Food Scientist - Springdale, AR

Internal Management & Management Support Applicants :

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Relocation Assistance Eligible :

Referral Payout Eligible :

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Management Level :

Tyson Foods, Inc. has multiple Food Scientist positions available with multiple focus areas, and multiple different levels including Senior Food Scientists.

Applying to this requisition will put you into considering for either Food Scientist I, Food Scientist II, Sr Food Scientist I and Sr Food Scientist II. Level will be determined through the interview process.

This role will support the Tyson K-12 Business which includes both Poultry and Prepared businesses with brands such as.... Jimmy Dean, Ball Park, Hillshire Farm, Aidell's, and State Fair. Project work may include Cost Optimization, Innovation, Technology Development and / or Quality improvement for these brands.

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 :

Requirements for Food Scientist II :

Education & Experience :

Other : Computer Skills :

Communication Skills :

Special Skills :

Supervisory : May supervise a team of hourly technicians that support a team of scientists.

Travel :

Work Shift :

1ST SHIFT (United States of America)

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.

We provide our team members and their families with paid time off; 401(k) plans; affordable health, life, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; and more.

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