Highlights
Position: Contractor Research Scientist, Chocolate Product Development Location: Hershey, PA, 17033 Duration: 9 Months Job Type: Temporary Assignment Work Type: Onsite Job Description: Main Duties: The Scientist within the Chocolate Product Development R&D Team is responsible for assisting other scientist on high complexity initiatives, leading workstreams within larger initiatives, and/or leading low complexity initiatives with support. Ability to handle allergens including diary, peanuts, tree nuts, soy, wheat, eggs and other food ingredient chemicals and allergens while wearing appropriate PPE.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Hershey, PA |
| Industry | Computer/IT Services |
| Salary | $35.50 |
| Company Size | 100 to 499 employees |
| Year Founded | 2009 |
| Website | http://www.tekwissen.com/ |
Description
Overview:
TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide.
Position: Contractor Research Scientist, Chocolate Product Development
Location: Hershey, PA, 17033
Duration: 9 Months
Job Type: Temporary Assignment
Work Type: Onsite
Job Description:
Main Duties:
- The Scientist within the Chocolate Product Development R&D Team is responsible for assisting other scientist on high complexity initiatives, leading workstreams within larger initiatives, and/or leading low complexity initiatives with support.
- A low to medium level of autonomy is required depending upon the workstream.
- He/she is responsible for maintaining compliance on all GMPs and all food and people safety protocols in the lab and pilot plant.
- Work may be performed independently or under minimal supervision and routinely involves repetitive tasks on a daily or weekly basis.
- The Scientist will be expected to create trial plans and test protocols, to write reports capturing results and conclusions, and to present findings and recommended next steps for further work.
- A strong understanding of principles of food chemistry and ingredient functionality is desirable.
- Successful candidate will work in partnership with scientists and engineers to create samples and prototypes using different technologies and methods.
- Scientist will also be responsible for learning to operate and maintain different pieces of R&D equipment and documenting procedures for set-up, operation, and cleaning of processing equipment.
- A successful candidate is learning how to demonstrate and apply technical knowledge while developing and sharing technical expertise within functional areas and cross functionally within the organization.
Typical Day:
- 60% Partnering with project leaders to prepare for and perform equipment trials, making samples using equipment and new technologies, and cleaning equipment
- 30% Developing trial protocols, entering data, analysis, documenting experiments, developing SOPs, and presenting / reporting results and conclusions to team.
- 10% Other administrative tasks, and training (online and hands on)
Top Three Technical Skills:
- 40% ability to prepare and execute trials on food equipment in pilot plant
- 30% ability to develop written documentation and/or communicate orally
- 30% ability to collaborate with partners on a cross functional team
Must Haves/ Recessions (i.e. years of experience):
- BS in Science/Engineering related field is desirable
- Food related work (specifically chocolate technology) experience is a plus
- Desire to work in the food industry
- Ability to travel for work outside of the area
- Ability to work overtime as needed
Minimum knowledge, skills and abilities required to successfully perform major duties/responsibilities:
- Ability to develop and execute designed experiments on pilot scale equipment
- Well-developed oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to handle allergens including diary, peanuts, tree nuts, soy, wheat, eggs and other food ingredient chemicals and allergens while wearing appropriate PPE.
- Experience with basic Microsoft programs such as Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
- Ability to lift up to 35 lbs.
- Ability to effectively plan and execute multiple priorities while being flexible and adaptive to change.
- General knowledge of food GMPs
Software Skills and Purpose (if applicable):
- MS Office Project
Industry Experience:
- Great to have experience in produce processing, food manufacturing, or research and development.
Team Size:
- Individual contributor will work closely with others and have individual work.
Work Environment:
- Labs, pilot plant, desk work, working meetings and manufacturing facilities for tests and trials.
What do you foresee as being the biggest challenge in this position:
- Collaboration with many different cross-functional team members with conflicting needs.
- Demonstrate and apply technical knowledge while developing and sharing technical expertise within functional areas and cross functionally in the organization
- Problem solving skills and ability to think critically
TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.
About Company
WE THE TEKWISSEN PEOPLE
TekWissen offers you a broader portfolio of services, industry-leading solutions, and the meaningful innovations that give you greater flexibility and speed to respond to market dynamics, reduced costs and risk to improve enterprise performance, and increased productivity to enable growth.
To keep pace with global market demands, TekWissen keeps its finger on the pulse of change. Our organized approach to guiding a project from its inception to closure. Managing projects is becoming more and more important as we enter the digital era. To cope with the pace that this transition demands, a method is required to manage projects so they can yield quality work, while incorporating efficient use of time and resources.
Project involves identifying which quality standards are relevant to the project and determining how to satisfy them.
It is important to perform quality planning during the Planning Process and should be done alongside the other project planning processes because changes in the quality will likely require changes in the other planning processes, or the desired product quality may require a detailed risk analysis of an identified problem. It is important to remember that quality should be planned, designed, then built in, not added on after the fact.
Capabilities and accomplishments in one TekWissen business enhance the opportunity for success in the others. Put simply, TekWissen's unique combination of attributes promotes success.