Reporting to the Senior Principal Development Scientist, you, the Senior Food Scientist will leads the development of new, improved, and cost-reduced meat snacks products from concept through successful commercialization. Contribute to the creation, maintenance, and review of integrated recipes for all items including: specifications, materials, formulas, equipment, quality and process information for R&D, plant, co-packers and suppliers. You will conduct research to establish specifications and process requirements for meat snack items using knowledge of the properties of both meat products and finished consumer products.

You Will:

• Develop new Meat Snack products beginning at the concept phase through successful commercialization working within and outside of Conagra plants
• Design and conduct pilot plant trials, plant trials and new product start-ups
• Plan, prioritize, and complete tasks while maintaining accurate and complete records
• Create product development timelines that are required to meet project timelines
• Develop finished product and manufacturing process specifications using online specification system
• Accomplish experiments, gather data and prepare results for review
• Understand consumer demand spaces, develop new Meat Snack products to appeal to customers
• Effectively communicate complex technical concepts to a variety of audiences
• Work with cross functional partners including processing, marketing, finance, packaging and brand design, procurement, and manufacturing

You Have:

• Bachelors in Food Science or related field, meat science or animal science
• Minimum 3 years of relevant work experience, preference towards experience in meat product development
• Experience in product development or related field at a food company
• Knowledge in food product design, formulation, ingredient functionality, process design, product scale-up, plant testing and commercialization
• Exhibit leadership attitudes in approaching technical solutions to business and market issues
• Good understanding of food industry standards of quality and foods safety, and regulatory requirements for food

Conagra's culture of collaboration enhances our ability to meet critical business goals, deliver value to customers and consumers and provide you with the flexibility you need to achieve a better work-life balance. We carefully consider each role and how often each team member needs to collaborate in-person. This position requires you work from our Chicago office 4 days a week.

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Our Benefits:

We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:

• Health: Medical, dental and vision insurance, company-paid life, accident and disability insurance
• Wealth: great pay, incentive opportunity, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan
• Growth: online courses, virtual and classroom development experiences
• Balance: paid-time off, paternal leave, flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role)

Our Company:

Conagra Brands is one of North America's leading branded food companies. We have a rich heritage of making great food, and a team that’s passionate about innovation and growth. Conagra offers choices for every occasion through iconic brands, such as Birds Eye®, Marie Callender's®, Banquet®, Healthy Choice®, Slim Jim®, Reddi-wip®, and Vlasic®, and emerging brands, including Angie's® BOOMCHICKAPOP®, Duke's®, Earth Balance®, Gardein®, and Frontera®.

We pride ourselves on having the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in the food industry. For more information, visit www.conagrabrands.com.

Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law. â€‹