Quality Control Technician

Our Metrowest client is looking for a full time contract Quality Control/Testing Specialist with 3+ years experience working in beverage industry. This position is 100% onsite in the Greater Boston area and looking to start immediately and go until end of year. For this role, you must have education or experience in Food Science/Technology, Culinology, Culinary, or related fields.

Partnering with Product Development leads & Manager of Beverage Science to help with the successful product launches of new and cutting-edge products.

• Assisting with product management activities for new product launches, product improvements, optimizations, and line extensions
• Executing beverage and ingredient analysis including pH, TA, Brix and Flashpoint
• Assisting in the creation & development of beverage formulations, including bench top beverage development and formula creation
• Coordinating and executing consumer testing with sensory evaluation and report-out of findings to the team
• Working cross functionally to establish value engineering and cost down initiatives
• Managing internal technical testing and stability testing for all products in development
• Support claims substantiation process for new product launches
• Sample management and coordination and for retailer meeting needs
• Coordination and execution of consumer research activities with internal and external testers in collaboration with Consumer Insights team
• Tracking of findings and action items from consumer research and product reviews