Fermentation Microbiologist
Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life’s essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.
This position is in our Food Enterprise where we are committed to serving food manufacturers, food service customers, and retailers with a complete range of innovative ingredients and branded products. Our portfolio includes poultry, beef, egg, alternative protein, salt, oils, starches, sweeteners, cocoa and chocolate.
Job Purpose and Impact
The Fermentation Microbiologist will provide general knowledge in the areas of fermentation, microbiology andrelated plant processes to lead change and improve production processes. In this role, you will strengthen theperformance of food manufacturing as you provide contributions of technical knowledge and support for projectsand problems related to fermentation and spore production processes.
Key Accountabilities
- Assist in the development of processes and practices to promote knowledge and standards sharing acrossthe company and with suppliers such as contract manufacturing organizations, standard operatingprocedures and benchmarking.
- Design training materials and train employees in areas of responsibility to sustain and improve plantperformance within a specific group or department.
- Develop, deploy and sustain microbial seed stocks for production fermentation.
- Develop the design and execution of laboratory trials, identify trends and troubleshoot activities to provideknowledge and add value to the organization and to suppliers products, processes and equipment.
- Perform continuous assessment of routine to difficult and varied analytical measurement systems used todrive production decision to ensure accuracy of systems, equipment and parameters.
- Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complexissues to appropriate staff.
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
- Minimum of two years of related work experience
- Knowledge of microbiology concepts, theories and techniques
- Able and willing to work nights, weekends and holidays as needed.
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior work experience or knowledge related to industrial microbiology, industrial fermentation or highsterilityfermentation
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Position Information
Relocation assistance is not provided for this role
Position is based in Blair, Nebraska
Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet
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