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Food Scientist

4 months ago

Florence, United States Ag Jobs Full time
Job Description

Schwan's Company, a U.S. affiliate of the global lifestyle company, CJ CheilJedang Corporation, is a leading U.S. manufacturer and marketer of quality foods offered through retail-grocery and food-service channels. Our many popular brands include Red Baron®, Tony's®, Big Daddy's®, Villa Prima™ and Freschetta® pizza; Mrs. Smith's® and Edwards® desserts; Bibigo®, Pagoda® and Kahiki® Asian-style snacks. Schwan's is a place for people with an appetite for more. To learn about joining a team where you can belong, contribute and thrive, visit www.schwanscompany.com

We are seeking a Food Scientist to join our Product Development team in Florence, KY. This R&D role is responsible for developing and supporting our frozen pizza portfolio. You will have the opportunity to grow your technical leadership working with a cross functional team including Marketing, Sales, Operations and External Customers. You'll be tasked with development of new, innovative products, renovating current products and improving operational efficiencies. Technical curiosity and creative problem-solving skills are a must for this dynamic and influential role.

What you get from us? Great mentors and colleagues who will help you grow in technical leadership, project management and processes of Product Development; bench-top and pilot lab facilities to support project work and creative exploration; supportive and flexible environment.

This role will involve the following duties:
  • Uses chemistry, microbiology, engineering, and other sciences to study the principles underlying the processing and deterioration of foods; analyzes food content; discovers new food sources; researches ways to make processed foods safe, palatable, and healthful; and applies food science knowledge to determine the best ways to process, package, preserve, store, and distribute food.
  • Provides advanced technical solutions to production issues as it relates to ingredient, formulas, processing procedures, and specifications to ensure continuous production of existing products and maintain product quality and safety.
  • Develops experimental formulas, processing procedures, and specifications for raw ingredients, subassemblies, and finished products for product innovation and renovation that meet project parameters of established pricing, Marketing goals, food regulations, and operational feasibility.
  • Organizes and manages complex test runs to validate or modify experimental formulas and processing procedures to develop final specifications and ensure reproducibility for the production of finished products and subassemblies.
  • Establishes team and works with team members to ensure successful start-ups of product innovation and renovation as well as ingredient, formula, specification, or process changes.
  • Evaluates ingredients and processing techniques to identify and commercialize product improvement and cost reduction opportunities.
  • Evaluates, confirms acceptability, creates/updates specifications and implements proposed ingredients or process for supplier optimization.
  • Documents all work according to established procedures and guidelines, provides timely and effective oral and written communication and prepares various project reports to team and project leader to ensure complete communication of project status, progress, issues, solutions, timeline, and accountability.
  • Supports innovation in the development of new ideas, new products or new product platforms through ideation sessions and bench top experimentation, along with the ability to effectively communicate the concept.

Qualifications
  • Bachelor of Science or Master's degree (U.S. or foreign) or equivalent in Food Science, Cereal Science, Dairy Science, Meat Science, Food & Nutrition Studies, Biological Sciences, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and/or product development experience.
  • Ideally 2-5 years related experience with Bachelor's degree, we will also consider a new grad with solid internship or co-op experience
  • Solid knowledge and understanding of food ingredients, food chemistry, food processing, and food functionality
  • Previous experience developing and manufacturing frozen food products or bakery products preferred
  • Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, and offer solutions
  • Ability to apply advanced technical knowledge learned
  • Advanced knowledge in Algebra, Geometry, Physics, Chemistry, and Statistics
  • Ability to comprehend technical articles, research papers, or presentation
  • Advanced communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to taste and ingest any type of food product currently under development
  • Familiarity with SAP-PLM and Genesis a plus
  • Advanced PC skills including Microsoft Office Suite particularly Excel ,Word and PowerPoint


The employing subsidiaries of Schwan's Company are Equal Employment Opportunity Employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, age, race, color, religion, gender, vet status, national origin or other protected class.