$70,386–$105,590 Per Year
Athletics, Budgeting, Chemistry, Consumer Branding, Consumer Packaged Goods, Cost Control, Employee Orientation, Facebook, Food Science, Food and Beverage Industry, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Systems, Marketing, Process Development, Process Improvement, Product Development, Product Packaging, Product/Service Launch, Production Costing, Recreation, Requirements Management, Research & Development (R&D), Scientific Principles, Small Company, Sports, Sustainability, Team Player, Willing to Travel
Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company's portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats, PEBBLES, Grape-Nuts and Malt-O-Meal cereal and Peter Pan peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish, Kibbles 'n Bits and 9Lives dog and cat food. Post also provides private label solutions to customers in pet food, cereal, nut butters and granola. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedInor Facebook for the latest news.
Location Description:
The Eugene, Oregon plant produces both organic and non‑organic granola, with annual production of up to 52 million pounds. The site supports a team of more than 200 manufacturing and support employees and plays an important role in supplying private label granola products across the U.S.
Eugene is known for its strong focus on sustainability, outdoor recreation, and innovation. Home to the University of Oregon, the city is widely recognized as the birthplace of Nike, reflecting its long‑standing connection to athletics and performance culture and is also known as Track Town USA. Another frequent cry in Eugene establishments is "Go Ducks," celebrating the triumphs of the U of O men's and women's sports teams. Eugene offers abundant access to parks, trails, and natural beauty, along with a vibrant arts and food scene, creating an engaging and lifestyle‑oriented community for employees and their families.
Responsibilities:
About the Role
Post Holdings is looking for a Food Scientist II to join our team in Eugene, Oregon for Granola who can combine their baking chemistry and culinary formulation skills with perfect texture, flavor, and the perfect crunch. This includes developing new products and making improvements to existing products.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop new products and improvements to existing products. Assure that product activities meet company cost capacity, quality, marketing, and product development requirements.
- Improve and develop extensions to existing brands using laboratory bench top, vendor facilities, and full-scale manufacturing systems. Ability to go from bench top to pilot scale to full scale production.
- Provide design and processing parameters inputs for new products, capacity improvements, and equipment design.
- Support the identification and solution of cost savings issues, product/packaging change issues, equipment modifications, manufacturability issues, and using appropriate scientific principles.
- Support validation of process and product parameter changes at the plant level (e.g., equipment, process, or product related).
- R&D commercialization, new product development & corporate cost savings projects.
Qualifications:
What We Are Looking For
Qualifications
- Minimum of a 4-year degree in food science, engineering, or other technical degree required.
- 2-5 years of experience in the CPG food industry in either product or process development role.
- Proven history of culinary and technical innovations with food products required.
Experience
- Food industry experience working in R&D and/or product development, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Experience in product formulation, process optimization, scale up from bench to plant production, cost savings, and quality improvements.
- Prefer experience in granola and cereal product development.
Why You will Love This Role
- Big company opportunity with a small company attitude
- Ability to influence Product formulation.
- Meaningful impact on product formulation, process and scales up to plant production.
- Collaborative, growth-oriented environment
- Opportunities for career development and advancement
Compensation
$70,386.00-$105,590.00
Location & Travel
- Location: Eugene, OR
- Travel: Minimal travel required as needed