Food Scientist - Burgers and Meatballs - R0393120-4330

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**Job Details:**

Tyson Foods, Inc. has multiple Food Scientist positions available with

multiple focus areas, and multiple different levels including Senior

Food Scientists.

Primary focus will be on prepared food product Optimization, Innovation,

Technology Development and/or Quality improvement. 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

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- Modifying or optimizing existing products, developing specifications

for product production labeling, and compiling cost analysis

information.

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- 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.

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- 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

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- Help team to identify innovation that is treated as IP that can give

Tyson a competitive edge in the industry

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- Analyze data to build product specification that is process capable

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- Present technical data or concepts to laypersons on their level of

understanding

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- Compile cost analysis information and provide to product management

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- Ensure costing structure meets the financial expectations of

projects

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- Work on cross functional teams across the organization for project

completion that will ultimately help achieve our growth and EBIT

strategies

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- Travel to plant product facilities

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- Take on and complete special projects as needed.

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- Develop culinary samples/prototypes of new products, modifying

existing products, optimizing existing products, developing

specifications

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- Develop product production labels and compiling cost analysis

information

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- 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

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- Work with and influence cross functional team members (marketing,

insights, sales, culinary, FSQA, operations and purchasing

epartments, coordinating with suppliers of ingredients) while

ensuring smooth start-up for new product production processes

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- Work with process development to develop process flow charts for

engineering

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- 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 for Senior Food Scientist I:**

- Education & Experience:

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- BS MS or PhD in Food Science Meat Science Food Engineering or

related field. PhD with minimum of 2 years of relevant experience

M.S. with minimum of 3 years of relevant experience B.S. with

minimum of 5 years of relevant experience No degree with minimum of

10 years relevant experience

**Requirements for Senior Food Scientist II:**

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