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Plant
Sciences Senior Food Scientist – Boise, ID
The J.R. Simplot
Company is a diverse, privately held organization with roots firmly
planted in agriculture. These endeavors have been around for centuries
and will continue to be a vital part of the global economy. We currently
have a full-time Plant Sciences Senior Food Scientist position open
within our Plant Sciences research department in Caldwell, Idaho.
OVERVIEW:
Simplot Plant
Sciences is building a team of fun, hard-working individuals to launch
new product lines based on a more natural, consumer friendly
biotechnology. The ideal candidate likes working in an entrepreneurial
environment with the excitement of a startup, yet enjoys the advantages
of being part of a large agribusiness company, with deep roots in
agriculture. The senior food scientist will test new potato varieties for
use in fresh, frozen, chips, and dehydrated products. They will also
design new foods from conception through introduction in the market
place. This includes early prototypes, pilot plant scale-up and
implementation at the plant level. The senior food scientist will collaborate
with others divisions including food processing, sensory, potato variety
development, engineering, and culinary sciences.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Organize and
complete testing of new Plant Sciences varieties as needed for the fresh,
chip, or dehydrated markets.
- Work closely with
R&D and Product Approval teams to complete testing for trait efficacy
and regulatory approval.
- Design and conduct
studies as needed to support commercial development and marketing of new
varieties and food products.
- Design
experiments, complete statistical analysis, summarize and interpret data,
develop product specifications, and communicate results.
- Develop new potato
products, optimize processes, and work with Commercial Director to obtain
capability for processing through Simplot facilities, outsourcing, or
developing new capacity as needed.
- Lead all product
development efforts from concept initiation until completing product
launch.
- Establish quality
specifications, nutrition labeling, and define tests needed to assure
product quality and safety.
REQUIREMENTS:
Education:
- Bachelor's degree
(M.S preferred) in the Sciences, preferably in Food Sciences, but could
be in Biology, Chemistry, or Engineering.
Experience:
- 10 years related
experience and/or training.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
The following
experience would be desired:
- Culinary training
- Food chemistry
- Potato growing
practice
- Ingredient
functionality
- Project management
- Food processing
- Good manufacturing
practices
- Quality systems
- Sensory analysis
- Statistics
- Experimental
design
- Basic computer
skills
- Fluency in a
foreign language.
Distinguishing
Features:
- The ideal
candidate has the relevant food science background along with excellent
writing and oral communication skills. This individual must be a
self-starter, willing to work with minimal direction. We anticipate the
person needing to travel about 25% of time.
Grade: 44
APPLICATION
INSTRUCTIONS:
External Candidates:
- Click Apply Now if
viewing this posting from the Simplot website OR
- Visit
www.simplot.com/careers
- Click on Search
Jobs & Apply
- Click on All open
positions
- Apply to Job ID#
591 : Plant Sciences Senior Food Scientist - Caldwell, ID
Internal Simplot
Candidates:
- Apply via Employee
Space using your Simplot email address.
Please prepare a
cover letter outlining your interest and qualifications and submit with
your resume via our online application process described above. For best
results, please upload your resume as a Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF
document. This process includes additional job relevant questions, so
plan on at least 20 minutes when you apply.
Please Note: When a
position is in the interview stage or has been filled, it will no longer
appear on our Simplot Careers website.
*The J.R. Simplot Company is proud to be an Equal
Opportunity Employer*
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