R&D Scientist II

Glanbia•Twin Falls, ID

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This is a processing-scientist role working at the bench and pilot plant to support the business’s development strategy. The R&D Scientist develops products and processes to enhance current offerings, create new products, and commercialize them to add value to the business. The work involves protein and non-protein ingredients, food-processing unit operations, and the practical application of food processing principles, biology, nutrition, and chemistry. This permanent position reports to the Research Manager and is based fully onsite in Twin Falls, Idaho. Occasional domestic travel may be required to support full-scale manufacturing plant trials.

Requirements

Master’s degree (M.S.) in Food Science, Dairy Science, Chemical Engineering, or a related discipline with relevant dairy processing experience, or a Ph.D.
Strong working knowledge of dairy chemistry and industrial dairy-processing unit operations, such as membrane filtration/ultrafiltration, spray drying, thermal processing, separations, and protein hydration.
Direct experience operating and troubleshooting dairy-processing equipment and analytical laboratory instruments, such as particle-size analyzers, rheometers/viscometers, texture analyzers, pH meters, moisture analyzers, and water-activity meters.
Understanding of sanitary equipment design principles, hygienic processing practices, and cGMPs in pilot and food-manufacturing environments.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret complex scientific literature, technical standards, and patents.
Ability to communicate scientific findings effectively and collaborate with cross-functional partners.
Strong technical writing and presentation skills.
Proficiency in experimental design (DOE), statistical-analysis software, and standard technical data-management tools.

Responsibilities

Develop laboratory, bench-top, and pilot-scale chemical and processing analyses.
Operate, maintain, and troubleshoot pilot processing equipment and laboratory instruments to support efficient R&D operations.
Review scientific literature and formulate potential technical solutions based on prior research.
Write clear, concise, meaningful reports and interpret scientific data.
Work with cross-functional R&D, Operations, Quality, and Commercial/PSM teams to commercialize projects within the role’s area of responsibility.
Plan and design robust experiments using experimental design/DOE that can be statistically analyzed and withstand scientific scrutiny.
Deliver technical presentations at conferences, customer visits, trade shows, and internal technical reviews.
Take formulations from bench-top through pilot-plant scale and support transfer to full-scale manufacturing.
Participate in and provide technical support during full-scale commercialization trials and scale-up runs at manufacturing facilities.
Follow and champion laboratory safety, Environmental Health & Safety policies, sanitary design standards (3-A/sanitary equipment design), and Food Safety/cGMP guidelines across bench and pilot-plant operations.