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**Brand:** Post Consumer Brands

**Categories:** Research & Development

**Locations:** Lakeville, Minnesota

**Position Type:** Regular Full-Time

**Remote Eligible:** No

**Req ID:** 27482

Job Description

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 beloved 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 9Lives® dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn 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, more recently, 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. Location Description Post Consumer Brands corporate headquarters in Lakeville, Minn. is about 20 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Lakeville has all the benefits of smaller town living with access to everything a large metropolitan area has to offer. Join more than 400 team members collaborating on the two-building campus to help put breakfast on the tables of millions of consumers in North America. Responsibilities The purpose of this job is to assist in the development of new and improved products. The individual is responsible for operating equipment in the test centers providing technical support and project work in the pilot plant, laboratory and plant environments. Support, implement, and maintain food safety practices. Will be responsible for completing job duties in a manner that supports all plant safety, food safety, quality, and environmental practices. JOB ACTIVITIES / DUTIES Participates in the development, scale-up and production of new and improved products and test lot materials. Operates equipment in a consistent and accurate manner according to approved methods. Understands and complies with all food safety and food manufacturing policies and procedures. Supports experimental designs under direct supervision. Compile, analyze and summarize data. Obtains and handles samples from production plant/equipment locations to analysis in a safe and sanitary manner consistent with the information required and compliant with GMP’s. Supports plant tests or production trials under direct supervision. This includes, but is not limited to participation in plant-based trials or experiments. Obtains samples and technical information about products that includes but is not limited to, direct measurements of product, processing measurements, production data or quality measures. Be available as a technical resource to other technical functions and to corporate departments, including but not limited to Quality Assurance, Manufacturing and Engineering. Maintains complete records of procedures followed, as well as observations and results obtained from product or package measures. All other duties as assigned Qualifications Education: Some post-secondary education or equivalent experience. Experience: Two years consumer products experience. Understanding and experience in manufacturing processes, GMP's and general food processing. Skills: Possess excellent problem-solving skills. Ability to work with a personal computer: word processing, spreadsheets, graphing and have demonstrated math/statistical computation skills. Ability to work safely in and around food processing laboratory, pilot plant and plant equipment. Ability to compile, analyze and present collected data in summary form. Must be able to communicate both written and verbally. Works on cross-functional teams; ability to build strong working relationships. Infrequent independent work. Other: Able to work evenings and/or weekends if needed. Some travel is expected. Ability to lift 50 lbs. Must be able to read, write, and communicate in the English language. Job Complexity: Internal Relationships: Major contacts are research and development professional staff. There are some direct interactions with other ITE professional staff, and direct interactions with personnel in Manufacturing, Quality Assurance, and Engineering. External Relationships: Some interaction with ingredient suppliers, and third-party contractors working in a product development capacity. Problem Solving: Consistent application of careful and precise methodologies in the product development process, including but not limited to plant production, test lot trials or third-party testing. Prioritizing samples and setting customer expectations. Assist with development and modification of pilot plant procedures.

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The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)