Senior Food Scientist

Overview

Senior Food Scientist at Schweid & Sons

Schweid & Sons is a family-owned and operated premium ground beef company with a proud heritage spanning four generations. We supply top-quality beef to Retail, Food service, and National Account customers across the U.S. and are committed to quality, customer service, and innovation in protein manufacturing.

Base pay range

$90,000.00/yr - $/yr

Summary

Are you a creative and driven professional with a passion for developing innovative premium protein products? Schweid & Sons is looking for a Food Scientist to add to our team. Reporting to the Director of Innovation, you will lead innovation and product development projects and initiatives, formulation, process improvement, ingredient, recipe and nutritional development, and provide food science strategy and guidance to take the company into the future.

This role focuses on developing, improving, and ensuring the safety and quality of premium protein products, from fresh cuts to processed meats. The ideal candidate will have an understanding of meat science, food safety regulations, and product development processes within the beef and other protein industries. To be successful, you must have strong food science and product development experience in protein, the ability to improve and build repeatable processes, experience in meat operations, and knowledge of regulatory requirements.

You should be comfortable leading key projects, working independently to ensure deadlines are met while balancing priorities.

This is an incredible opportunity to join a well-established food manufacturing company that prides itself on putting its team members first by providing an incredible culture, amazing benefits, and commitment to innovation.

• Manage innovation projects, communicate, and coordinate with internal stakeholders as well as customers. Research and develop new products, including raw, fresh, cooked, cured, and value-added items.
• Improve existing products in terms of taste, texture, shelf life, yield, and nutritional profile.
• Design and conduct experiments on meat formulations, marination, cooking processes, and preservation techniques.
• Organize sensory panels and conduct rigorous product testing to ensure we deliver a great tasting product.
• Ensure all products comply with USDA, FDA, HACCP, and company food safety standards.
• Conduct shelf-life testing and sensory evaluations of beef products.
• Analyze raw materials and finished products for microbial, chemical, and physical properties.
• Collaborate with procurement, QA, production, and marketing teams to bring new products to market.
• Monitor trends in meat science, consumer preferences and processing technologies.
• Prepare responses to customer inquiries with adequate scientific and technical evidence and provide solutions.
• Complete the verification of the implementation of standard operating procedures for the laboratory or kitchen facilities.
• Responsible for maintaining accurate records of formulations, procedures, and processes in appropriate software systems and platforms.

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science or related field or equivalent experience.
• USDA, FDA, HACCP and SQF experience.
• 3 - 5+ years of Food Science in the protein category required.
• 2+ years related protein experience required, preference for beef experience.
• Food/nutrition manufacturing experience required.
• Fundamental understanding of regulatory compliance and nutritional calculation software.
• Understanding of daily lab and production processes. Expertise in raw material handling and stability.
• Ability to independently formulate products based on consumer and customer requirements, identifying potential issues and promptly alerting managers or customers. Experience in food concept development and prototype improvement.
• Some culinary and recipe development experience is a plus.
• Able to effectively analyze data to develop presentations and reports.
• Must be proficient in the use of Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint).

• The expected compensation for this role is $90,000 - $120,000 per year, depending on experience and qualifications. Final compensation will be discussed during the interview process.
• Time Off: PTO, Safe & Sick Time, and Paid Holidays.
• Health Benefits:
  
  Medical, vision, dental, HRA and voluntary disability benefits.
• Financial Benefits:
  
  401(k) + employer match and life insurance.
• Location:
  
  This is an on-site role located in either East Rutherford, NJ or College Park, GA.
• Environment:
  Office environment.

Mid-Senior level

Full-time

Research, Analyst, and Information Technology

Food and Beverage Manufacturing