Job Description

Job Type:

Regular

Invest in you, Join Agropur. We dairy you!

How Agropur invests in YOU:

Competitive and comprehensive compensation and benefits package focusing on your physical, financial, and emotional health to include the following perks as well as the standard benefit offerings:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Short and Long-term Disability Insurance

• 401(k) with 7% company contributions

• 3 weeks Paid Time Off

• Paid holidays and 2 floating holidays

• Paid parental leave

• Advancement Opportunities

• Salary range 005: $84,200-$105,200 (Salary will be determined based on skills, education, training & experience related to the position.)

What’s involved in this role:

We are looking for a Whey Technologist in Jerome, ID.

The Whey Technologist works as part of a collaborative team to support the operation of critical whey stream processes related to the production of consistent quality whey and high value ingredient products that deliver our customer’s brand promise within our vision statement while optimizing yields and efficiencies. The Whey Technologist promotes and maintains a manufacturing environment and a workforce capable of meeting manufacturing requirements in whey and other ingredients. This position maintains the highest Agropur standards and consistently strives to produce quality whey ingredients for customers, always seeking to meet or exceed customer expectations and implement improvements for the future.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work schedule: Monday-Friday 8am-5pm with occasional flexibility to work outside normal business hours required.

• Improve the quality and/or efficiency of existing unit operations and procedures used to manufacture whey/dairy ingredients.

• Collaborate with internal and external personnel to develop systems and procedures for new unit operations for the production of whey/dairy ingredients.

• Revise or create reports for the purposes of yielding, exception reporting, lab data analysis, process trending or other metric evaluation.

• Accurately perform statistical analysis of laboratory and process data to identify trends, deficiencies and formulate predictions.

• Identify problem areas or areas for improvement in the production of whey ingredients, develop a plan for resolution and execute the plan.

• Work with plant, corporate and other outside resources to resolve production issues such as cleaning, product losses, capacity limitations, out-of-spec products, and excess waste or effluent.

• Proficiently measure microbial quality of dairy processes and resolve related issues.

• Maintain procedures for the production of whey ingredients, operation, and training of supervisors and employees in the whey plant.

• Work with the Quality Assurance department to make determinations on disposition of product based on product and customer specifications.

• Work with the sales department regarding product disposition as well as with the customers. Visit customers as required to support the customer’s needs and wants for whey ingredients.

• Work in tandem with product development and ingredient sales on new product formulations as required to develop new sales.

• Help to initiate, support and manage all whey processing continuous improvement initiatives.

• Collaborate with and support Technical Services and R&D on projects and initiatives.

What you need to join our team:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science, Dairy Science, Chemistry, Engineering or relevant field required.

• Equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be considered.

• Minimum three (3) years of dairy ingredients processing experience required.

• Experience in a dairy plant and/or laboratory preferred.

• Effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to management and coworkers.

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively at all levels in a collaborative team environment.

Where you’ll be working:

• Agropur’s US operations produce 1 billion pounds of quality, award-winning cheese each year. We create more than 20 different varieties, and provide whey protein and dry ingredients which are by-products of the cheesemaking process. As one of the world’s largest dairy producers, Agropur partners with some of the most recognizable food, beverage and nutrition brands to help feed the world. Better Dairy. Better World. Agropurus.com

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Agropur welcomes people from all backgrounds and origins. We are proud to be an employer with a diverse community and are committed to providing a respectful and inclusive experience for all employees and applicants. We will work with candidates who request accommodation. Please note that an adequate knowledge of French is required for positions in Quebec. Agropur uses artificial intelligence technology to assist our recruiters in screening, assessing, or selecting applicants for this position.

In this text, the use of the masculine gender to designate persons is intended only to lighten the text.