Food Scientist I

Dawn Foods is a global leader in bakery manufacturing and ingredients distribution. As the partner of choice for inspiring bakery success, we help customers grow their business through meaningful partnerships, research-driven insights and innovations, and products and expertise they can depend on. As a family-owned company, our commitments to our people, products, customers, and corporate values, are all part of our recipe for success.
Why work for Dawn Foods?
PEOPLE. PRODUCTS. CUSTOMERS.
Why should you apply? We invest in you!

• Industry-leading health insurance on Day 1!
• Competitive Pay
• 401(K) + company match
• 10 Paid Company Holidays
• Sick and Personal Days
• Professional training
• Family-owned business over 100 years in service
• An opportunity for career advancement, working as part of an empowering workforce.

About the Job
The Food Scientist is a scientifically rooted and customer focused role designed to implement scientific method in new product development and scale up at Dawn Foods R&D. This position supports product development projects from concept through commercialization for Bakery Ingredients and/or Finished Bakery Products and/or Pipeline Innovation. As part of a team, learns to develop and test formulas and processes for new products, quality improvements and cost reductions. This role will work closely with colleagues across several commercial functions to address our customers' immediate needs and will work collectively with the technical team to develop products to satisfy customers' needs.
This position is based onsite at our Louisville Manufacturing Plant, working directly in the lab. The role requires up to 15% travel.
What You'll Do as a Food Scientist I

• Gathers knowledge of Dawn customers, consumers, and competitors. Brings innovative ideas to support strategic plans and enable R&D to apply this knowledge to assigned projects.
• Seeks, evaluates, challenges, and utilizes technical information from external and internal sources (Vendors and Senior R&D technical experts) to achieve objectives.
• Leads/supports the planning, execution, and reporting of plant trials and product validations for new products and reformulations, concentrating on the science of formulation and ingredients.
• Leads product development projects from concept through commercialization. Participates in cross-functional teams. Effectively manages time and delivers projects on time and in full. Mindful of overall project spend.
• Demonstrates strong teamwork and cross-functional relationships with marketing, operations, engineering, quality, etc., and leverages those partnerships to innovate, resolve concerns and meet timelines. Determines proposed course of action and options in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Maintains ingredient inventory and lot code tracking. Keep accurate records of lab work and data analysis. Works with internal resources to quickly communicate needed information in case of recalls.
• Safely operates, cleans, and maintains lab ware and equipment used in a testing environment, while adhering to sanitation requirements in the handling and preparation of food products.
• With limited supervision, plans and executes experiments using established laboratory/pilot lab/plant methodology. Ensures all experiments meet the guidelines set by the FDA for food manufacturing. Interprets results and translates them into actionable recommendations and business solutions.
• Actively seeks to broaden knowledge and enhance technical skills via interpretation of data from projects, seminars, professional meetings, course work and literature. Contributes to a learning environment for the team. Creates a robust personal development plan in collaboration with manager.
• Demonstrates proficiency with the Dawn Specification system to write, review, and issue product, ingredient, and process specifications to support all project work. Maintains internal records. Ensures all ingredients and finished goods meet customer and FDA compliance guidelines. Demonstrates first pass quality on all documentation.
• Other duties and special projects as assigned.
• Demonstrates the "Dawn Values" of Team Dawn and supports the Circle of Excellence.

What Does It Take to be a Food Scientist I at Dawn Foods?
Below are the minimum qualifications to be a fit for this job.

• Bachelor of Science in Food Science, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Material Science and Engineering, or a related field, or 4 years of related work experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Strong interest in food science, baking, and food ingredients.
• Demonstrated verbal and written communication and technical skills.
• Good organization skills, detail-oriented, and reliable
• Learning agility and flexibility to meet the needs in a changing working environment, assignments, and schedule.
• Strong problem-solving skills and inherent curiosity to understand how things work.

Work Environment
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and frequently lift and/or move 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus
• Normal setting for this job is a Lab and Office environment (on-site).

Note: The level of physical effort may vary from site to site and in some cases be greater or lesser than documented here.
About Our Benefits
Dawn is proud to employ the top talent in the baking industry, and we reward our people with comprehensive health and well-being coverage, competitive compensation packages, and award-winning benefit offerings. We also help protect your future financial health with a generous 401(k) matching program that provides additional retirement funds and many tools and resources on financial wellness. Dawn encourages professional growth through tuition assistance and educational programs, and we are always searching for ways to improve our industry-leading services and benefits.
If this sounds like the opportunity that you have been looking for, please click "Apply."
About Dawn Foods
Dawn Foods provides high-quality bakery solutions to customers around the globe. With unmatched manufacturing and distribution capabilities, we bring together the knowledge, commitment, and innovation our customers deserve.
Compensation
$65,380 - $100,690 + Incentive
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An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity/gender expression, citizenship status, military or veteran status, genetic information or any other status or condition that is protected by applicable law.
Requisition ID: 36187
An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
Date: Aug 19, 2024
If you need accommodation for any part of the employment process because of a disability, please send an email to [email protected].