Food Scientist - Corporate - Springdale AR

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Tyson Foods

Food Scientist - Corporate - Springdale, AR

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Springdale

Arkansas

At Tyson Foods, the safety of our team members is our top priority. For that reason, successful applicants for this position must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Vaccine verification will be required to enter Tyson facilities.

En Tyson Foods, la seguridad de los miembros de nuestro equipo es nuestra principal prioridad. Por esa razón, los solicitantes seleccionados para este puesto deben estar completamente vacunados contra COVID-19 como condición de empleo. Se requerirá la verificación de la vacuna para ingresar a las instalaciones de Tyson.

Job Details:

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:

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

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.

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At Tyson Foods, the safety of our team members is our top priority. For that reason, successful applicants for this position must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Vaccine verification will be required to enter Tyson facilities.

Our team members make the difference. If you are ready to grow your career with an industry leader and want to positively impact the team and community around you, then join us in helping us in raising expectations.Join us on the journey.

At Tyson, we are raising expectations for how much good people can do. Our Talent Strategy is to Attract, Grow, Reward and Retain the best talent, and we believe that our Culture is the connecting thread that drives that strategy!

We strive to be a talent magnet to establish a reputation for being a talent rich organization where team members can grow their career while growing the business.

We are a high performing organization where team members are rewarded (Pay, Benefits and Recognition) for their contributions, and given the opportunity to support and/or volunteer with programs that help Tyson make a lasting social impact in the communities where we live and work.

To learn more about our culture, please read Our Purpose (http://www.tysonfoods.com/who-we-are/our-story/purpose-values) .

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Tyson Foods, Inc.
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