Ingredion is hiring a Technical Service Technologist to provide technical support and expertise to customers for a broad range of food and beverage applications.  The technologist will work closely with our go-to-market team (Sales, Business Development, Marketing, etc.) to support accounts within our Western Regional (Englewood, CO) technical service team and our business initiatives for our growth platform products, assist with managing existing product line, develop new products, and create customer-valued solutions.  The technologist will be responsible for developing food formulations and prototypes for various customer and business initiatives on pilot plant and lab benchtop scale utilizing Good Manufacturing Practices.  They will also perform research-related duties as needed/assigned; support internal and external customer requests; and execute analytical testing, including documenting results and preparing technical reports with guidance from manager. 

Core Responsibilities:

• Provide technical support across a broad range of food applications, applying product and application knowledge to identify solutions for internal and external customers. 
• Support customer and business development projects and initiatives, shifting priorities as needed and delivering on time.
• Support demo/prototype development and application validation work to promote our products and capabilities.
• Conduct pilot and production scale trials in our Food Pilot Plant and/or at customers’ facilities.
• Build knowledge of the company’s technologies, product functionalities, and their application in customer products and different food categories.
• Conduct qualification and application testing to support product line management of existing line product and new product launches.
• Perform work needed to provide tools for our growth platform initiatives, contributing to business growth and continuity.
• Work with direct manager & technical service team to identify formulation challenges, solve problems, and develop innovative ideas.
• Interact with technical service team, research/growth platform leaders, key technology functions, sales and business development in US/Canada.
• Support assigned accounts and lead customer projects with these accounts.

Qualified Candidates will have:

• B.S in Food Science/Food Engineering/Chemical Engineering with 2+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Knowledge of common food applications/processes, food ingredient functionality, and ingredient interactions.
• Ability to formulate products across a wide range of food categories.
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills required for food formulation development, optimization, and troubleshooting.
• Previous laboratory, pilot plant, and benchtop experience in the food industry highly desired.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.  Demonstrated ability to write comprehensive technical reports and deliver technical presentations.
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision.
• Ability to deal well with ambiguity and embrace a dynamic work environment.
• Customer-focused mindset, proven people skills, self-motivation, and focus on results.
• Excellent planning skills, highly organized, detail-oriented, ability to multi-task.
• Team player and excellent interpersonal skills.
• Prior customer experience is a plus.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams).
• Ability to travel up to 15-20% domestically.

Ingredion provides accommodations to job applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process. If a job applicant requires an accommodation during the application process or through the selection process, we will work with the applicant to meet the job applicant's accommodation needs.

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