Our client is looking for a Product Developer, with education and experience in Food Science, to join their team in a full-time permanent role for their facility in Waterloo!

Come join this growing food production facility and be the recipient of a salary between $65-75K, depending on experience, as well as comprehensive benefits package, RSP matching and vacation time off!

As the ideal candidate, you will have a Food Science Degree and a minimum of Five (5) years of experience working with food formulations and recipes.

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in Food Science is a requirement.
• Minimum 5 years' experience working in a product development environment, preferably food manufacturing.
• Experience in a customer-driven environment where sales and research development play critical roles in driving business strategy.
• Strong plant operations knowledge.
• Ability to work hands-on to analyze formulas and build on that knowledge to form new products
• Entrepreneurial approach to business problems and resolutions.
• Strong sense of curiosity to be able to dig deeply into existing products to determine composition.
• Strong knowledge and experience with system driven production
• Demonstrates a strong sense of internal and external customer satisfaction as a top priority.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Working hands-on with ingredients, to develop and formulate prototypes for new products
• Update and improve existing formulas
• Trouble shoot ingredient and formula related production issues
• Analyze market products to gain insight into development of new similar or better products
• Be familiar with suppliers ·and alternates
• Inspect incoming raw materials
• Be cross trained quality control function
• Other duties as required by the Technical manager

If you have the required skills above, please send your resume to: jayne@grandriverpersonnel.ca

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