Kitchen Prep

The Kitchen Prep is responsible for the set-up, serving, cleaning and breakdown of all sensory and perceptual studies. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. This is a full-time, benefits eligible position averaging 32 hours per week, in-person role working on-site at a Curion client site.

Responsibilities Include:

• Work in a laboratory test kitchen to prepare, cook, and serve food samples for the sensory team related panels
• Manage serving and timing logistics for sensory testing, organize samples and ballots and maintain a sanitary workplace
• Assist with development of SOPs, organize data, follow established procedures, and document test results
• Maintain stocks and inventory of food components, samples, ingredients, and supplies
• Support project teams with samples for sensory, analytics, and consumer testing

Job Qualifications:

• AA or BS degree in Food Science, Biology, Chemistry, or a related field
• 1 years of experience in a food lab or food pilot plant (pharmaceutical, biochemical and/or food)
• Enthusiasm for science, and self-motivated to make significant contributions in a team environment
• Outstanding listening and communication skills—both written and oral
• Excellent organizational skills with a particular focus upon managing details, manage multiple tasks concurrently, and adapt well to quick changes
• Ability to continuously establish and maintain excellent record keeping, inventory, and accountability
• Comfortable using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and using math for formulation calculations
• Ability to independently troubleshoot issues when applicable and work with a diverse, dynamic team effectively
• Must be able to lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Curion is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status.
About the company
At Curion, we provide world-class insights. From quantitative to qualitative research, we apply proven industry-leading, innovative methods to service over 65% of the Top Global 100 companies. As a full-service product testing and insights firm, we work with our clients to determine not only what products consumers like but why they are liked and how to make optimizations. As a result, our clients mitigate risk of marketplace failure by ensuring that only products of quality and character will be introduced to the market, providing repeatable delight to their consumers. We accomplish this with our expert employees, sensory processes, fully-equipped facilities and data insights. In 2020 alone, we tested with over 150,000 consumers across our San Francisco, Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta and New York metropolitan-area facilities. The result of a merger between Q Research Solutions and Tragon Corp., our company brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the consumer and sensory science industries and pioneered many of the sensory methodologies considered industry standards today, including Quantitative Descriptive Analysis (QDA)® and Partnership Solutions™.

Job Type: Full-time