Internal Management & Management Support Applicants:

Automatic notification to your current manager will be initiated upon selection for interview. This applies to all current P or M level candidates.

Relocation Assistance Eligible:

Yes

Referral Payout Eligible:

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Management Level:

Applying to this requisition will put you into considering for either Food Scientist I or Food Scientist II. Level will be determined through the interview process.

Summary

Primary focus will be within Prepared (Deli, Ham, Sliced Lunchmeat) - Cost Optimization, Innovation, Technology Development and/or Quality improvement. Focus areas are developing emerging technologies, cost optimization and commercializing new and improved products and/or processes through guidance from their manager. This covers all stages of product development and process development including writing new product specifications, ensuring regulatory labeling and food safety requirements are met. The person in this position will have a strong working knowledge of the scientific methods and is expected to leverage knowledge related to ingredients, product formulation and food processing to support best in class development of new, innovative food products.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Working with and strongly influencing marketing, insights, sales, culinary, FSQA, operations and purchasing departments, coordinating with suppliers of ingredients, ensuring smooth start‐up for new product production processes
Modifying or optimizing existing products, developing specifications for product production labeling, and compiling cost analysis information.
Work multiple development and optimization projects of moderate complexity, independently, from concept through commercialization with guidance from manager. This includes planning, executing experiments, analyzing data, reporting results.
Execute the development process with activities that include bench top development, pilot plant testing, and scale‐up production at a federally inspected research facility and final commercialization at full scale production facility
Help team to identify innovation that is treated as IP that can give Tyson a competitive edge in the industry
Analyze data to build product specification that is process capable
Present technical data or concepts to laypersons on their level of understanding
Compile cost analysis information and provide to product management
Ensure costing structure meets the financial expectations of projects
Work on cross functional teams across the organization for project completion that will ultimately help achieve our growth and EBIT strategies
Travel to plant product facilities
Take on and complete special projects as needed.

Develop culinary samples/prototypes of new products, modifying existing products, optimizing existing products, developing specifications
Develop product production labels and compiling cost analysis information
Strong working knowledge of the scientific methods and is expected to leverage knowledge related to ingredients, product formulation and food processing to support best in class development of new, innovative food products
Work with and influence cross functional team members (marketing, insights, sales, culinary, FSQA, operations and purchasing departments, coordinating with suppliers of ingredients) while ensuring smooth start-up for new product production processes
Work with process development to develop process flow charts for engineering
Ability and Initiative to grow within the organization and develop a personal development plan with your manager

Requirements for Food Scientist I:

Education & Experience:

BS, MS, or PhD in Food Science, Meat Science, Food Engineering, or related field. PhD or M.S with no experience. B.S. with minimum of 1 years of relevant experience. No degree with minimum of 8 years relevant experience.

Requirements for Food Scientist II:

Education & Experience:

BS, MS, or PhD in Food Science, Meat Science, Food Engineering, or related field. Alt. Protein science or equivalent Experience: PhD with no experience. M.S. with minimum of 2 years of relevant experience B.S. with minimum of 3 years of relevant experience. No degree with minimum of 8 years relevant experience.

Computer Skills:

Requires good computer skills with ability to fully utilize MS Office products and Tyson systems (or like systems).

Communication Skills:

Good verbal and written communication skills required
Presentation skills required
Must have the ability to effectively communicate with cross functional business partners

Special Skills:

Strong critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills

Strong project management skills. Strong numerical skills
Understanding of product formulation, food processing and the Research and Development process
Understanding of regulatory labeling and food safety requirements

Supervisory: May supervise a team of hourly technicians that support a team of scientists.

Travel:

25% - 12+ domestic trips per year
Travel will be required to accomplish our internal and external customer needs

This includes customer meetings, plant production facilities for testing and commercialization of new products, process trouble shooting and any other regular business needs

Work Shift:

1ST SHIFT (United States of America)

For Professional Management levels, internal applicants should either upload a resume to their application OR complete their application fully showing current and past work experience in the sections provided.

The successful candidate(s) must be willing and able to perform the physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation.

Tyson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, national origin, color, religion, age, genetics, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.

We provide our team members and their families with paid time off; 401(k) plans; affordable health, life, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; and more.

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