About this role
Job Description
This position is responsible for preparing and conducting laboratory tests and baking evaluations for the company’s primary products, including all-purpose, counter and bakery flours, cereals, cake mixes, festival mixes, and customer-specific specialized mixes. The role provides technical support to both flour mill and mix plant operations, ensuring consistent product quality and functionality in laboratory testing and customer bakery applications.
What you’ll do
- Perform test bakes of our bakery flour, counter flour, and cake mixes, and assess and score the finished products
- Carry out quality checks on flour and baked goods, and take corrective action
- Test incoming raw materials and verify ingredient weights and specifications for pre-mixes
- Assist with product development, including experimental blending, test baking, and shelf life studies
- Monitor how flour lot variation affects baked goods and give feedback to milling operations
- Investigate customer complaints and prepare reports of your findings
- Visit customer bakeries to troubleshoot flour and mix performance issues, retrain bakery staff, and deliver product demonstrations
- Work with the Commercial, Milling, and Mix Plant teams to support new customers and move formulations from lab to full-scale production
- Prepare technical reports and application notes, and document all trials and testing procedures
What you bring
- Baking & Pastry Arts Diploma, or an Associate’s/Bachelor’s degree in Baking Science, Milling Science, Food Science, or a related field (or equivalent hands-on experience)
- At least 5 years’ experience in a bakery, flour mill, mix plant, or food manufacturing environment
- Advanced bread and pastry baking skills
- Direct experience with cake mixes and/or mixed product lines
- Familiarity with commercial bakery equipment (spiral and planetary mixers, deck/rotary ovens, proofers)
- Sound knowledge of flour types and mix formulation chemistry (leavening systems, emulsifiers, fat systems, starches)
- Hands-on troubleshooting skills and the ability to explain technical issues clearly to non-technical bakery staff
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook
- Firm knowledge of ISO, HACCP, GMP, and environmental standards
- A strong commitment to quality and safety, and a detail-oriented approach to documentation
- A valid driver’s license and the ability to travel independently to customer sites
- Flexibility to work overtime, shifts, and on call, including early mornings, extended hours during trial runs, and short-notice travel
This role involves prolonged standing, exposure to heat, flour dust, and noise in both lab and bakery environments.
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Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are cornerstones of ADM’s efforts to continue innovating, driving growth, and delivering outstanding performance. We are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce and create welcoming, truly inclusive work environments — environments that enable every ADM colleague to feel comfortable on the job, make meaningful contributions to our success, and grow their career. We respect and value the unique backgrounds and experiences that each person can bring to ADM because we know that diversity of perspectives makes us better, together.
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About ADM
At ADM, we unlock the power of nature to provide access to nutrition worldwide. With industry-advancing innovations, a complete portfolio of ingredients and solutions to meet any taste, and a commitment to sustainability, we give customers an edge in solving the nutritional challenges of today and tomorrow. We’re a global leader in human and animal nutrition and the world’s premier agricultural origination and processing company. Our breadth, depth, insights, facilities and logistical expertise give us unparalleled capabilities to meet needs for food, beverages, health and wellness, and more. From the seed of the idea to the outcome of the solution, we enrich the quality of life the world over. Learn more at www.adm.com.