R&D Lab Technician

Overview

Zentis is Europe's number one fruit processing company and one of the leading brand manufacturers of jams, sweets, and custard-based desserts. The Company's North America operations are located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Plymouth, Indiana, where we produce fruit and dairy preparations for a variety of customers including yogurt, ice cream and bakery manufacturers. We are currently looking to recruit a Lab Technician for our Plymouth location.

• Cooks lab samples in the daily sample queue following laboratory standard operating procedures. Documents rudimentary product analyses (brix, pH, viscosity) for all cookings both at time of cooking and after 24 hours. May include preparing samples in application (such as mixing with yogurt). Responsible for shipping samples to customers and maintaining accessible retain samples for all samples shipping externally.
• Communicates with other team members on daily project work. Collaborates with scientists and managers to prioritize deliverables effectively and troubleshoot technical issues that arise during cookings.
• Maintains a clean, organized and professional laboratory setting. Calibrates and maintains analytical equipment daily. Assists with maintenance of laboratory stock of key materials and ingredients for R&D operations.
• Supports product scale up into production by ensuring proper documentation of benchtop cooking data. Assists scientists with scale-up activities as needed, including collecting data from plant trials. Becomes familiar with manufacturing technology in production.

• Minimum requirement is a high school diploma or GED.
• Associate degree in Culinary or Science is a plus.

• 1–2 years’ experience in a restaurant, retail food preparation or commercial kitchen setting.
• Experience in a food laboratory or food manufacturing plant is desired.

• Must have basic computer knowledge including Office
  365 applications such as Word and Excel.
• Must be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and have strong communication skills. Must be able to stand for most of shift.