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Job Details:

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

This role will support the Lunch Meat, deli, and retail/food service, value added turkey & beef business, as well as seasonal ham.  Project work may include Cost Optimization, Innovation, Technology Development and/or Quality improvement for these brands.

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 processesModifying 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 facilityHelp team to identify innovation that is treated as IP that can give Tyson a competitive edge in the industryAnalyze data to build product specification that is process capablePresent technical data or concepts to laypersons on their level of understandingCompile cost analysis information and provide to product managementEnsure costing structure meets the financial expectations of projectsWork on cross functional teams across the organization for project completion that will ultimately help achieve our growth and EBIT strategiesTravel to plant product facilitiesTake on and complete special projects as needed.Develop culinary samples/prototypes of new products, modifying existing products, optimizing existing products, developing specificationsDevelop product production labels and compiling cost analysis informationStrong 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 productsWork 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 processesWork with process development to develop process flow charts for engineeringAbility and Initiative to grow within the organization and develop a personal development plan with your manager

Requirements for Senior Food Scientist I:

Education & Experience:

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

Requirements for Senior Food Scientist II:

Education & Experience:

BS, MS, or PhD in Food Science, Meat Science, Food Engineering, or related field. No degree with minimum of 15 years relevant experience. Related degree with minimum of 8 years relevant research and development work experience.

Principal Food Scientist:

Education & Expierence:

BS, MS, or PhD in Food Science, Meat Science, Food Engineering, or related field. Related degree with minimum of 11 years relevant Research and Development work experience. No degree with minimum of 20 years relevant experience.  

Other:

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 requiredPresentation skills requiredMust have the ability to effectively communicate with cross functional business partners

Special Skills:

Strong critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skillsStrong project management skills. Strong numerical skillsUnderstanding of product formulation, food processing and the Research and Development processUnderstanding 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 yearTravel will be required to accomplish our internal and external customer needsThis includes customer meetings, plant production facilities for testing and commercialization of new products, process trouble shooting and any other regular business needs.

Relocation Assistance Eligible:

Yes

Work Shift:

1ST SHIFT (United States of America)

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