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Referral Payout Eligible:
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Management Level:
P3
Applying to this requisition will put you intoconsideration for either Food Scientist I,Food Scientist IIor Sr. Food Scientist I. Level will bedeterminedthrough the interview process.
Summary:
Primary focus will be withinDry/Semi Dry Sausage, Innovation, TechnologyDevelopmentand/or Quality improvement. Focus areas are developing emerging technologies, costoptimizationand 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 scientific methods and is expected toleverageknowledge related to ingredients, productformulationand 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 andpurchasingdepartments, coordinating with suppliers of ingredients, ensuring smooth startupfor new product production processes
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, reportingresults.
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
Develop culinary samples/prototypes of new products,modifyingexisting products,optimizingexisting products, developing specifications
Strong working knowledge of scientific methods and is expected toleverageknowledge related to ingredients, productformulationand 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 andpurchasingdepartments, coordinating with suppliers of ingredients) while ensuring smooth start-up for new product production processes
Requirements for Food Scientist I:
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 2 years of relevant experience. No degree with minimum with 8yearsrelevant experience.
Requirements for Food Scientist II:
BS, MS, or PhD in Food Science, Meat Science, Food Engineering, or related field. Alt. Proteinscienceor 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 8yearsrelevant experience.
Requirements forSr.Food Scientist I:
BS, MS, or PhD in Food Science, Meat Science, Food Engineering, or related field. PhD with minimum of 2 years of relevant experience M.S. with minimum of 3 years of relevant experience B.S. with minimum of 5 years of relevant experience No degree with minimum of 10 years relevant experience
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)
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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