Job Description

Position Title: Food Scientist
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Position Location: Florenceville Main
Requisition ID: 28572
We are seeking a creative and collaborative professional to join us as a Food Scientist in Florenceville-Bristol, NB. Reporting to the R&D Innovation Senior Scientist, the Food Scientist will be focused on Front End Innovation. Working within the North American potato product development team, and in partnership with the commercial teams, this role will be accountable for technical project management and project execution to contribute to the potato business growth. The role provides technical leadership within project teams, across functions, and with stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities:

• Manage multiple product development projects from conception to commercialization
• Develop new product concepts and prototypes
• Translate project objectives into experimental design and provide experimental/project conclusions, summaries and recommendations
• Develop and implement all product documents, specifications and related technical costing information
• Assist in the development and completion of project timelines
• Coordinate and oversee plant scale tests
• Communicate plant scale test objectives, special needs, accept/reject criteria to plant representatives and assure the objectives of the test are met
• Assist in process optimization projects and problem resolution with Technical Services, Operations, Engineering, QA and other departments as assigned
• Evaluate and adjust product and manufacturing cost parameters to meet operational and sales objectives
• Suppliers and Customers:
• Interface with customers, suppliers and co-packers, as required, to meet Department and Company objectives:
• Leads or supports assigned projects at co-packers
• Realizes customer needs by developing new concepts or product improvement opportunities, prototypes and products
• Coordinates raw material sourcing, evaluation and improvement activities with suppliers

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of demonstrated successful experience in food product development or food science
• B.Sc. in Food Science or related field
• Knowledge of GMP, HACCP, Food Safety, Product Development Cycle
• Knowledge of food plant, process and equipment
• Knowledge of food preparation, consumer product testing, sensory testing and manufacturing operations procedures.
• Comfort with ambiguity, required when working in Front End Innovation.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, organizational skills with an aptitude for creativity, innovation and ability to resolve challenges.
• Project management skills and experience completing projects in tight timelines using good experimental design techniques and practices
• Sound knowledge of food ingredients, and the interaction with processing and packaging
• Working knowledge of general mathematics and scientific weights and measures.
• Ability to perform mathematical calculations and utilize statistical techniques to analyze and present data.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and manage timelines
• Project management skills and experience completing projects in tight timelines using good experimental design techniques and practices.
• Organized and detail-oriented, with excellent record keeping skills
• Ability to work independently

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About McCain: McCain Foods is proud to be a family and values-driven company. Our values are integral to our culture, helping to shape how we operate, how we work together and the choices we make. They are a big part of what makes us unique. McCain Foods opened their first production facility in their hometown of Florenceville, New Brunswick, Canada. McCain Foods quickly established itself within the Canadian marketplace and then began a journey to become the world's largest manufacturer of frozen French fries and potato specialties.
McCain products can be found in thousands of restaurants and supermarket freezers around the world. In addition to fries, McCain also produces other foods, including appetizers, oven meals, vegetables and juice for both the retail and foodservice industries.
Why You Should Join Our Team:
McCain offers full benefits including health, vision, and dental insurance. In addition, we offer other benefits including:

• Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance
• Pension Benefits
• Career Development & Education Reimbursement Assistance
• Apprenticeship, Internship, & Coop support and opportunities

Sustainability and Plant Friendly Practices are at the Heart of McCain:
Weve embarked upon a journey to create planet-friendly food. Food that will use fewer natural resources in factories and farms, answer the need of increasingly health and planet-conscious consumers, and contribute to positive change in the rural communities where we grow our ingredients.

• We are moving to 100% renewable energy by 2030.
• Donating 200 million meals to food banks and NGO worldwide by 2025.
• Implementing regenerative agricultural practices across 100% of our potato acreage by 2030.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace. As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.
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Job Family: Research & Development
Division: Global Research and Development
Department: R and D Potato Innovation
Location(s): CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Florenceville-Bristol
Company: McCain Foods (Canada)