Frisco, TX
Job ID 122006
Job Category Research & Development
Job Level Individual Contributor
Position Type Full-Time

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering (preferred) and a minimum of 3 years of experience in the Beverage Industry.
• Experience in the developing and scale-up processes for Juices, Dairy, and other Functional Beverages using aseptic, retort, and other thermal processes (preferred).
• Strong command of food engineering principles and its application to the manufacturing of beverages from benchtop through manufacturing plant level. Experience with Emulsions and/or, Powder handling and mixing, and/or water processing is prefered
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

• Develop and implement new processes from initial concept through implementation. Manage assigned projects coordinating closely with other R&D team members, and develop and deliver processing specification.
• Design and conduct science-based research experiments in lab, pilot plant and manufacturing plant.
• Utilize statistical data analysis for data driven decision making.
• Design and lead the execution of plant trials for diverse purposes including the production of sale samples, process research, new ingredient/formula qualification, new process qualification, etc.
• Develop thorough and robust procedures on assigned projects and conduct plant personnel training of processing requirements.
• Accountable for assigned projects including timely follow through and documentation in a systematic and methodical manner.
• Perform beverage thermal processing and manufacturing engineering calculations to define processing requirements.
• Work effectively with cross functional teams in Manufacturing, Project Engineering, Packaging Engineering, Marketing and other business partners.
• Provide technical support to supply chain and R&D on cost savings, process optimization and quality improvement initiatives.
• Develop KDP technical and leadership capabilities through hands-on business interaction, company sponsored coursework and approved 3rd party resources.
• Pro-actively document and share learnings from projects, training, and vendor relationships.
• Ability to travel up to 30%.