The Irca Group is an International Leader in high quality finished and semi-finished ingredients for the bakery, pastry, and ice cream markets. With a solid history of over 100 years in the industry, the Group has its headquarters in Italy (Gallarate) and a strong global footprint with 23 production sites and over 2000 employees in Europe, the United States and Vietnam.
Our core product categories include chocolate, compounds, chocolate decorations, sprinkles, creams, pastry mixes, gelato ingredients, nuts, and candied fruit. The most recent acquisition of Kerry Sweet complements our existing categories with the addition of sweet particulates, chocolate confections, inclusions, variegates and frozen fruit purees.
Through its 8 key brands (IRCA, Dobla, in2food, Via Degli Orsini, JoyGelato, RaviFruit, Cesarin and Anastasi) the IRCA Group offers an unparalleled "one-stop shop" approach for delivering quality solutions to all ingredients needs, through a broad range of innovative products. We offer every day and seasonal solutions to 3 macro channels: Gourmet, Food Manufacturing and Consumer Product (Retail).
“Extraordinary made simple”
We are seeking an experienced Research and Development Technician to work onsite at our lab located in Elk Grove Village, IL.
Under the direction of R&D scientists, the R&D technician produces artisan sprinkles samples using laboratory and pilot plant equipment daily and occasionally supports plant trials. The R&D technician should demonstrate a willingness to learn, comfort with changing priorities, and excellent attention to detail.
Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities include
· Create lab samples for customers.
· Completion of analytical testing for finished products, samples, and ingredients.
· Manage and organization of the lab, including ingredient and consumables inventory, and lab equipment maintained.
· Conduct new product development projects, from preparing food samples in a lab environment to monitoring full-scale production.
· Collaborate effectively with cross-functional business teams (account managers, quality, operations, finance, regulatory, procurement, supply chain, etc.) to gather the insights and tools needed for successful project execution.
· Ensure ingredient functionality meets sample requirements and performs effectively in end applications.
· Troubleshoot alongside other technologists across key developments, fostering strong technical relationships.
· Support site operations proactively, contributing to process and performance improvements.
· Other duties assigned to support project work.
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