R&d Technician

5 months ago

Richmond, Canada Nature's Path Foods Full time

Nature's Path is a sustainably-driven, deliciously-healthy organic food company and our innovative brands include Nature's Path, Love Crunch, Envirokidz and Que Pasa. As a family-run, privately-owned company with locations in Canada and the U.S., our company was founded on a mission to "leave the Earth better than we found it". Since 1985, we have expanded our team to over 700 employees in U.S. and Canada. We believe in the idea that you can come to work, and help make the world a better place in the same day.

**A taste of the job
- Critical outcomes from the job**

Assists in keeping Nature’s Path on the leading edge of customer satisfaction by ensuring quality consistent products by means of:

- Efficient Benchtop Support: Assist in the timely execution of product development, value engineering and supply chain project activities to meet project timelines.
- Assist R&D Food Scientists in product development, value engineering, and supply chain projects, adhering to project timelines.
- Scale ingredients, prepare formulations, and aid in recipe revisions using Genesis.
- Manage inventory of raw materials and supplies in the R&D lab.
- Interact with suppliers to verify the quality and suitability of raw materials.

Quality Execution: Ensure adherence to quality standards throughout the lab processes, contributing to the development of high-quality food products.
- Ensure adherence to quality standards throughout lab processes.
- Assist in investigating product quality issues related to consumer services and operations.
- Provide support and clarification to production teams as required

Regulatory Compliance: Assist in maintaining compliance with food safety regulations and regulatory guidelines (such as meeting nutritional targets determined including protein claims on pack).

Collaborative Contribution: Foster effective and timely collaboration with team members and support cross-functional communication with support of project lead(s).

Data Accuracy and Documentation Support: Ensure comprehensive documentation is maintained for analysis and decision-making by means of:

- Maintaining accurate records of lab experiments and results.
- Assisting in creating, revising, and following up on raw material and finished good specifications.
- Reporting sensory shelf-life results as needed.

Sensory program support: assists the sensory program by means of organizing and conducting shelf-life studies, participating actively in sensory evaluations, conducts standard analytical testing on product samples to ensure compliance with specifications such as color, moisture, dimensions, Aw, & viscosity measurements. The description above represents the most significant essential duties of the job but does not exclude others.
- The description above represents the most significant essential duties of the job but does not exclude others

**Path to Success
- Qualifications and Experience**

Education
- Bachelor’s degree in the Land and Food Systems program with a concentration in Food Sciences, or related degree.
- Knowledge of Food Chemistry, Food Microbiology, Food Product Development, and Food Analysis are an asset

Experience
- 2-3 years of experience or training in either of the following: Food Science, Sensory, Chemistry, Microbiology, or Quality Assurance or any other related fields.
- Experience in a product development lab, pilot plant, quality assurance function in the food industry.
- Knowledge of GMP’s and HACCP.
- Proficiency with MS Office Suite, including Excel.
- Experience with Canadian and USA Food Regulations and Organic standards are an asset.
- Effective interpersonal communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Must be able to work flexible hours if needed

**_ Notification to Applicants: _**_We are committed to providing an accessible environment and ensuring fairness throughout our hiring process. We welcome the opportunity to work with applicants requesting accommodations at any stage of the recruitment and hiring process and while working with Nature's Path. Accommodations will be provided as requested, please contact us._

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