Protein Development Technologist

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TITLE: Protein Development Technologist

LOCATION: Wilton, Teesside, UK

Job Description

Calysta is a world leader in cellular agriculture, creating protein without limits via a patented fermentation platform that uses no arable land, plant or animal products. Calysta is an innovator in sustainable protein products to improve worldwide food security. As the world’s demand for healthy, sustainably produced food continues to grow, Calysta’s family of ingredients – FeedKind Aqua, FeedKind Pet, and Positive Protein – are ready to meet the challenge, providing a sustainable non-GMO protein for the feed, pet, and human food markets.

We are looking to employ a Protein Development Technologist to help lead and manage further product development activities and develop and scale-up a range of new protein ingredients that demonstrate nutritional and functional performance benefits.

Responsibilities

• Leadership of Feedkind (Pet and Food) new ingredient (product development) program developing product application concepts and supporting customers through evaluation phases and through to commercial launch
• Create product concept and prototype ‘show case’ across Food and Pet wet/dry/snacks/treats to support commercial collaborations
• Support Commercial Vice President and customer collaborations for Pet and Food projects with sample support, data, technical specification development and project management
• Lead a Calysta functional database to showcase areas of competitive advantage and value from our inherent product macro and micro nutrient profile and functionality benefits in application
• Build scientific support, nutrition dossier and competitive analysis vs animal, plant other novel proteins and external expert endorsement and research collaboration.
• With regulatory team and external consultants determine the recommended daily (Food) and max inclusion rate for cats/dogs and coordinate product safety and performance to support the development of a technical dossier for regulatory approval in key global markets .
• Management of technical milestones and resources (internal and external) to deliver Pet and Food scale up and technical commercialisation program objectives
• Lead product specification governance and support DSP projects, lab and pilot trials to determine or validate product quality.
• Be the Calysta subject matter expert for nutrition and measure areas of competitive advantage vs plant and other microbial proteins
• Collaborate internally with San Mateo (US) R&D labs, Engineering, Quality and operations (Chongqing) to detail product specifications and SOPs that ensure a safe, high-quality product is manufactured and delivered to meets the needs of the customer
• Develop external collaborations with consultants and key suppliers in SME fields to continuously improve our nutrition and product performance benefits.
• Support the commissioning of new production facilities including pilot and production plants
• Lab manager of the food application centre at Teesside
  

Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years experience in Product or ingredient development within the food or ingredients sector: e.g. Dairy, animal feed, vegetable/animal proteins
• Education to degree level in Nutrition/natural sciences
• Capacity to think strategically about food nutrition and product development
• Passionate about the future of food, food security, and sustainability
• Experience engaging with academia and managing PhD students/academic research
• Experience developing Food within FMCG or with retailers
• Demonstrable ability to make technical recommendations through analysis of data and information
• Competency in reporting and presenting both internally and externally
• Team player with the ability to work under their own initiative
• Aptitude for cross-functional collaboration with engineers, scientists and operators
• Self-motivated, proactive, and flexible in a fast-moving environment
• Willing to work outside normal working hours
• Able to travel to suppliers, customers and future production facilities
  

Benefits

Compensation and benefits package will be competitive

Calysta is a fast-growing ambitious company where individual contributions are valued and rewarded. It is an exciting, high-energy place to work with highly-motivated, skilled colleagues. Join our team and build the future with us.

Calysta UK Ltd is located in the Wilton Centre Redcar Cleveland and is part of the Calysta Inc. group headquartered in San Mateo, USA. Calysta, is an innovator in sustainable products to improve worldwide food security. Calysta develops and commercializes FeedKind® protein, an alternative feed ingredient for fish, livestock and pet nutritional products.

We have a legal responsibility to ensure that all our employees have the legal right to live and work in the UK. If we make an offer of employment, we will need to check that you are eligible to work in the UK before you start work.

Join our team and build the future with us. Interested candidates should send their CV and cover letter to