Associate Food Scientist

Company Description

The National Food Lab, a division of Eurofins, is a fast-growing company with a vision to be the destination for tailored solutions for the food industry. beginning to end. Our mission is to provide services that help food, beverage, and supplement companies deliver safe, healthy and successful products. We seek to make a positive impact in the advancement of food safety, quality and nutrition, fulfilling our corporate promise - to improve health and improve lives.

The National Food Lab's best-in-class team provides deep technical expertise and extensive capabilities in product and process development, sensory science and consumer insights to offer unmatched end-to-end product development solutions. With our 45 years of excellence in product creation, development, and life cycle management, the National Food Lab offers support through our network of R&D development labs, test centers and pilot plants across 4 US sites in New York, Minnesota, Florida and Colorado.

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company which provides a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries. The Group believes it is the world leader in food, environment and pharmaceutical products testing and in agroscience CRO services. Itis also one of the global independent market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and for supporting clinical studies. In addition, Eurofins is one of the key emerging players in specialty clinical diagnostic testing in Europe and the USA.

Group's key figures are approx. 3 billion Euros turnover, 400 laboratories across 44 countries and more than 35.000 staff.

Job Description

Responsibilities for this role include but are not limited to:

• Demonstrates and promotes the company vision
• Regular attendance and punctuality
• Applies GMP/GLP in all areas of responsibility, as appropriate
• Under direction, independently executes:
  •  bench-top experiments and formulation work
  • Nutritional and component analysis
  • pilot plant trials, shelf life studies, and sensory studies
  • experimental design
• Plans activities such as calculating ingredient quantities, production timing, and planning own weekly schedule
• Supports pilot plant trials: prepares samples for processing, operates processing and/or packaging equipment, and collects data, and produces samples of good quality
• Interfaces with ingredient suppliers; orders ingredients and requests documentation; Seeks out information/facilities to get the job complete
• Makes suggestions for modifications in experimental approach and proactive feedback on next steps based on results
• Occasionally (up to 10% of time) has to travel overnight, weekends, interstate and/or international travel
• Must demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills: must be a team player who is professional and presentable
• Assists In writing reports, methods, protocols and SOPs.
• Keeps updated and educated on relevant news, literature and findings in the industry
• Learns and demonstrates departmental procedures and policies
• Conducts all activities in a safe and efficient
• Performs other duties as assigned
  • Will be exposed to potential food allergens

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Food Science or other related fields
• Minimum of one year laboratory experience
• Mandatory immunizations and screening as required
• Authorization to work in the United States indefinitely without restriction or sponsorship

Additional Information

This position is Full-Time, Monday-Friday 8:00 am-4:30 pm., with additional hours as needed. Candidates currently living in a commutable distance of Ithaca, NY are encouraged to apply. Compensation for this role falls roughly in the range of $60,000- $64,000.

What we Offer:

• Excellent full time benefits including comprehensive Medical coverage, Dental, and Vision options
• Life and Disability Insurance
• 401(K) with company match
• Paid Vacation and Holidays

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Closing Date

We reserve the right to close or extend this position depending on application numbers. Therefore we would urge candidates