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🍬 **Head of Confectionery Technology / R&D Lead**
🏢 **About Us:** A renowned confectionery factory with a rich history and a vast assortment of sweets is seeking an experienced, creative, and passionate Chief Technologist to lead our R&D and production technology at our main facility in Chicago. You will spearhead the development of new products and the modernization of existing recipes.
🔬 **Core Duties:**
• Develop and launch new original products: cookies, wafers, candies, marshmallows, and chocolate confections.
• Calculate and compile technical specification sheets, recipe books, and standard raw material consumption norms.
• Continuously optimize existing recipes to enhance product quality and reduce production costs.
• Enforce strict quality control of incoming raw materials (flour, sugar, cocoa beans, nuts) and auxiliary ingredients.
• Implement and maintain food safety systems (HACCP, GMP, SQF) across the production floor.
• Monitor and enforce strict adherence to technological regimes at all stages of confectionery manufacturing.
• Participate in the selection, installation, and commissioning of new high-tech confectionery equipment.
🎓 **Requirements:**
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Food Science, Culinary Technology, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience as a Head Technologist or Lead R&D Engineer in the confectionery industry.
• Deep knowledge of the physicochemical properties of food raw materials and confectionery processing technologies.
• Proven experience passing regulatory audits and retail chain vendor audits.
✨ **What We Offer:**
• Executive Salary: $95,000 USD annually + performance bonuses.
• Full-time, on-site role in Chicago, IL.
• Standard 5-day work week (09:00 - 18:00), weekends off.
• Work at a modern, dynamic food manufacturing enterprise with full corporate benefits.