Research & Development Scientist

Want to build a stronger, more sustainable future and cultivate your career? Join Cargill's global team of 160,000 employees who are committed to safe, responsible and sustainable ways to nourish the world. This position is in Cargill's food ingredients and bio-industrial business, where we anticipate trends around taste, nutrition and safety to innovate and provide solutions to manufacturers, retailers and foodservice companies.
Job Purpose and Impact
The Research Scientist, will plan, organize and perform scientific research projects in a chemistry and engineering field. In this role, you will develop theories for understanding, characterizing and organizing natural phenomena into a systematic and relevant pattern for research into potential new products or inventions.
Key Accountabilities

• Coordinate interdepartmental activities and research eff orts.
• Participate in intellectual property evaluations and development of patent applications.
• Present ongoing work and fi ndings to senior staff and external events and summarizes the nature andmethodology of the research.
• Collaborate with industry or academic specialists to apply the results of research and develop newtechniques.
• Coordinate and conduct process scale-up, piloting, optimizations, and bench synthesis of new ingredients.
• Handle basic issues and problems under direct supervision, while escalating more complex issues toappropriate staff .
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field OR equivalent experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Beginning-to-working knowledge of research techniques
• Lab experience in the field of food safety research
• One or more year of related work experience

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Position Information
Relocation assistance will not be provided for this position.
Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet