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Sargento Foods Inc. in Elkhart Lake,
Wisconsin is looking for a Senior Food Scientist to join our progressivly growing company.
This Senior Food Scientist position will be responsible for developing and
scaling up new products. The Senior Food Scientist relates to a wide range
of technical skills and many non-technical company functions. Applies
scientific principles to develop new products. As a fully competent food
scientist in all conventional aspects of the subject matter or the
functional area of the assignments, plans and conducts work requiring a
mastery of specialized techniques or ingenuity in selecting and evaluating
approaches to unforeseen or novel problems. May be asked to lead
technically complex and multi-function project teams.
In addition, the following skills and experience are highly desired:
• Experience in the Food Service industry is strongly preferred, including
working directly with Food Service customers and culinary staffs.
• Creative skills in the area of battered and breaded frozen appetizers,
including knowledge of batter and breading systems and the subsequent
frying and baking of products preferred.
• The ideal candidate will be a collaborative team player who can
multi-task and work under urgent timelines.
• Must be able to work cross-functionally and make decisions with little or
no direction from supervisors.
• Candidates should be detail-oriented with the ability to thoroughly
document test results, summaries and observations.
• Experience in Food Show demonstrations is a plus, but not required.
Applies an analytical approach to the solution of a wide variety of
problems and assimilates the details and significance of various scientific
analyses, procedures, and tests for new to Sargento
ambiguous projects.
Identifies, evaluates and develops potential new business development
opportunities.
Consistently creates new to Sargento food
technology applications.
Demonstrates initiative, creativity and thoroughness in the execution of
complex projects.
Defines and helps teach technical scope of product development projects.
Plans and conducts independent product development projects and
participates in the development of project objectives.
May lead cross-functional teams charged with the development of new
business opportunities. Develops strong cross-functional relationships
towards the end of contributing to and influencing decsions.
Contributes to the development of project strategies and recommends
technical direction to management.
Evaluates technical trends in their specific areas of expertise or
assignment, makes recommendations for process or product improvements, and
identifies opportunities for new or improved processes or products.
Conducts or supervises the testing of new products in bench top labs, the
development of specific processing methods in laboratory pilot lab, and
scaling products up in manufacturing facilities.
Creates and maintains written technical documentation and product and
process specifications.
Utilizes or directs internal (manufacturing, engineering, marketing,
quality systems, procurement) and external (suppliers, consultants)
functional experts to resolve issues.
Sargento Foods Inc. is an Equal Opportunity
Employer
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Qualifications:
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Candidates must have a combination of education and
experience as follows:
• Bachelor degree (B.S.) in Food Science, or a related field plus a minimum
of six years of product development experience.
• Master degree (M. S.) plus three years of product development.
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common
scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers,
regulatory agencies, or members of the business community. Ability to write
speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and
format. Ability to effectively present information to top management,
public groups, and/or boards of directors.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents,
logarithms, quadratic equations, and permutations. Ability to apply
mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution,
determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance,
correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.
OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Strong computer skills are necessary for this position, including word
processing, presentation and spreadsheet software, SAP. Internet,
and e-mail. Knowledge of most office equipment.
REASONING ABILITY
Ability to define problems, collect
data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an
extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form
and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
TRAVEL
Some overnight travel is required.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must
be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of
this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required
to talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee frequently is required to
stand; walk; sit; and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is
occasionally required to reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and
stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or
move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job
include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of
those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of
this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally
exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, fumes or
airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme cold, and risk of
electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually
moderate.
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