Site Scientist II, Jonesboro

Business Unit Overview

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 brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, PEBBLES®, Grape-Nuts® and Malt-O-Meal® cereal, and Peter Pan® peanut butter, as well as Nutrish®, Kibbles ‘n Bits® and 9

Lives® dog and cat food. The company is committed to high standards of quality and values, with the aim to make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit  and follow us on Linked In and Facebook for the latest news.

Brand

At Post Consumer Brands, we’ve spent generations showing up for families, starting with breakfast, the most important meal of the day. Our cereals have become a trusted part of daily routines, helping spark conversations, fuel busy mornings, and create everyday moments that bring families closer together, including their furry four-legged family members who have recently become a part of our story.

As families have evolved, so have we. What began at the breakfast table has expanded into snacks, peanut butter, and pet food, because caring for a family means feeding every part of it. With the addition of several iconic pet brands, we’ve extended our purpose: to make high-quality, accessible food for everyone under the same roof.

This phase is still new, and that’s what makes it exciting. As we continue to grow across grocery and pet, we’re looking for people who care about good food, thoughtful work, and the kind of impact that stretches from store shelves to kitchen tables, and food bowls, across the country.

Post Consumer Brands in Jonesboro, Ark. is home to more than 200 team members. Jonesboro may be a smaller town, but it has a strong performing arts scene, multiple schools, and a diverse geography with sports and outdoor recreation opportunities for everyone. The Post Jonesboro team supports the community through food pantry volunteering and an annual toy drive during the holiday season.

Overview:

• Frontline technical resource for sustaining and improving ingredient and product performance as well as KPI results for safety, quality, yield, rates, and efficiencies.
• Provide technical support and validation for products when implementing new formulas, ingredients, processes, and equipment.
• Improving and sustaining finished product identity at the plant level.
• Plant representative & consultant for product and process changes including new formulas, ingredients, processes, and equipment.
• Plant coordinator for commercialization of changes to existing products.
• Support, implement, and maintain food safety, food safety culture, and quality practices as required through SQF.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Subject matter expert accountable for training our technical resources and operators on ingredient and product functionality, as well as the manufacturing process.
• Identify and sharing of best practices across sites to improve product, process, and ingredient efficiencies.
• Identifying and leading formula, ingredient, or process changes to improve and optimize manufacturing efficiencies and costs.
• Generate and update work instructions for production processes as required.
• Advise on process safety issues and support safety improvements.
• Provide daily support to sustain current product & process performance targets for safety, quality, yield, rate, and efficiency.
• Support validation of process and product parameter changes at the plant level (e.g., equipment, process, or product related).
• Plant coordination for commercialization of new products and corporate cost savings projects.
• Responsible for improving product quality and consistency at the plant level or across plants.
• Responsible for updating, maintaining, and conducting analysis at the plant level to support daily manufacturing.

REQUIREMENTS

• Understanding of Lean Manufacturing/Continuous Improvement methodologies.
• Must have strong analytical skills and sound business judgment including demonstrated problem-solving and…