RD&A Process Scientist

Kerry Group • Clark, NJ

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About The Position

Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.
About the role
The RDA Process Scientist performs research and development work with an operations focus which bridges the gap between RD&A Taste Innovation and KERRY’s commercialization process. He/she will focus on process optimizations, scale-ups, solving regulatory and other hurdles to new products and technologies introductions. He/she will collaborate with other scientists (especially Taste Innovation team), engineers, maintenance, QC, sanitation, etc.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in food process science, food engineering, agricultural science, engineering, material science or related science fields.
• Experience in a food production environment or industrial laboratory
• Knowledge of good manufacturing practice
• Problem-solving skills, analytical skills, and attention to detail
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, able to work effectively as part of a team.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and multi-tasking skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with upscaling of food manufacturing processes is a plus moving from lab scale to industrial scale.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Taste Innovation team to develop and scale up taste modulation products
• Focus on solving the regulatory hurdles
• Liaising with cross functional teams engineering, research, technical, QC, sanitation, maintenance, and/or production staff, regulatory, procurement, etc.
• Planning, organizing, and overseeing process or production trials
• Suggests improvements or modifications to current processes
• Generates ideas for new products and researches feasibility in terms of profitability, resource availability and compliance with regulations.
• Adheres to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Cleaning In Place (CIP)
• Keeps recording data log (flow rate, pressure, temperature, etc) and analyzing data
• Writes and reads technical papers, reports, reviews, and specifications.

Benefits

• Kerry offers a competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, a 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities, Employee Share Plan, Life, disability, and accident insurance, and tuition reimbursement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level