**Employee Type:** Full time **Location:** ON Georgetown **Job Type:** Research and Development **Job Posting Title:** Food Scientist – Contract Role **About Us** **:** TreeHouse Foods (NYSE: THS) is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of over 20 production facilities and several corporate offices across the United States and Canada. At TreeHouse Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people. We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work and develop their careers, directly impacting our mission to make high quality, affordable food for our customers, communities, and families. We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future. Named one of America’s Best Large Employers by Forbes Magazine, we are proud to live by a strong set of values and strive to "Engage and Delight – One Customer at a Time." Guided by our values— **Own It, Commi** **t** **to Excellence, Be Agile, Speak Up, and Better Together** We are a diverse team driven by integrity, accountability, and a commitment to exceptional results. We embrace change, prioritize continuous learning, and foster collaboration, transparency, and healthy debate. Together, we set each other up for success to achieve enterprise-wide goals. **What You G** **ain** **:** + Competitive compensation package, including access to benefits. + Comprehensive time off opportunities + Leaders who are invested in supporting your accelerated career growth, plus paid training, tuition reimbursement and a robust educational platform – DevelopU – with more than 10,000 free courses to support you along the way. + An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of professionals. Take advantage of opportunities to build on our team-oriented culture, such as joining one of our Employee Resource Groups. + Access to our wellness and employee assistance programs. **Job Description:** **_About the Role:_** As a Food Scientist, you will play a key role in supporting the Research & Development team at our Georgetown, Ontario manufacturing facility. This position assist with the design, planning, validation, and implementation of new products, line extensions, product improvements, and technical services for TreeHouse Foods—ensuring alignment with product offering requirements. **_You’ll add value to this role by performing various functions including, but not limited to:_** + Collaborate cross-functionally to execute product development from bench to production scale for new products, product improvements, and cost-saving initiatives. + Define formulation, nutritional, and process parameters to ensure products meet project objectives, with a clear understanding of their impact on overall outcomes. + Develop raw material, process, and finished product specifications, ensuring accurate setup within corresponding systems. + Apply sound scientific methodologies throughout all stages of development, including trial planning, data analysis, and solution implementation to meet project goals. + Identify opportunities to gain competitive advantage through innovation and differentiation. + Provide expert judgment and apply appropriate levels of technical rigor to support sound business decisions. + Partner and communicate effectively with cross-functional teams including Marketing, Sales, Quality Assurance, Procurement, Finance, Operations, and Engineering. + Ensure successful technology transfer during product commercialization, providing technical oversight for internal and external manufacturing start-ups and ongoing technical support. + Make significant and ongoing contributions by applying advanced, specialized knowledge to achieve project success. + Support and drive pipeline development aimed at cost optimization through formulation and process efficiencies. **_Important Details:_** + This is a **12–14-month maternity leave contract** , full time on-site role on First Shift. **_You’ll fit right in if you have:_** + Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Biology, or a related field. + Minimum of one year of laboratory experience in a food manufacturing environment, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. + Proven experience in auditing quality systems and manufacturing practices, ensuring consistent adherence to documentation requirements that meet safety, quality, and regulatory standards. + Strong understanding of ingredient interactions and functionality. + Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams. + Solid project management skills with demonstrated experience in leading and executing projects. + Experience using Microsoft Office. **Your TreeHouse Foods Career is Just a Click Away!** Click on the “Apply” button or go directly to www.treehousefoods.com/careers to let us know you’re ready to join our team! _At TreeHouse Foods, we embrace diversity and inclusion for innovation and growth. We are committed to building inclusive teams and an equitable workplace for our employees to bring their true selves to work to help us “Engage and Delight – One Customer at a Time”._ _TreeHouse Foods is an Equal Opportunity Employer that prohibits discrimination or harassment of any type. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require an accommodation to participate in the job application or hiring process should contact_ _disability-accommodations@treehousefoods.com_ TreeHouse Use Only: #IND1 TreeHouse Foods is a private label food and beverage leader focused on customer brands and custom products. When customers partner with TreeHouse they can expect access to an industry-leading portfolio, strategic vision, on-trend innovation and insights, world-class supply chain, operational excellence and flexibility, collaborative approaches, and dedicated customer service. Our strategy is to be the leading supplier of private label food and beverage products by providing the best balance of quality and cost to our customers. We engage with retail grocery, food away from home, and industrial and export customers, including most of the leading grocery retailers and foodservice operators in the United States and Canada. Our portfolio includes a variety of shelf-stable, refrigerated, and snack products. Customers can expect comprehensive flavor profiles including natural, organic, and preservative-free ingredients in many categories and packaging formats. TreeHouse Foods is best known for food and beverages produced by our two largest businesses Bay Valley Foods, LLC (including E.D. Smith and Sturm Foods) and TreeHouse Private Brands. With more than 10,000 employees in over 26 plants across the United States and Canada, TreeHouse Foods is based in Oak Brook, Illinois. **Recruitment Fraud Alert** We want to ensure your career journey with TreeHouse Foods is safe and secure. Scammers may attempt to impersonate our company by sending fake job offers, interview, and sensitive document requests. If you receive an email claiming to be from us, always verify the sender’s email address—it should match our official company domain (@treehousefoods.com) exactly. We will _never_ ask for payment, financial, or personal information and documents as part of our interview process. If you suspect fraudulent activity, please contact us directly by visiting the Contact page on our website (http://www.treehousefoods.com/contact-us/default.aspx) . Stay vigilant to protect yourself from recruitment scams. **Disability Assistance and EEO Considerations:** At TreeHouse Foods, we embrace diversity and inclusion for innovation and growth. We are committed to building inclusive teams and an equitable workplace for our employees to bring their true selves to work to help us “Engage and Delight – One Customer at a Time." TreeHouse Foods is an Equal Opportunity Employer that prohibits discrimination or harassment of any type. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require an accommodation to participate in the job application or hiring process should contact disability-accommodations@treehousefoods.com **To all recruitment agencies:** TreeHouse Foods does not accept unsolicited agency resumes/CVs. Please do not forward resumes/CVs to our careers email addresses, Treehouse Foods employees, or any company location(s). TreeHouse Foods is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/CVs.