Senior Food Scientist

Our Secret Ingredient is our Employees!

McClancy Foods & Flavors (“McClancy” or the “Company”) is a privately-held, manufacturer of blends, spices, and seasoning mixes for foodservice, commercial and retail customers. For almost 70 years, the Company has worked with national, international, regional, and local customers in a variety of industries to create formulations and food products that will nourish, delight, and exceed expectations of families across the globe.

The Company is headquartered in Fort Mill, SC near Charlotte, NC. For additional information, please visit http://www.mcclancy.com/.

Build a great career with a great manufacturing company in the Carolinas!

Position Summary: This position is an experienced-level position that performs a full range of professional Food Scientist assignments in a full-functioning capacity. The Scientist will have bench development experience in creating, reverse engineering, and, cost-reducing the following: savory and sweet seasonings, sauces, dressings, marinades, and, batter / breader systems. The role will apply scientific and technical knowledge of ingredients, flavors, and processes in the development of food products. Considerable independent judgment is required to carry out assessments that have a significant impact on services or programs.

Description of Duties:

• Lead projects from ideation through finished product commercialization.
• Formulate, modify, and/or cost-reduce seasonings and food products/systems, based on project specifications.
• Solve technical problems essential to flavor development, food applications, and/or delivery systems.
• Replicate products, seasonings, and/or flavors that may already exist in the marketplace.
• Run basic analysis such as salts, moistures, pH, and granulations as needed on products being evaluated.
• Maintain accurate and organized notes, formulas, correspondence, and relevant data related to each project.
• Conduct sensory evaluations of project work.
• Regularly and actively participate in cross-discipline R&D and cross-functional business teams meetings.
• Possesses advanced knowledge of our customers’ products/processes and applies this knowledge to project and cross-functional teams.
• Adept at writing and interpreting reports, research records, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Strong communication and presentation skills to present information, products, and/or ideas to stakeholders.
• Provides technical (scientific/analytical) expertise to internal and external customers.
• Develops Intellectual property ideas and contributions.
• Evaluate new ingredient sourcing, costing, qualifications, and specifications.
• Provide technical guidance to Jr. Scientists, technologists, technicians, and operations personnel
• Stays current with new food trends, technology, and processes and recommends where appropriate.
• Support the Director of Culinary, as required.

Essential Skills and Experience:

• B.S. in Food Science, Food Engineering, or related Applied Sciences
• 7+ years’ experience developing and formulating seasonings, sauces, batter / breaders, meat systems, or other related food industry development. Culinary experience is a plus.
• 3+ years' Experience in meat science and commercialization in processing plants.
• High degree of proactive thinking, great organizational skills, strong communication, and presentation skills.
• High proficiency in Microsoft-based applications.
• Ability to quantitatively write and review technical procedures and regulations.
• Must be able to accurately taste and smell flavor profiles and food products.
• Must be able to mix and compound seasoning blends and flour bases.
• Self-directed, detail-oriented, extremely adept at managing multiple projects simultaneously, delivering results while overcoming obstacles, and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment.

Physical demands and work environment: The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the associate is occasionally required to stand, sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools; or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop; kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear taste or smell. The associate must occasionally lift and /or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus.

Work Environment: While performing the duties of the job, the associate is exposed to a normal office atmosphere as well as laboratory ingredient dust, aromas and noise.

So why pick McClancy? We offer:

• Competitive pay, with incentives
• 40 HRS WEEKLY FOR OUR EMPLOYEES
• Comprehensive benefits program (medical, dental, vision, 401(k), and more!)
• PTO after 90 days of employment
• We Promote from within- a lot of Room for Growth
• Referral Bonuses- Uncapped opportunity

EOE- Encouraging all interested to apply **

Contact Information:

Send resume for consideration to:

George Harmon, Human Resource Director <george.harmon@mcclancy.com>