Manufacturing Associate

The Fountain Group • Contract • Burlington, MA, US • $25 - $30 / hour • 2d ago

Pay: $25-30/Hour

Description:

The Beverage Product Development Team is looking for a candidate with an engineering or technical background and 0 - 5 years of experience to support an exciting new project at our Burlington, MA location. This position will be responsible for supporting several technical manufacturing processes in a small-scale fast-paced development production environment.
Primary responsibilities will include conducting technical experiments and various types of sample testing with care and accuracy, supporting process improvement activities, documenting process specifications and generating standard operating procedures. Additionally, the person may be asked to support other activities such as analyzing and reporting production data and troubleshooting process equipment.
This position partners closely with numerous internal business functions such as, product development, process engineering, continuous improvement, quality, and technical services operations.

Duties:

Work directly with R&D Beverage Development Team in activities that may include creating benchtop beverage prototypes and sample testing
Become proficient in operating lab equipment, including coffee roasting, coffee grinding, coating and drying (e.g. spray, dipping or related lab/pilot-scale tools)
Perform analytical measurements, including mechanical testing and rheology
Collect data and support data analysis, using easy to interpret reports
Provide hands-on technical troubleshooting for processes and equipment within a small-scale manufacturing environment
Document process changes, create Standard Operating Procedures and generate or amend process specifications
Support testing and experiments for product and process innovations; working closely with engineers, scientists and technicians communicating status, issues and recommendations for improving experiments and workflows.

Requirements:

Associate or B.S. degree in an Engineering, Materials Science, Food Science, Chemistry or equivalent technical discipline, 0 - 5 years of experience
Highly motivated to work in a lab, pilot plant and manufacturing environment
Demonstrated hands-on comfort with making formulations and running experiments (e.g. mixing solutions, coating, testing physical properties).
Detail-oriented in execution and data collection
Knowledge of and interest to learn processes such as coffee roasting, grinding, flavoring, blending, coating and drying processes
Ability to follow safety, quality and basic food-safety and GMP practices
Experience with coatings, films or tablets in any context (e.g. foods, pharmaceuticals, paints or related) is a plus

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