Reports to: Senior Flavorist
Employment Category: Temp/Part Time
Anticipated Schedule: M-Th 9:00 am – 5:00 pm operating out of the Beverly, MA office. Friday 9:00 am – 1:00 pm operating out of the Beverly, MA office.
About PROVA
PROVA is a family-owned, women-owned French company established in 1946, and one of the top 10 leading vanilla extractors. Our ambition is to be the natural choice for sweet brown flavors worldwide, in the hearts and minds of our customers. PROVA’s major specialties are vanilla, chocolate, coffee, and caramel extracts & flavors. By choosing to stay focused, we offer great signature tastes, unique application specific solutions, personalized customer service and strive to be the best at what we do.
PROVA, our philosophy
PROVA’s history has been built on the audacity of its people and their passion for taste. Sustainable development is at the core of who we are, and it’s through taste that our philosophy is expressed: taste for daring (our rallying cry), taste for products (quality, sustainable sourcing), taste for others (our clients and stakeholders), taste for our own (our committed teams) and taste for life (respect for the earth and people).
We trust our teams and help them grow in a spirit of responsible freedom. We are bold, agile, passionate about our work and ready to pass on our knowledge and know-how.
Job Summary
Prova Inc., a global flavor and extract manufacturing company, is seeking a technically oriented intern to assist our Senior Flavorist to support flavor creation efforts. This role will provide vital support to the company’s Flavorist and Applications teams.
Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities
– Organize and maintain laboratory inventory of raw materials, ensuring all are stored in correct locations and maintained within their proper shelf life
– Prepare flavors for evaluation, following formulas developed by the Flavorist
– Partake in flavor evaluations & sensory testing
– Assist with weighing, dosing and blending raw materials for flavor creation
– Maintain database of customer responses and statistical analysis reports
– Support research for procurement and or development of flavors
– Maintain all required formula records and brief documentation in company database software
– Maintain an organized collection of flavors in the lab for immediate response to briefs and applications requests
– Assist in applying flavors to food products when assigned
– Maintain a clean and orderly laboratory environment in accordance with policies and good laboratory practices
Must Haves:
– Pursuing or recently completed bachelor’s degree in science (chemistry, chemical engineering, life sciences or food engineering/technology)
– Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office
– Ability to multi-task, prioritize and manage time effectively
– Sensory evaluation and analysis skills
– Good laboratory practice skills – especially accurate weighing
– Excellent oral and written communication skills
– Accuracy and attention to detail and proven analytical skills
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee may regularly be required to sit, stand, use hands, talk, hear, reach with arms, walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl or run. The employee may regularly be required to move, by pushing, pulling or lifting up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.
NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties as assigned to meet the ongoing needs of the organization. Employees are required to implement and follow all good manufacturing/distribution policies and applicable food safety policies and procedures to support PROVA’s commitment to Food Safety
Job Type: Internship
Pay: From $20.00 per hour
Expected hours: 36 per week
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
Work Location: In person