Senior Development Technologist

Griffith Foods is a global manufacturer of food products.  We provide a wide range of taste and texture components for food industry customers throughout the world.  Our products include seasoning blends, dry mixes, coating systems, dough blends, crumbs, flavors, sauces and food bases that are used in an extensive variety of application from snack foods and processed meat and poultry to ready meals. Our customers include food processors, restaurant operators and grocery retailers.  While our name may not be familiar to consumers, our products are key components of foods offered by many of the world’s best-known companies.

Summary:

Design, development and execution of new products. Ensuring a correct scaling up at laboratory, pilot and industrial process level with a special focus on the use of meat pastes, as well as alternative proteins (plant based products).

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Design and elaboration of industrialized prototypes, under commercial and technological requirements established by the clients, as well as regulatory requirements according to the regulations applicable to the request.
• Preparation of samples for presentations, having an active participation in the support provided to our customers both remotely and at their facilities if necessary, so some level of flexibility to travel is necessary.
• Industrialization of culinary recipes based on scientific understanding.
• Elaboration of technical test reports as support for our customers, as well as manufacturing procedures for new developments.
• Follow-up of physical-chemical analysis of the prototypes as well as the assortment of new raw materials involved (if applicable) to ensure timely delivery of new products.
• Assure the quality and safety of the products at laboratory level. Operation, maintenance and cleaning of pilot plant machinery, making use of personal protective equipment.
• Provide the necessary information to the finance area for the correct costing of the product.
• Coordinate HACCP meetings prior to implementations, providing necessary information to the Quality and Manufacturing area for the elaboration of the new product: Including specifications and critical points analysis, giving sufficient support to the quality system.
• Management of retention samples for each developments, as well as maintenance of Exploratory Raw Materials toolkits for new developments according to technological trends in Plant Based products.
• Administration of prototypes shipment to the customer.
• Order and cleanliness of the worktable.

• Encourage effective rapport and communication between capabilities (Sensory / Culinary / Insights) throughout the development process.
• Seek to maintain active communication with North America in the use of processes, ingredients and Food Science for possible approvals / improvements in both directions.
• Replicate the work done in lab and pilot plant during the implementation process, ensuring delivery of projects to Operations team with strict feasibility and clarity.

Requirements:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Food Engineering, or related
• Formulation of food products (Strong focus on pastas: deli meats, chorizo, preformed, etc.)
• Knowledge and experience in the use of Vegetable Proteins as well as functional ingredients in the formulation of 100% vegan products
• Responsible for the proper use and safekeeping of laboratory and pilot plant equipment for meat products
• Office and plant environment, 20% office (reports/ research/ meetings) 80% plant (formulation / scale-ups)
• Advanced english is a must
• Problem solving, sense of urgency and creative