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Tetra Pak · 1 day ago

Future Talent - Junior Cheese Technologist

Winsted, MN

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

$59K/yr - $78K/yr

Tetra Pak is a leading supplier of cheese production lines, seeking a Future Talent – Junior Cheese Technologist to join their growing Cheese and Powder Division. The role involves developing technical solutions for customers, supporting cheese production projects, and assisting in the commissioning of cheese equipment.

ConsumerFood ProcessingPackaging Services

Comp. & Benefits

No H1B

Hiring Manager

Jatwana Calhoun Brown, MSHRD

Responsibilities

Learn about Cheddar & Mozzarella cheese equipment technology

Assist with commissioning cheese equipment into full production mode and handover of cheese lines

Support customer staff in setting up and optimizing machine parameters and cheese making recipes

Support other cheese technologists in other cheese categories like Fresh cheese, (semi) Hard cheese and industrial pasta filata (spun paste) cheese

Learn about and later train Tetra Pak and customers’ staff members in the functionality and operation of cheese make equipment and lines

Support our sales teams by presenting Tetra Pak value added propositions for specific customer solution in the Cheese area

Understand customer business needs and transfer them into fitting processing solutions and matching performance targets and pay-back calculations

Support the drafting and negotiation of contracts with co-workers, suppliers and customers

Help Sales teams to convince customers or to improve existing or develop new applications

Assist with audits and surveys at customer site to understand the technological and business needs of the customer

Qualification

Food TechnologyCheese TechnologyDairy ScienceMicrobiologyMS OfficeEagerness to LearnProactive MindsetFluent EnglishCommunication SkillsPresentation Skills

Required

A Bachelor's / University degree e.g. in the area of Food Technology, Cheese Technology, Dairy Science, Food Science, Chemical engineering or Microbiology

Finished or will finish your studies between May 2024 and June 2026

Ideally understanding of cheese portfolio (cheese vats, cheddaring machines, blockformers, cooker-stretchers…), practical cheese manufacturing, cheese technology, milk processing

Great communication and presentation skills

Eagerness to learn and a proactive mindset

Fluent English skills (written and spoken)

Proficient knowledge of MS Office, Excel, Word, and Outlook