Food Scientist

Tyson Foods, Inc.•Springdale, AR

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Food Scientist position focuses on red meat cost optimization, innovation, technology development, and quality improvement. This role involves developing emerging technologies, optimizing costs, and commercializing new and improved products and/or processes under the guidance of a manager. Responsibilities span all stages of product and process development, including writing new product specifications and ensuring regulatory labeling and food safety requirements are met. The position requires a strong working knowledge of scientific methods and expertise in ingredients, product formulation, and food processing to support the development of innovative food products.

Requirements

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 of 8 years relevant experience.
BS MS or PhD in Food Science Meat Science Food Engineering or related field. Alt. Protein science or equivalent
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.
Good computer skills with ability to fully utilize MS Office products and Tyson systems (or like systems).
Good verbal and written communication skills required
Presentation skills required
Must have the ability to effectively communicate with cross functional business partners
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
May supervise a team of hourly technicians that support a team of scientists.

Nice To Haves

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.

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