What are the responsibilities and job description for the Food Scientist position at Actalent?
Food Scientist
Job Description
This Food Scientist role focuses on driving product innovation, customer collaboration, and commercialization within a food manufacturing environment. You will combine hands-on formulation work with direct customer interaction to develop solutions that align with market trends, customer requirements, and business objectives. This position is ideal for someone who enjoys both the technical aspects of product development and the relationship-building involved in working with customers, suppliers, and cross-functional teams.
Responsibilities
- Develop and optimize food formulations for new and existing products, ensuring they meet performance, quality, and cost targets.
- Partner directly with customers to understand product goals, ingredient requirements, nutritional targets, and labeling needs, and translate these into practical formulation solutions.
- Support customer presentations and technical discussions by providing clear, science-based explanations of formulations, processes, and product performance.
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Additional Skills & Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Food Science or a related scientific discipline.
- 1–5 years of experience in product development, research and development (R&D), applications, or food manufacturing.
Job Type & Location
This is a Permanent position based out of Detroit Lakes, MN.
Pay and BenefitsThe pay range for this position is $55000.00 - $85000.00/yr.
Health, dental, vision, 401K Company bonus potential and profit sharing opportunity
Workplace TypeThis is a fully onsite position in Detroit Lakes,MN.
Application DeadlineThis position is anticipated to close on Aug 18, 2026.
About Actalent
Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com for other accommodation options.
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Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.
Salary : $55,000 - $85,000