Scientist

• Lead and champion a culture of safety across all activities.
• Optimize and validate functional performance, shelf life, and sensory properties of baked goods including bread, muffins, cookies, cakes, rolls, and tortillas by conducting product testing (both analytical and sensory) and by reviewing and analyzing the resulting data.
• Lead multiple complex projects while ensuring timeliness, accuracy, and alignment with customer and business goals.
• Collaborate with the commercial team and other R&D teams to translate unmet consumer needs into actionable scientific and technological insights in both domestic and international markets.
• Design and execute experiments to create technical application data supporting the business's commercial strategy.
• Exhibit conceptual, creative and analytic problem solving the ability to break down complex issues and simplify by focusing on what matters.
• Provide technical support to customers, sales teams, and internal departments on products and technologies.
• Collaborate with Marketing, Sales, Operations, Quality, Regulatory, and other R&D teams to achieve cross-functional business objectives that may include cost reduction initiatives, production efficiencies, and quality improvements.
• Stay updated on emerging technologies and developments in bakery products, fostering strong relationships with customers, research institutions, and industry organizations.
• Serve as a technical expert, solving broader business issues through science and technology strategies.
• Develop new product ideas and concepts for demos and tradeshows in multiple applications (bakery, confectionary, etc) with an emphasis on incorporation of Balchem ingredients in new and unique ways that align with current trends.
• Support and mentor other scientists within the R&D organization.
• Deliver written and oral reports on project status, experimental results, and technical recommendations.
• Take an independent and disciplined approach to organizing work activity, prioritizing tasks, and analysis; seek out additional projects and activities to drive the business forward.
• Ensure the integrity of the R&D laboratory through accurate record-keeping, test design, and adherence to sanitary practices.
• Ensure high standards of food safety, hygiene, and sanitation, working with quality and regulatory teams as needed to ensure compliance to food safety requirements.

Senior Food Scientist developing solutions for bakery challenges

Senior Food Application Scientist

Senior Food Scientist developing solutions for manufacturing challenges in the bakery space. Leveraging scientific training and experience to support R&D initiatives in a growing company.

• Analyzes patient, control and proficiency testing specimens and records results in a timely manner according to laboratory policy.
• Calibrates, maintains, operates and troubleshoots instrumentation issues and completes appropriate documentation.
• Completes continuing education and submits appropriate documentation where applicable.
• Follows regulatory, accreditation, safety and hospital standards, policies and procedures.
• Instructs, orients and mentors students, employees, residents, patients and other health care providers as applicable.
• Maintains an adequate inventory of all supplies.
• Accurately prepares, labels and stores reagents, standards, controls and specimens for analysis.
• Participates in quality assurance and quality improvement activities.
• Performs phlebotomy and sample collection as applicable.
• Reviews and correlates results of laboratory tests to each other and with the patient's condition, recognizing abnormal results and critical/alert values.
• Verifies accuracy of results and initiates corrective action when indicated.

Medical Laboratory Scientist providing laboratory testing for patients at The University of Kansas Health System

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Medical Laboratory Scientist ensuring accurate laboratory results for patients at The University of Kansas Health System. Involves analysis, calibration, mentoring, and quality assurance tasks.

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