Food Scientist

About the role

Guides less complex product development and process improvement efforts in Renovation R&D by organizing, managing, and coordinating key projects from conception to commercialization. Provides technical support to the operations, sales, and marketing teams.

Responsibilities

• Organizes and owns the R&D activities of assigned projects to ensure work is properly prioritized and completed in a timely manner to deliver results.
• Executes new products from conception to commercialization by working with sales, marketing, operation, purchasing and quality assurance.
• Maintains external and marketplace awareness related to new concepts, products, ingredients, and technologies.
• Engages team members to communicate and guide technical support for development of new products and technologies.
• Identifies and recommends new raw materials, ingredients, materials, and processes that improve products and reduce cost.
• Identifies, tests, and implements new processes and product formulas that lead to new products, cost savings and quality improvements.
• Provides technical support to operations to ensure product excellence and cost efficiency.
• Provides technical support to the Marketing and Sales teams to service existing customers and help gain new ones.
• Supports continuous improvement opportunities and solutions directed at improving profitability, product quality, food safety and capital avoidance.
• Seeks to enhance technical skills through project experience, seminars, professional conferences, and training programs.

Qualifications

• Minimum bachelor’s degree in food science/related field or equivalent 3+ years of relevant experience or the knowledge, skills, and abilities to succeed in the role.
• Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities:
• Firm knowledge in food technology, ingredient technology, and food processing.
• Firm initiation skills with the ability to yield results.
• Technical/functional depth and proficiency in MS office suite.
• Experience with new product launches, problem-solving, and creative thinking.

Preferred Qualifications

• Poultry science / poultry processing experience.

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear, reach, stoop, kneel, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, keyboard, and occasionally lift up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, color vision and the ability to adjust focus.
• The noise level of the office environment is usually moderate; the noise level in the manufacturing environment may exceed 85 DBA and require hearing protection.

Working Conditions

• Work will be performed in a variety of conditions including remote work, a climate-controlled office environment(s), and in a manufacturing plant environment with varying conditions, such as cold areas, wet areas, warm areas, chemicals, and other site conditions.
• This position requires the individual to wear and work in personal protective equipment while in the manufacturing environment.
• For remote work, the employee must have a dedicated workspace to safely setup and use assigned IT equipment, preferably free from distractions.
• The employee is responsible for ensuring adequate internet service is available when working remotely (the recommended minimum speed is 20mb download and 5mb upload).
• The noise level of the office environment is usually moderate; the noise level in the manufacturing environment may exceed 85 DBA and require hearing protection.

Essential Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Solid oral and written communication, analytical, time-management, and human relation skills.
• Firm knowledge in food technology, ingredient technology, and food processing.
• Demonstrated ability to use new technology to significantly improve profitability, product quality, food safety and manufacturing complexity issues.
• Initiation skills with the ability to yield results.
• Technical/functional depth and proficiency in MS office suite.
• Experience with new product launches, problem-solving, and creative thinking.

Required Travel

• Up to 50% of the time.
• Requires at least 2 days per week in an manufacturing facility, potentially more pending project needs.