Research Scientist - Posting No. 1517
Date Posted
April 20, 2009
Employer
Leprino Foods Company
Location
Denver, CO. In addition to Denver corporate office, manufacturing plants are located in New York (Waverly), Michigan (Allendale and Remus), Nebraska (Ravenna), Colorado (Fort Morgan, Greeley), New Mexico (Roswell), & California (Tracy, Lemoore East/West).
Job Description
We’re Leprino Foods Company – the leading producer of mozzarella cheese and related lactose & whey products in the USA. Our heritage of entrepreneurial growth & innovation, exceptional customer service, and top-quality products continue to define our business success and company culture every day. We’re family owned, professionally managed, and financially strong. Given our industry leading technology (we hold more patents on mozzarella cheese-making technology than any other producer), and quest for future growth, we’re expanding our international capabilities as well. We’re currently the largest exporter of whey products and our joint venture with Glanbia Cheese Ltd. is bringing our products to the European market. From our headquarters in Denver to our manufacturing plants across the country, our growth continues to provide exciting career opportunities. It’s our vision to become the world’s leading dairy foods ingredients manufacturer. If you have a strong work ethic, a focus on providing excellent service to external and internal customers, an innovative spirit that’s not satisfied with status quo, and a passion for producing quality products and services, we’d be excited to have you join our organization. Leprino Foods R&D performs continuous, fundamental research with both current customers and future business potential through identification of trends, evaluation of technologies as well as choosing and building on core competencies by creating, transferring, and exploiting knowledge and carefully protecting intellectual property, such as patents, trade secrets, and databases. R&D strives to provide the company an endless supply of ideas, products, and processes through which to succeed.
We are seeking a Research Scientist to join our Research and Development team in Denver, CO. The Research Scientist functions within the Strategic Research Group (SRG) whose focus is applied research that aims to closely link the results of R&D efforts with the company’s operations, putting attention on major projects. The group’s scientists are charged with the development and commercialization of strategically important new products and processes. A successful scientists in this position will be able to apply basic research results to create new and useful products and processes, which many times requires bringing together people from accounting, sales, production, and other R&D areas.
Job Qualifications
Requirements for the Research Scientist position include at a minimum a M.S. Degree in Food Science, Dairy or Cheese Chemistry along with 3 years of experience, in Food Science, Food Chemistry, Food Engineering, or Dairy Chemistry; PC skills in Microsoft Office Products. Successful candidates will possess experience in a lab setting with developing, testing and evaluating dairy and cheese products. They will have a natural instinct and desire for seeking and gaining knowledge, work well with others, strong interpersonal communication skills, have a proven record of initiating, planning, and managing multiple projects involving cheese manufacturing and/or dairy chemistry with minimal supervision, possess the creativity and diversity in their research approach to enable successful completion of company objectives, and have knowledge of cheese and dairy chemistry, have a proven success in identifying and solving product quality-related concerns, and ability to understand/interpret analytical and production data. Candidates should be able to demonstrate superior organization and communication skills, as well as be dedicated to the advancement of science and technology in the area of dairy food production,and food chemistry. Light travel should be expected.
Salary
Competitive compensation and benefits package that includes base and incentive compensation, medical, dental, vision, life, disability, tution reimbursement, profit sharing, 401(k), paid time off, and strong growth potential.
Contact Information
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