Food Scientist - Springdale, AR - R0388774-4330

This job was posted by : For moreinformation, please see: roles at Tyson require background checks. If you are offered aposition that requires a background check you will be providedadditional documentation to complete once an offer has been extended.****Job Details:**Tyson Foods, Inc. has multiple Food Scientist positions available withmultiple focus areas, and multiple different levels including SeniorFood Scientists.**Applying to this requisition will put you into considering foreither****Food Scientist I, Food Scientist II****, Senior Food Scientist I, or Senior Food Scientist II****. Level will be determined through the interview process.**Primary focus will be red meat Cost Optimization, Innovation, TechnologyDevelopment and/or Quality improvement. Focus areas are developingemerging technologies, cost optimization and commercializing new andimproved products and/or processes through guidance from their manager.This covers all stages of product development and process developmentincluding writing new product specifications, ensuring regulatorylabeling and food safety requirements are met. The person in thisposition will have a strong working knowledge of the scientific methodsand is expected to leverage knowledge related to ingredients, productformulation and food processing to support best in class development ofnew, 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```{=html}```- Modifying or optimizing existing products, developing specifications for product production labeling, and compiling cost analysis information.```{=html}```- 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.```{=html}```- 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```{=html}```- Help team to identify innovation that is treated as IP that can give Tyson a competitive edge in the industry```{=html}```- Analyze data to build product specification that is process capable```{=html}```- Present technical data or concepts to laypersons on their level of understanding```{=html}```- Compile cost analysis information and provide to product management```{=html}```- Ensure costing structure meets the financial expectations of projects```{=html}```- Work on cross functional teams across the organization for project completion that will ultimately help achieve our growth and EBIT strategies```{=html}```- Travel to plant product facilities```{=html}```- Take on and complete special projects as needed.```{=html}```- Develop culinary samples/prototypes of new products, modifying existing products, optimizing existing products, developing specifications```{=html}```- Develop product production labels and compiling cost analysis information```{=html}```- Strong working knowledge of the scientific methods and is expected to leverage knowledge related to ingredients, product formulation and food processing to supp rt best in class development of new, innovative food products```{=html}```- 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```{=html}```- Work with process development to develop process flow charts for engineering```{=html}```- Ability and Initiative to grow within the organization and develop a personal development plan with your manager**Requirements for Food Scientist I:**Education & Experience:- BS MS or PhD in Food Science Meat Science Food Engineering or related field. PhD or M.S with no experience. B.S. with minimum of 2 years of relevant experience. No degree with minimum of 8 years relevant experience.**Requirements for Food Scientist II:**Education & Experience:- BS MS or PhD in Food Science Meat Science Food Engineering or related field. Alt. Protein science or equivalent 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.**Requirements**