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Recipe Developer and QA Lead Tech.
Recipe Development: Lead the creation of new products and potential reformulation or ingredient shifts of current line. QA Lead Tech: Tests and inspects products at various stages of the production process, maintain quality and food safety of products by performing the following duties. About Us: Toby’s Family Foods is a fiercely independent, family-owned, and mission driven business that has operated since the 1970’s in Eugene / Springfield. We have a facility dedicated to our products and unique food manufacturing equipment. We are a growing, multi-regional producer of top-quality salad dressings, tofu spreads, and organic juices, lemonades, teas, and smoothies under the Toby’s and Genesis brands. Your Role: The ideal candidate has many years’ experience in the food development field or getting a food scientist degree and is enthusiastic about working in a healthy environment and brining innovative and quality products to market. Responsibilities: • Selects products for testing at specified stages in the production process, and tests for a variety of qualities including chemical/physical characteristics, microbiological integrity, allergen presence and sensory evaluation requiring taste & smell. • Analyzes incoming ingredients assuring compliance to specifications. • Performs Quality Team Audits, including Good Manufacturing Practices and Housekeeping. • Help maintain compliance in Food Safety, SQF, GMP, FSMA, Regulation and Safety. • Records and evaluates test data, alerting Management to any deviations from specifications. • Prepares necessary reagents needed for laboratory functioning. • Maintains lab equipment and supplies. • Interfaces with work teams; acts as technical support in areas such as Quality Control techniques, Good Manufacturing Practices, and product quality/safety. • Maintain Good Laboratory Practices (GLP's) • Knowledge and understanding of finished product specifications and expectations. • Conducts pre-operative inspections. • Ability to work as team and autonomously. • Maintain records and documentation integrity. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: • Good oral and written communication skills. • Ability to read, analyze, and interpret, technical procedures, and regulations. • Ability to write routine reports and business correspondence. • Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from other work groups in a professional manner. • Ability to work with mathematical concepts. • Ability to apply concepts such as fraction, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations. • Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts • Basic computer skills and knowledge of word processing and spread sheet programs. • Knowledgeable or ability to learn laboratory equipment commonly used in the food industry (examples, but not limited to pH meters, allergen testing, pipetting/ liquid handling, viscometers, etc.) • Understanding of calibration programs of food testing equipment. We would like to meet you! Please drop off your resume at our office between 9am-4pm Monday-Friday or email us at: [email protected] 1160 Shelley St. Springfield, OR 97477 541.689.8506 Comments are closed.
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