What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Scientist position at Florida Food Products LLC?
Job Description
Job Description
JOB SUMMARY : In the position of Senior Tea and Beverage & Food Application Scientist you are responsible for driving solutions for customers’ projects You have a passion for identifying solutions and taking action to bring ideas to fruition, and are accountable for developing new tea systems, beverage systems, finished applications and product innovations to solve for customer opportunities. You will assist in the creation of effective processes for manufacturing new and existing products. You are critical to achieving FFP’s financial goals by collaborating with teammates in Operations, Commercial, and Creation and Applications. You will drive projects to success.
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :
- Maintain a safe and clean work environment by complying with procedures, rules, regulations, Good Manufacturing Practices, and Good Laboratory Practices
- Manage customer projects and act as technical support of internal initiatives including development of diverse beverage & food offerings including functional beverages, alternative adult beverages, tea / botanicals, flavored syrups, and dairy based applications
- Formulate and prepare laboratory scale tea systems, beverages and finished applications
- Run trials using benchtop equipment, pilot plant equipment (including MicroThermics® unit), and external partners
- Perform material inspections / analysis of ingredients, work in progress, and finished products
- Develop beverage systems which showcase FFP flavors, ingredients, and technologies as integrated solution systems
- Project management : manage customer briefs and champion required actions to meet the project success criteria
- Participate in work sessions with customers at FFP and at customer locations
- Maintain knowledge of beverage client’s strategies, brands, and products
- Maintain laboratory and sample inventory of ingredients and supplies
- Maintain laboratory equipment
- Gathering product or ingredient-related information from vendors
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