The Associate Scientist will manage product development projects, providing technical direction, testing product attributes, and collaborating with teams to ensure successful product launches.
Position Title: Associate Scientist - Product Development
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Position Location: Othello
Grade: Grade 04
Requisition ID: 35510
In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.
About the role.
Working within the North American product development team and in partnership with the commercial teams, this role will be accountable for technical project management and project execution to contribute to the North American business growth. The role provides technical leadership within project teams, across functions, and with stakeholders.
Core Accountabilities/Outcomes:
Qualifications
Skills
About McCain.
Click Here to learn more about McCain and how we provide you with opportunities to make an impact that matters.
Leadership principles.
At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.
The McCain experience.
We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you'll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we're better together.
#LI-DM2
Compensation Package : $69,700.00 - $93,000.00 USD annually + bonus eligibility
The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education/training, and other organizational needs.
Benefits : At McCain, we're on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and wellbeing at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person's needs are unique and ensure our benefits & wellbeing programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family and bereavement. Wellbeing programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned to country, provincial and state governing plans and can vary by work level, location and nature of the role. Additional benefit details available during the application process.
Your well-being matters to us, and we're here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work - and at home.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace. As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.
Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with the Global Privacy Policy
Job Family: Research & Development
Division: Global Research and Development
Department: Research and Development CPAT
Location(s): US - United States of America : Washington : Othello
Company: McCain Foods USA, Inc.
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Position Location: Othello
Grade: Grade 04
Requisition ID: 35510
In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.
About the role.
Working within the North American product development team and in partnership with the commercial teams, this role will be accountable for technical project management and project execution to contribute to the North American business growth. The role provides technical leadership within project teams, across functions, and with stakeholders.
Core Accountabilities/Outcomes:
- Developing new products from conception to launch
- Developing and managing timelines
- Providing technical direction to project teams and aligning with stakeholders for project reviews, technical risk mitigation and project post mortem
- Collecting data and reporting on each testing phase in the development process
- Presenting formulation options and impacts to gain consensus on next steps
- Participating in idea generation sessions in the concept development process
- Testing and validating product attributes, shelf life and plant scalability
- Supporting Change Management of products, specifications, transfers
- Manage and procure lab supplies and purchasing
Qualifications
- B.Sc. in Food Science or related field
- Experience in Food Industry and/or Product Development is a plus but not mandatory
Skills
- Research and project management
- Ability to work within a matrix organization
- Organized and detail oriented, with excellent record keeping
- Collaboration
- Communication (written and verbal)
- Ability to work independently
- Critical thinking
- Creative problem solving
- Knowledge of food plant, process and equipment
About McCain.
Click Here to learn more about McCain and how we provide you with opportunities to make an impact that matters.
Leadership principles.
At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.
The McCain experience.
We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you'll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we're better together.
#LI-DM2
Compensation Package : $69,700.00 - $93,000.00 USD annually + bonus eligibility
The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education/training, and other organizational needs.
Benefits : At McCain, we're on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and wellbeing at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person's needs are unique and ensure our benefits & wellbeing programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family and bereavement. Wellbeing programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned to country, provincial and state governing plans and can vary by work level, location and nature of the role. Additional benefit details available during the application process.
Your well-being matters to us, and we're here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work - and at home.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace. As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.
Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with the Global Privacy Policy
Job Family: Research & Development
Division: Global Research and Development
Department: Research and Development CPAT
Location(s): US - United States of America : Washington : Othello
Company: McCain Foods USA, Inc.
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