SR. SCIENTIST RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

AMPI owns seven Midwest-based manufacturing plants where 10 percent of the nation's American-type cheese, processed cheese and butter is produced. The cooperative's award-winning cheese, butter and powdered dairy products are marketed to foodservice, retail and food ingredient customers. In 2019, the co-op launched its Dinner Bell Creamery brand and accompanying Co-op Crafted promise, highlighting more than 50 years of dairy farm families partnering with skilled buttermakers and cheesemakers.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

1. All AMPI employees have an obligation to report employee safety, food safety and food quality issues to personnel of authority.
2. Initiate and lead technical advancements within new and existing products, product portfolios, and production equipment.
3. Translate customer, sales, and marketing needs into technical requirements that can be used to formulate products.
4. Manage all product development projects to ensure they have clearly defined objectives, resource needs, and plans to deliver efficient scale-up.
5. Responsible for product formulations through the entire product life cycle.
6. Lead, coordinate, and provide technical support for all product scale-up activities.
7. Build new capability within the pilot plant to quickly develop and scale-up new, innovative, or revised products or product portfolios.
8. Routinely communicate to senior management current, new, and emerging science as it relates to new innovative products, packaging, and production processes.
9. Assist with corrective and preventative action for product functionality issues.
10. Lead qualification, onboarding, and maintenance of raw materials and suppliers.
11. Maintain accurate raw material and formula files that are accessible to others within the organization.
12. Assist with the procurement of raw materials to meet formulation requirements.
13. Provide technical support to customers when needed.
14. Ensure all formulations and supporting documentation follow applicable regulations and requirements.

An individual in this position must be able to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities listed above. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. The above list reflects the general details necessary to describe the principle and essential functions of the position and shall not be construed as the only duties that may be assigned for the position.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree in food science, dairy science or other equivalent degree required.
• Master's degree in food science, dairy science or other equivalent degree preferred.

BENEFITS/REWARDS

AMPI offers competitive starting pay, PTO, 401k, short-term disability, health, dental, vision, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, employee assistance programs and more.

Associated Milk Producers Inc. (AMPI) is 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, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Military and veterans are encouraged to apply