- Salina, Kansas, United States
- Senior
- $107K–$178K per year
- 8+ years
Apply food science expertise to develop, improve, and optimize products, ingredients, processes, packaging, and preservation methods while ensuring quality, safety, and regulatory compliance.
Compensation
The base salary range for this position is $107,000 to $178,000 annually, with eligibility for a 15% annual incentive bonus based on organizational performance.
Responsibilities
- Apply food science expertise to develop, improve, and optimize products, ingredients, processes, packaging, and preservation methods while ensuring quality, safety, and regulatory compliance.
- Provide technical leadership and solutions for ingredient, formulation, processing, and production challenges to support efficient manufacturing operations.
- Develop and validate new product formulations, processing methods, and specifications to support innovation, renovation, and commercialization initiatives.
- Plan and execute pilot and plant trials, analyze results, and establish scalable processes and specifications for production.
- Lead cross-functional teams to successfully implement product launches and ingredient, formula, process, or specification changes.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Food Science, Meat Science, Cereal Science, Dairy Science, Nutrition, Biological Sciences, or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education and product development experience.
- Nice to have: SAP PLM
- Nice to have: Microsoft app