Your Opportunity as the Senior Technologist, Product Development, Pet R&D

Lead hands-on product development for innovative pet food and snacks. Design test plans, analyze results, and collaborate across teams to bring new products to life. Leverage your technical skills to support initiatives across our labs, pilot plants, and even have opportunities to consult with our Pet facilities and product consumers.

Location:  Orrville, OH

Work Arrangements: Hybrid, 60% minimum in office presence and domestic travel up to 30% annually

In this role you will:

• Independently develop test plans. Generate sound, accurate and reproducible data working hands-on in various settings; make critical observations. 

• Summarize key findings, recognize, and report unexpected results, and recommend next steps. Recognize discrepancies and investigate problems with minimal help from resources. 

• May lead technical readiness for small to medium complexity initiatives. 

• Communicate results both orally and in writing to supervisor, key project members, and higher levels of management 

• Independently work across disciplines, functions and with outside vendors 

• Support the R&D team with additional responsibilities as needed. 

What we are looking for:

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in Science, Technology, or Engineering

• 2+ years of product development experience. Open to consider less experience when combined with advanced STEM degree(s)

• Demonstrates knowledge and expertise in own discipline/area of expertise; still acquiring higher-level knowledge and skills

• Strong organizational, critical thinking and creativity skills

• Effective presentation, verbal and written communication skills

• Proficient in establishing and adhering to procedures

• Work with quality/safety in mind

• Ability to work under moderate supervision within guidelines and processes

• Strong time management skills

Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role:

• Previous experience with pet food and/or pet snack formulation and product development

• Experience with food processes, e.g. extrusion, baking, or thermal processing

• Coursework in nutrition

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