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Applying to this requisition will put you intoconsideration for either Food Scientist I,Food Scientist IIor Sr. Food Scientist I. Level will bedeterminedthrough the interview process.

Primary focus will be withinDry/Semi Dry Sausage, Innovation, TechnologyDevelopmentand/or Quality improvement. Focus areas are developing emerging technologies, costoptimizationand 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 scientific methods and is expected toleverageknowledge related to ingredients, productformulationand 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 andpurchasingdepartments, coordinating with suppliers of ingredients, ensuring smooth startupfor new product production processes

• Modifying oroptimizingexisting 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, reportingresults.

• Execute the development process with activities that include bench top development, pilot plant testing, and scaleup production at a federally inspected research facility and final commercialization at full scale production facility

• Help team toidentifyinnovation that is treated as IP that can give Tyson a competitive edge in the industry

• Analyze data to build productaspecification 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 willultimately helpachieve our growth and EBIT strategies

• Travel to plant productionfacilities

• Take on and complete special projects as needed.

• Develop culinary samples/prototypes of new products,modifyingexisting products,optimizingexisting products, developing specifications

• Develop product production labels and compiling cost analysis information

• Strong working knowledge of scientific methods and is expected toleverageknowledge related to ingredients, productformulationand 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 andpurchasingdepartments, 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:

• 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 with 8yearsrelevant experience.

Requirements for Food Scientist II:

Education & Experience:

• BS, MS, or PhD in Food Science, Meat Science, Food Engineering, or related field. Alt. Proteinscienceor 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 8yearsrelevant experience.

Requirements forSr.Food Scientist I:

Education & Experience:

• 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

Computer Skills:

• Requires good computer skills withabilityto fullyutilizeMS Office products and Tyson systems (or like systems).

Communication Skills:

• Good verbal and written communication skillsrequired

• Presentation skillsrequired

• Must have the ability to effectively communicate with cross functional business partners

Special Skills:

• Strong critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills

• Strong project management skills. Strong numerical skills

• Understanding of product formulation, food processing and the Research and Development process

• Understanding of regulatory labeling and food safety requirements

Supervisory:none.

Travel:

• 50% - 12+ domestic trips per year

• Travel will berequiredtoaccomplishour internal and external customer needs

This includes customer meetings, plant production facilities for testing and commercialization of new products, process trouble shooting and any other regular business needs