Commercial Food Technologist

Benefits

• Up to 10% Retirement Contribution
• $600 per Year Wellness Incentive
• Medical, Dental, and Vision – Eligible first day of the month following hire date.

Hydrite is seeking a Food Technologist – Technical Service to support our Food & Beverage customers with technical expertise across a wide range of ingredient applications. This role will play a key part in new product development, customer engagement, and showcasing Hydrite’s innovative ingredient solutions—including multifunctional systems, liquid formats, and customized customer blends. The ideal candidate will be a collaborative problem solver with strong formulation skills and a passion for delivering customer value through technical service.

• Provide hands‑on technical support for food and beverage applications, including formulation development, pilot trials, and commercial scale‑up.
• Collaborate with Sales and Go‑To‑Market teams to identify customer needs and recommend tailored ingredient solutions.
• Travel with Sales to customer meetings and represent Hydrite at industry trade shows and technical presentations.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with technical contacts at customer accounts.
• Prepare prototypes and presentations to showcase Hydrite’s portfolio, including dairy protein optimization, acidulants, sequestrants, and sanitation solutions.
• Support ingredient sourcing and specification development in collaboration with Procurement and Quality teams.
• Maintain accurate records of customer projects and activities in CRM systems.
• Assist in building product documentation, label declarations, and technical data sheets.
• Maintain a clean and organized laboratory environment in accordance with GMP standards.
• Serve as backup to the Technical Service Manager as needed.

• This position reports to the Executive Director of Food Ingredients.

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Chemistry, or a related field.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in food product development, technical service, or ingredient applications.
• Experience with dairy, beverage, or meat applications preferred.
• Familiarity with benchtop lab equipment, pilot‑scale systems, and analytical instrumentation.
• Strong communication and presentation skills across technical and commercial audiences.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite; CRM experience a plus.
• Ability to travel up to 50% for customer visits, internal meetings, and trade shows.

Benefits and perks include 401k and profit sharing, medical/dental/vision/life insurance, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, adoption assistance, legal services insurance, scholarship awards for children of employees, summer picnic, community giving events, free family wellness coaching including nutritionist and fitness coach.

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Hydrite is unable to provide sponsorship at this time.