Food Safety & Quality Analytical Chemist

The Food Safety and Quality Analytical Chemist will play a key role in supporting the Innovation Center and broader organization by providing technical expertise in analytical science that drives product quality, shelf-life optimization, new product development, and continuous improvement.

The role will serve as a technical resource to Research & Development, Quality, Operations, and manufacturing laboratories, providing expertise in analytical methodology, instrumentation, testing standards, and laboratory practices. The position will support the development, validation, standardization, and implementation of analytical methods under the direction of the Lab Manager and contribute to the evaluation and adoption of new technologies and equipment.

The Food Safety and Quality Analytical Chemist will also provide technical support for analytical proficiency and standardization programs across manufacturing facilities, to aid in identifying opportunities to improve laboratory capability, consistency, efficiency, and data quality.

• Support development and maintenance of analytical testing strategies for complex food safety, quality, R&D, product development, commercialization, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Coordinate, plan, and conduct chemical testing as a part of challenge studies and food safety and quality investigations in collaboration with relevant cross‑functional teams.
• Support Food Safety, Quality, and R&D through development and maintenance of the buffering capacity program, ensuring accurate and timely testing for formulation optimization.
• Recommend appropriate analytical approaches, methodologies, testing requirements, and instrumentation in collaboration with the Lab Manager and relevant stakeholders.
• Coordinate workload and conduct testing to support R&D and QA projects as necessary based on business need
• Acid and Salt titration, pH, water activity, viscosity, texture, color, moisture, fat, microscopy, and other tests
• Apply knowledge of food chemistry and analytical science to investigate complex product, process, and laboratory issues and support root cause analysis.
• Interpret analytical results, identify trends and deviations, and communicate technical findings and recommendations to manager and cross‑functional stakeholders.
• Serve as a technical resource to product developers and cross‑functional teams during complex research projects, development sprints, commercialization activities, and post‑commercialization issues or improvements.

• Support the development and implementation of standardized analytics test methods, laboratory procedures, and best practices across company laboratories.
• Identify and address continuous improvement opportunities in analytical test methodologies and lab operations.
• Develop and maintain standardized test methods, including Analytical Methods and SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures), in collaboration with the Lab Manager and relevant stakeholders to promote consistency across company laboratories.
• Evaluate and provide input on new analytical technologies, equipment, instrumentation, or automation to improve accuracy, efficiency, consistency, and data management.
• Provide technical input into laboratory equipment specifications, setup, validation, calibration, and implementation activities.
• Execute gold-standard reviews across manufacturing facilities to evaluate laboratory processes, identify deviations, and support improvement recommendations.

• Develop, improve, and maintain execution of the QA Analyst qualification program across…