Product Development Technician

1 week ago

Abbotsford, Canada Sunrise Farms Full time

Grand River Foods is a leading food solutions company serving customers in the North American grocery and food service industry. As a member of the Sunrise Farm family, we remain as dedicated as ever to both providing a quality work environment for our employees, as well as producing only the highest quality products for our customers. We are known for the great care we take with clients and employees alike.

**Responsibilities and Duties**:

- Assist the Product Development team with new developments or re-formulations to meet customer or company needs from conceptualization to finished product launch.
- Coordination of all technical information, analysing data and writing reports.
- Assist with the development of new formulas, packaging, testing, and sourcing of required materials and suppliers.
- Collaborate with PD and RA teams to ensure compliance across governing regulations and requirements.
- Work alongside with cross-function team members to facilitate new product trials and start-ups
- Development of label copy documents such as combined ingredient lists, nutrient content claims, health claims etc.
- Creation of cooking instructions that result in the best possible eating experience of the product.
- Evaluate new product trials/market samples through sampling and sensory appraisal.
- Maintenance of all PD areas in clean and safe condition always.
- Your work environment will be a combination of deskwork, lab/kitchen work and time spent in a refrigerated manufacturing plant.
- You may be required to stand for extended periods of time in the plant conducting trials or overseeing production runs.
- Updating and organising documents.
- Packing and sending out customer samples.
- Collecting ingredients, substrates and finished product samples from the plant and warehouse.

**Qualifications and Skills**:

- Post-secondary education in Food Science, Science, Engineering, Culinary or related field
- Minimum 2 years experience in R&D/Product Development role in the food industry.
- Meat industry experience preferred
- Must work closely with Management, Sales, Production, Purchasing, Quality and RA teams
- High proficiency in Word, Excel, and Outlook as well as Label software and Genesis
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
- Ability to analyse data, write reports and present information.
- Self-starter who is very passionate about product development
- Creative and flexible to learn and bring on new ideas
- A car is an asset as travel may be required to our other facilities
- You must be willing to consume and evaluate the products we make, including poultry, beef, pork, seafood, cheese, vegetables and other plant-based meat alternatives.
- Excellent organizational, time management, and problem-solving skills
- Detail-oriented and analytical mind set
- Ability to work as a team and with mínimal supervision

**Work Environment**:

- Varying schedule with some over-time required
- Works with raw food product and meat
- Your work environment will be a combination of deskwork, lab/kitchen work and time spent in a refrigerated manufacturing plant.
- You may be required to stand for extended periods of time in the plant conducting trials or overseeing production runs.

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At Sunrise Farms we are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified individuals, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or any other identifying characteristic are encouraged to apply.

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