Job Overview
Employment Type
Full-time
Compensation
Type:
Salary
Rate:
Range $80,000.00 - $90,000.00
Work Schedule
Standard Hours
Benefits
Vision
Medical
Dental
Paid Time Off
401(k)
incentive pay
Career Development
Job Description
Pilgrim's, a division of JBS USA, stands as the second largest chicken producer globally, with expansive operations across the U.S., Puerto Rico, Mexico, and the U.K. Pilgrim's is headquartered in Greeley, Colorado, nestled in a region known for its beautiful landscapes and over 300 days of sunshine annually. The company processes, prepares, packages, and delivers a broad range of fresh, further-processed, and value-added poultry products, distributing to customers in more than 100 countries. Employing over 50,000 people and contracting with more than 5,200 family farmers, Pilgrim's embodies a commitment to excellence, sustainability, and community engagement. Their mission focuses on being... Show More
Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Food Science or related field
- Relevant experience in food product development
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities
- Familiarity with USDA and FDA regulations
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite and project management software
- Ability to travel up to 50 percent
- Willingness to work in a collaborative, cross-functional team environment
Job Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Food Science required
- Degree in Meat Science, Poultry Science, Engineering, or related field strongly preferred
- BS and 2-5 years of relevant experience
- MS and 0-2 years of relevant experience
- Experience working in food manufacturing facility, operations, or continuous improvement strongly preferred
- Product development experience in the food industry and meat protein space is strongly preferred
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Well-versed in Project Management Systems and Recipe Development (e.g., SAP)
- Good understanding of USDA and/or FDA guidelines with occasional support from manager
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Microsoft TEAMS / Cisco Webex
- Ability to travel 30-40 percent of the time to plants and customers
- Can perform the functions of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation
Job Duties
- Execute development of new products and improvement of existing products to meet customer, brand, and operations requirements as related to cost, quality, and yield
- Perform pilot product development and renovation up to and through commercialization, analyzing results and making recommendations for full-scale implementation
- Engage directly with vendors for benchtop, pilot line, and commercial scale requests, including troubleshooting product and process opportunities in formulation, functionality and shelf-life
- Engage with vendors in new strategic platform development, product improvement, and line extensions via technical briefs and discussions
- Participate in product development conversations through product sampling, technical communication, and presentations as technical touchpoint to customers related to new product development, product improvement, and specification improvement of value-added products
- Work closely with cross-functional teams to address quality or yield issues of individual product specifications and processes
- Communicate technical development activities like design of experiment, costing, data analysis, etc. to cross-functional teams with simplicity
Job Qualifications
Experience
Entry Level (1-2 years)
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