Our client -who is already in the food services, is starting a new food production company and they are looking for a:

Senior/Principal Food Scientist/Engineer m/f

Candidates are welcome from a Food Science or Food Chemistry or Food Engineering or Biotechnology background or something related.

But, you must have the required experience and be able to function in a food production start-up.

There are no funding issues to worry about and you must be able to work with people from all sorts of nationalities and cultures

You have experience in prolonging shelf life and understand HACCP

The Job – Title: Food Scientist
What is this role about?

Conduct research to develop new food products and improve existing ones.
Ensure products meet safety and quality standards.
Guide client to get started, and get FDA certification and plan a roadmap to future development
Provide guidance on food safety, hazard prevention, shelf life, storage, environmental standards and maintenance.. etc- ideally you have HACCP certification or equivalent
Collaborate with cross-functional teams including marketing, production, and quality assurance.
Stay updated with industry trends and regulatory requirements.
Experience in jarred sauces, dry spices, cereals, and bread spreads is a plus.
Understand food-grade packaging from glass to plastic included

The Details / Key Responsibilities:

Technology Management: Lead optimal usage of all machinery and other technologies, both physically and processwise.
Ensure that all production outputs and processes meet high-quality standards and align with proposed cost- efficiency measurements
Research & Innovation: Conduct research on all products to understand the properties and potential implications on food safety, self-life, etc while identifying opportunities for both innovation and product improvement
Process Optimization: guide the optimization of the whole product lifecycle based on product and market requirements, ensuring efficiency, consistency, and scalability.
Technical Support: If and when applicable, provide technical support to clients
Regulatory Compliance: Ensure all product and manufacturing/production aspects comply with relevant food safety and regulatory standards, maintaining accurate documentation and records.
Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate closely with business development and production teams to align product development with business strategies and market demands.
Continuous Improvement: Stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in food science, applying new knowledge to drive continuous improvement in our technology’s applications.
All of the above tasks are indicative- at your level, you should lead and don’t expect to be told what to do.

Qualifications:

Degree in Food Science, Food Chemistry, Food Technology, Biotechnology, or a related field. A Master’s or PhD is a plus.
5-10+ years experience in food product development and quality control.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills – especially related to product formulation, texturization, and attribute improvement.
Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.
Zero-to-one thinking: Demonstrated capability to shape concepts from start to outcome, especially for new product and category launches.
History managing projects, including rapid iterative development programs.
Prior experience with launching new products or categories is strongly preferred.
Experience with owning and shaping a product in prior roles is strongly preferred.
Knowledge: In-depth understanding of food science principles, sensory evaluation techniques, and regulatory requirements.

Current Equipment

They have
1. Commercial Dehydrator
2. ⁠commercial blender
3. ⁠retort machine
4. ⁠tunnel pasteurizer

And will need your advice and help to choose more equipment… We assume that you know how to use these…

Location

The Company is based near Osu but as they buy new machinery and grow, they will move to a big industrial facility in Accra (nooo Tema)

Salary + Benefits

The Target Base Salary for this role is between 6.000 and 20,000 net – depending on your experience, education, professional qualifications, etc.

Free Lunch will be provided at the discretion of the client

More benefits to be defined later on

How-to Apply

(if you can’t follow instructions, please do not apply)

As a professional, we expect you to follow these instructions please properly:

Apply only if you qualify – must have solid experience in spearheading Food R&D and production/packaging
please no candidates with irrelevant or inadequate experiences!!!!
Send us your highly customized 2-3 page CV�(longer CVs will be rejected since they do not reflect an ability to communicate with brief focused clear sentences) CV in Word(so NO PDF files please) to: CV @ HIREgh . com (remove empty spaces) with the appropriate�heading: ‘ACCRA Food Science’ in your email’s subject/ Title line.
Ideally, please use Arial font Number 10 for all of your CV and Arial font Number 12 and capitals for your headings, please
Also, please indicate when is the earlier that you can start
Give us your WhatsApp number, please
Please give us a current net income indication
Once again: DO NOT SEND a CV that is 4 pages long nor a CV in PDF format or as GoogleDoc –our ATS is set to ignore CVs longer than 3 pages
Please: No Google Docs either – we do not have permission to open them and getting one from you is too complex
If you don’t follow these instructions, you will not be considered for these roles

A FAIR WARNING

: if you don’t customize your CV don’t expect that it will go through with flying colors and the client will not invite you for an interview

We are looking forward to receiving your CV and meeting with you this week.

Thank you,

HIREghana

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