Cheese Technologist

This position will provide leadership in cheese processing technologies by working with the project and sales teams to define cheese processes and providing industry insights and technical direction to support projects and innovation in cheese processing. This position will also be responsible for providing excellent customer and sales support and will collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance product quality, cost efficiency, and performance. 

Responsibilities

Process Development :

• Review and approval of mass balance/process calculations and mass flow diagrams
• Set-up of technological product & line specifications, guarantees, and performances 
• Collaborate Process design and optimization with process engineering for cheese production concepts and solutions including Standardizing, Curd Production, cheese packaging, and ingredient blending system(s)
• Review P&ID’s and changes to P&ID’s with process engineering for sales and project phases
• Provide Critical Design Reviews and associated approvals at Critical Design Review points
• Review Process Narrative or Functional Descriptions of the process for use by the controls team in programming the controls systems. 

Commissioning

• Assist in commissioning of assigned projects
• Training of operators or customer technical team
• Optimization and troubleshooting on existing cheese production lines. 
• Set-up of technological product and line specifications, guarantees and performances.

Sales Support

• Audit and process reviews of customers’ existing process lines
• Collaborate on conceptual design of cheese process according to customer requirements
• Interpretation and advising on customer information and the influence of these input parameters on the cheese production solutions and concepts through modeling, optimizing, and engineering processes. 

Other Duties

• On request, give technological support and advice to coworkers in the organization and/or customer’s organization. 
• Attend relevant continuing education classes (i.e. CDR classes) 
• Attend industry events (e.g. Cheese Con, WCMA events)
• Other projects as assigned by supervisor. 

Qualifications

• Education: Licensed Cheesemaker with 10+ years experience, or relevant experience.
• Must have 10+ years’ experience in the dairy process industry
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.