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Job Description:
Kerry is looking for individuals who have a food science, food engineering
or chemistry background to work in our growing Meat Systems team.
The successful candidate applies scientific and engineering principles in
research, development, production technology, quality control, packaging,
processing, and utilization of foods by performing the following duties.
- Conducts basic research and new product research and development of
foods.
- Develops new and improved methods and systems for food processing,
production, quality control, packaging, and distribution.
- Studies methods to improve quality of foods such as flavor, color,
texture, nutritional value, convenience, or physical, chemical, and
microbiological composition of foods. - Develops food standards, safety and
sanitary regulations, and waste management and water supply specifications.
- Tests new products in test kitchen and develops specific processing
methods in laboratory pilot plant.
- Confers with process engineers, flavor experts, and packaging and
marketing specialists to resolve problems.
Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform
each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are
representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Candidates
must be able to lift 50 pounds, periodically climb ladders or stairs, and
distinguish colors.
Education and/or Experience Bachelors or Master’s degree in Food Science or
related discipline, with Master's preferred. All individuals will be
required to be mobile and may be required to work at more than one Kerry
site throughout the USA. A successful candidate in this role may also be
required to relocate for a period of time to Tennessee.
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating
and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
- Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. -
Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of
organization.
Mathematical Skills
- Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and
statistical inference, and fundamentals of chemistry.
-Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and
proportions to practical situations.
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.
We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free
workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.
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