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Food
Scientist - Downers Grove, IL
Tyson Foods, Inc.
Job details
Job Type
Full-time
Benefits
Pulled from the full job
description
Relocation assistance
Full Job Description
Successful
applicants for this position must be fully
vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Vaccine
verification will be required by October 1, 2021 for Corporate based team
members and by November 1, 2021 for Plant and Warehousing based team members.
Los solicitantes seleccionados
para este puesto deben estar completamente
vacunados contra el COVID-19 como
condición de empleo. La verificación de la vacuna se requerirá para el 1 de octubre
de 2021 para los compañeros de equipo
con base en la sede (corporativa) de la empresa y
para el 1 de noviembre de 2021 para los compañeros de equipo en las plantas y almacenes.
Job Details:
Job Description
Tyson Foods, Inc. has multiple Food Scientist positions
available with multiple focus areas. 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 processes
- Modifying 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 facility
- Help team to identify innovation that is
treated as IP that can give Tyson a competitive edge in the industry
- Analyze data to build product
specification that is process capable
- Present technical data or concepts to
laypersons on their level of understanding
- Compile cost analysis information and
provide to product management
- Ensure costing structure meets the
financial expectations of projects
- Work on cross functional teams across the
organization for project completion that will ultimately help achieve
our growth and EBIT strategies
- Travel to plant product facilities
- Take on and complete special projects as
needed.
- Develop culinary samples/prototypes of
new products, modifying existing products, optimizing existing products,
developing specifications
- Develop product production labels and
compiling cost analysis information
- 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
- Work 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 processes
- Work with process development to develop
process flow charts for engineering
- Ability and Initiative to grow within the
organization and develop a personal development plan with your manager
Requirements for Food Scientist I:
Education & Experience:
- To be considered with no experience, must
have an M.S in Food Science, Meat Science, Food Engineering or related
field.; can be considered if in the final year of your M.S. program
- To be considered with B.S in Food
Science, Meat Science, Food Engineering or related field; must have 2
years of relevant work experience
- To be considered with no degree you must
have a minimum of 6 years relevant work experience
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
- This includes customer meetings, plant
production facilities for testing and commercialization of new products,
process trouble shooting and any other regular business needs.
Requirements for Food Scientist II:
Education & 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
Computer Skills:
- Requires excellent 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.
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
- Travel will include 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)
Hourly Applicants ONLY -You must complete the task after
submitting your application to provide additional information to be
considered for employment.
Tyson is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All
qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, national
origin, color, religion, age, genetics, sex, sexual orientation, gender
identity, disability or veteran status.
CCPA Notice. If you are a California resident, and would like to
learn more about what categories of personal information we collect when you
apply for this job, and how we may use that information, please read our CCPA
Job Applicant Notice at Collection, click here .
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