Food Scientist - Char

Job Summary

Primary focus will be within our Char network, 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.

• Work with and strongly influence marketing, insights, sales, culinary, FSQA, operations and purchasing departments, coordinating with suppliers of ingredients.
• Ensure smooth startup for new product production processes.
• Modify or optimize existing products, develop specifications for product production labeling, and compile cost analysis information.
• Work on multiple development and optimization projects of moderate complexity, independently from concept through commercialization with guidance from manager.
• Plan, execute experiments, analyze data, and report results.
• Execute the development process that includes bench‑top development, pilot plant testing, scale‑up production at a federally inspected research facility and final commercialization at full‑scale production facility.
• Help the team identify innovations that can be treated as IP to give Tyson a competitive edge.
• Analyze data to build product specifications that are process‑capable.
• Present technical data or concepts to laypersons at their level of understanding.
• Compile cost analysis information and provide to product management, ensuring costing structure meets financial expectations of projects.
• Work on cross‑functional teams across the organization for project completion to help achieve growth and EBIT strategies.
• Travel to plant production facilities as needed.
• Take on and complete special projects as needed.
• Develop culinary samples/prototypes of new products, modifying and optimizing existing products.
• Develop process flow charts for engineering.

• 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 2 years of relevant experience; no degree with minimum 8 years relevant experience.
• Computer Skills – comfortable using MS Office products and Tyson systems (or similar).
• Communication Skills – good verbal and written communication, presentation skills, and ability to effectively communicate with cross‑functional business partners.
• Special Skills – strong critical thinking, analytical and problem‑solving skills; strong project management and numerical skills; understanding of product formulation, food processing, R&D process, regulatory labeling and food safety requirements.
• Travel – 40% (12+ domestic trips per year) to accomplish internal and external customer needs.
• Work Shift – 1ST SHIFT (United States of America).
• Supervisory – none.

Paid time off; 401(k) plans; affordable health, life, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; and more.

Tyson Foods, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity 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.