Food Scientist - Breakfast Sausage
About The Position
This role focuses on poultry cost optimization, innovation, technology development, and quality improvement. The primary responsibilities include developing emerging technologies, optimizing costs, and commercializing new and improved products and/or processes under managerial guidance. This encompasses all stages of product and process development, including writing new product specifications and ensuring compliance with regulatory labeling and food safety requirements. The position requires a strong understanding of scientific methods and the application of knowledge in ingredients, product formulation, and food processing to develop innovative food products.
Requirements
- BS, MS, or PhD in Food Science, Meat Science, Food Engineering, or related field.
- For Food Scientist I: PhD or MS with no experience; BS with a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience; No degree with a minimum of 8 years relevant experience.
- For Food Scientist II: PhD with no experience; MS with a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience; BS with a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience; No degree with a minimum of 8 years relevant experience.
- Good computer skills with the ability to fully utilize MS Office products and Tyson systems (or like systems).
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Presentation skills required.
- 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.
Nice To Haves
- Alt. Protein science or equivalent (for Food Scientist II)
Responsibilities
- Working with and influencing marketing, insights, sales, culinary, FSQA, operations, and purchasing departments.
- Coordinating with ingredient suppliers.
- Ensuring smooth start-up for new product production processes.
- Modifying or optimizing existing products.
- Developing specifications for product production labeling.
- Compiling cost analysis information.
- Managing multiple development and optimization projects of moderate complexity independently, from concept through commercialization with guidance.
- Planning, executing experiments, analyzing data, and reporting results.
- Executing the development process including benchtop development, pilot plant testing, scale-up production at a federally inspected research facility, and final commercialization.
- Identifying innovation that can be treated as IP and provide a competitive edge.
- Analyzing data to build process-capable product specifications.
- Presenting technical data or concepts to laypersons.
- Ensuring costing structures meet financial expectations.
- Working on cross-functional teams to achieve growth and EBIT strategies.
- Traveling to plant product facilities.
- Completing special projects as needed.
- Developing culinary samples/prototypes of new products.
- Developing product production labels.
- Working with process development to create process flow charts for engineering.
- Potentially supervising a team of hourly technicians.
Benefits
- Paid time off
- 401(k) plans
- Affordable health, life, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits
- Relocation Assistance Eligible
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
