIM Brands, We Make The Brands You Love®
Founded
1979
Company size
501-1,000 employees
Industry
Food and Beverage Manufacturing
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Park Ridge, New Jersey
