R&D Scientist, Bakery

The Opportunity

This permanent position will report to the Bakery Manager.

• New Product Development of bakery and other food products related to utilizing specialty grains, proteins, dough conditioners, mold inhibitors, enzymes, emulsifiers, gluten-free and egg-free systems, etc.
• Plan and design robust experiments that can be statistically analyzed and stand up under scientific scrutiny.
• Work with suppliers and contract manufacturing as needed in developing processes and new ingredients.
• Supports internal plant operations by writing of production batch record instructions, corrective actions, and quality bake release testing as needed.
• Review scientific literature and pull together potential solutions based on prior work.
• Write reports in a clear, concise and meaningful way including interpretation of scientific data.
• Operate and troubleshot instruments and pilot equipment in our laboratories creating a more efficient R&D operations
• Make presentations to sales, market, business development personnel, at conferences, meetings, trade shows, and customer visits.
• Provide customer support and visits with a sales rep to give technical assistance to customer-based projects
• Interface with R&D, PSM teams and Sales for commercialization of projects within the realm of responsibility
• Take food and supplement formulations from bench-top to pilot plant scale.
• Provide technical support to scale up commercial and collaborative opportunities at external and internal plants.
• Self-motivated, positive, able to multi-task and demonstrate the Glanbia values.

The Skills you will bring to the team

Where and how you will work

The opportunity will be based in West Haven, CT.

What we would like to offer you!

The opportunity to develop your career on a global stage, continuous learning through an on-demand learning platform, and a competitive compensation package including staff discounts, generous family leave policy, health & dental plan, competitive salary, 401K.