Principal Cheese Science & Food Tech Leader

Sargento Foods Inc.; Elkhart Lake (WI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical including Fertil

Remote day Fridays

Onsite Health & Wellness Center

Employer 401K contribution in the top

Relocation Assistance

Tuition Assistance

Access to Employee Store

Job summary

Sargento Foods Inc. is seeking a Technology Principal in Wisconsin to lead advanced research and development efforts in cheese science, microbiology, and manufacturing technologies.

This role oversees cross-functional teams to innovate, troubleshoot, and optimize cheese products and processes, while maintaining technical documentation and specs. You will mentor colleagues, monitor external trends, and guide scale-up from bench to commercialization, with overnight travel up to 20% as needed.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD with relevant experience in food science.
• Eight+ years for MS or three+ years for PhD in related fields.
• Experience leading R&D programs and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and conduct R&D programs leading to new or improved products, processes, or packaging.
• Maintain technical documentation and product/process specifications.
• Mentor others and communicate findings to internal/external customers.
• Oversee testing and scale-up from bench to commercialization.
• Travel up to 20% as required.

Skills

Cheese chemistry

Microbiology

Aging processes

Manufacturing techniques

Technical mentoring

Education

Master's degree in Food Science

PhD in Food Science

Job description

Sargento Foods Inc. is seeking a Technology Principal in Wisconsin to lead advanced research and development efforts in cheese science, microbiology, and manufacturing technologies.

This role oversees cross-functional teams to innovate, troubleshoot, and optimize cheese products and processes, while maintaining technical documentation and specs. You will mentor colleagues, monitor external trends, and guide scale-up from bench to commercialization, with overnight travel up to 20% as needed.