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Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Us

Pilot Plant Lead - Organizing projects & operating pilot-scale manufacturing equipment with three main goals: better innovation, optimizing processes, and broadening our R&D skillset to service our plants better. Responsibilities include: planning out internal/external projects, training employees on proper equipment use, managing safety plans, and providing technical feedback based off of run observations to help guide the product development process.Research & Development - Formulating for foods such as plant-based milks, fruit snacks, smoothies and non-dairy ice creams, working with customers to launch on-trend products and perform continuous quality improvements, helping turn current byproduct streams into value added ingredients for innovative new items

Boise, Idaho, Us

Food Tech/Food Tech II for Albertsons Own Brands Product Development departmentProduct development - Working to create new items for retail, maintenance on existing products, risk evaluation of new products to be launched, product reformulations and plant trialsCategory ownership - Responsible for product development tasks for several categories, prioritization and time management, coordinating information with suppliers and cross functional team membersProject management - Orchestrating label refreshes and nutritional panel updates, leading Kosher transitions, organizing challenge studies

Sanitation Supervision - Overseeing crews and providing guidance on plant cleaning techniques in several small to medium sized food production facilities, working beside and training new employees on proper procedures and chemical safetyCommunications - Working with customers to ensure their sanitation needs were met and learn what we can improve on, conversing in Spanish with employees and translating to the plant what they can help us with so that we can provide better serviceDocumentation - Creation of Master Sanitation Schedules, implementing Daily Cleaning Checklists, updating and creating new SSOP's

San Luis Obispo, Ca, Us

Production Runs - One of the student leads for production runs of commercially produced Cal Poly jams and barbecue sauces using the hot fill and hold method, production team member for Cal Poly ChocolatesGeneral Plant Work Experience - Equipment troubleshooting in high stress situations, cleaning and sanitation post-production, following of GMPs, SOPs, and HAACP checksQuality Assurance - Performing mid and post-run quality checks, making production decisions based on those quality feedbacks

San Luis Obispo, Ca, Us

Plant Supervision - Overseeing the daily upkeep of two FDA approved commercial food production facilities, balancing scheduling of production, class usage, and sanitationStudent and Employee Training - Hiring and training of new student employees for Cal Poly Food Science Products, demonstrating safe usage of plant equipment for student labsProduction Management - Directly in charge of jam and barbecue sauce production runs, assisting in chocolates production runs, planning of future Cal Poly Food Science productions, sales and inventory overview and re-ordering new ingredientsSanitation Overview - Creation of updated and detailed sanitation schedules, implementing new cleaning solutions

San Juan Bautista, Ca, Us

Data Analysis - Cross-referenced initial quality reports with customer claims to highlight areas of potential improvement Auditing - Shadowed on-site supplier audits, visited and inspected various field operationsQuality Assurance - Developed new commodity QA forms with feedback from QA employees, created updated commodity specification sheets based on product measurements

Product Development - Research on new Cal Poly food products for commercial sale, including scale up for production (extruded products, pipeline assembly, ingredient formulation troubleshooting)Research - Study on alternative methods of processing foods to be frozen and determining the quality of the methods through analytical tests

Master'S Degree, Food Science

Bachelor’S Degree, Food Science