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Beverage Tech Development

Plainfield, Illinois💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-31 → 2026-09-25

Core

12-month contract role in the Beverage Technical Development Program focusing on liquid processing, fermentation/distillation optimization, and commercialization lab trials for premium alcohol brands.

Role type

Junior IC beverage technical development scientist (contract)

Builds

Pilot-scale liquid batches, fermentation/distillation runs, and commercialization samples for Diageo's premium alcohol portfolio

Domain

Consumer packaged goods (alcohol/beverages) + chemical engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

liquid processing, fermentation/distillation optimization, laboratory batching, formulation, scale-up trials, analytical chemistry (HPLC, Gas Chromatography), data analysis

Preferred skills

SAP data entry, project management, independent work

Technologies

HPLC, Gas Chromatography, SAP

Responsibilities

Lead liquid processing or fermentation/distillation optimization from lab to pilot/manufacturing scale; Complete laboratory batching, formulation, and scale-up trials; Produce trial cooks, fermentations, distillations, and sales samples in the Commercialization Lab; Generate new liquid and raw material specifications and input data into SAP

Seniority

Junior, hands-on IC

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