Associate Food Scientist

Title: Associate Food Scientist
Location: Richland, WA
About Lamb Weston
We love making fries almost as much as you like eating them! Since the 1950's, Lamb Weston has inspired customers with food they love, trust, and share with families and friends. As a leading global manufacturer of quality frozen potato products with over 9,000+ team members around the world, it's our business to see the possibilities in potatoes and people.
We are looking for team members with an appetite for a challenge! People who are hungry to join a winning team and help us make a difference in the world. When you join Lamb Weston, you join a community with a strong support network and training programs designed to nurture, inspire, and help you grow.
We are driven by a relentless pursuit of results and by people who think creatively and embrace our values of: Integrity, Teamwork, Inclusion, Drive for Results, and Empowerment. Exactly what you'd expect from the most inventive potato company in the world!
Join Lamb Weston! We bring the world together with our fries.
Job Description Summary
Under limited supervision researches, conducts experiments, gathers data, develops preliminary findings and prepares new products with written reports for the development of new products projects beginning at conception through successful commercialization. Follows established protocols and work plans. Drafts for review technical proposals and reports.
Job Description

• Pro-active self-starter, willing to accept responsibility for business tasks.
• Plans, prioritizes and completes tasks effectively and efficiently.
• Changes plans quickly according to business needs.
• Learns and utilizes on-line specification system, ingredients, formulation, etc. to document and track products.
• Executes experiments and prepares results for review.
• Using consumer insights, conceptualizes and develops new product prototypes.
• Formulates new products to match the ingredient statement, nutritional profile, cost and product attributes of the target product. Uses sensory tools to optimize product formulation internally and externally.
• Presents new product ideas to cross functional team.
• Develops and documents the process for the manufacture of the product.
• Identifies and executes key product quality, stability, cooking parameter and safety testing protocols.
• Executes on cost saving opportunities.
• Properly documents activities, conclusions, and recommendations in lab notebook.
• Develops project timelines that are acceptable to management, marketing, and Product Development manager. Works closely with project manager to create and maintain accurate timelines.
• Develops finished product and processing specifications.
• Conducts plant trials and new product startups.
• Supports sales in new product presentation to customers.
• Collaborates with Engineering/Packaging/Operations/QA and Marketing to meet project deadlines.

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

• BS in Food Science or related field required. MS preferred.
• 1-2 years relevant work experience required, including deep knowledge and hands on experience with food chemistry, lab analysis, and execution of new product development.
• Clear, concise written and verbal communication.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office products.

• Sporadic to frequent travel, including flying to all parts of the U.S., possibly overseas, and driving a company or rental vehicle 4 to 6 hours as needed. Must be able to travel independently and as a responsible Lamb Weston representative.

Industry-Competitive Benefits
Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive. Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:

• Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision
  
• Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts
  
• Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program
  
• Paid Time Off
  
• Financial Wellness - Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insurance
  
• Family-Friendly Employee events
  
• Employee Assistance Program services - mental health and other concierge type services
  

Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.
Job Requisition ID: Req-234036
Time Type: Full time
Anticipated Close Date: 03/11/2024
In compliance with applicable state and local laws, Lamb Weston has opted to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. This compensation is specific to this position and takes into account a number of variables. Actual compensation may be higher or lower in the range posted based on various factors, including, but not limited to, job duties, experience and expertise. A candidate's work location could also impact the actual compensation being outside of the range to reflect local cost of labor. A reasonable annual estimate of the range for this role based on the variables previously mentioned is: $54,140.00 - $81,190.00
Lamb Weston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law