Food Scientist

Primary focus

The primary focus will be red meat Cost Optimization, Innovation, Technology Development and/or Quality improvement.

Focus Areas

• Developing emerging technologies
• Cost optimization
• Commercializing new and improved products and/or processes

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 processes
• Modifying or optimizing existing products, developing specifications for product production labeling, and compiling cost analysis information
• Working on multiple development and optimization projects of moderate complexity, independently, from concept through commercialization with guidance from manager
• Executing 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
• Helping the team to identify innovation that is treated as IP that can give Tyson a competitive edge in the industry
• Analyzing data to build product specification that is process capable
• Presenting technical data or concepts to laypersons on their level of understanding
• Compiling cost analysis information and providing to product management
• Ensuring costing structure meets the financial expectations of projects
• Taking on and completing special projects as needed
• Developing culinary samples/prototypes of new products, modifying existing products, optimizing existing products, developing specifications
• Developing product production labels and compiling cost analysis information

Requirements for Food Scientist I

• Education & Experience: 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.

Requirements for Food Scientist II

• Education & Experience: BS MS or PhD in Food Science Meat Science Food Engineering or related field. Alt. Protein science or equivalent Experience: 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.

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 required. Presentation skills required.
• Must have the ability to effectively communicate with cross functional business partners
• Special Skills: 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
• Supervisory: May supervise a team of hourly technicians that support a team of scientists.
• Travel: 25% - 12+ domestic trips per year. Travel will be required to accomplish our internal and external customer needs which includes customer meetings, plant product 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)

Background Checks

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Unsolicited Assistance

Unsolicited assistance is not accepted. Any resumes or candidate profiles submitted by recruitment vendors or headhunters to any employee or applicant tracking system at Tyson Foods or its subsidiaries, without a valid written request and search agreement approved by HR, will be considered the property of Tyson Foods. No fees will be paid if the candidate is hired due to an unsolicited referral.