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Your Opportunity as a Senior Scientist, Process Engineer- Research & Development (Frozen Handheld and Spreads Team) In this role you will be responsible for developing, optimizing, and implementing proprietary process technologies and equipment for our innovation roadmap. You will drive process development for innovation from concept through commercialization, resulting in the launch of new food products. You will also be responsible for the improvement of existing process, value engineering, and technology development to enable new product development or cost improvement. You must be comfortable leading functional teams or projects with high resource requirements, risk and/or complexity. You should also be comfortable coaching, mentoring, and teaching other engineers and technical partners on processing technologies and scale-up. Location: Corporate Offices in Orrville, Ohio Work Arrangements: Ability to work a hybrid working schedule based on Company Core Weeks and business needs - with in office presence at or above 50% regularly; start times based on work needs may be before 8 AM (25% of work days). In this role you will: Lead development of robust processes for Uncrustables R&D, innovation, renovation, and technology initiatives. Efficiently design, plan, coordinate and execute experiments from bench-top through manufacturing scale. Accountabilities can include, creating test plans, commissioning and qualification plans, process flow diagrams, designing equipment and tooling, data analysis & interpretation, assessing process feasibility/capability, and scale-up risks/mitigations. Lead a technical and cross-functional team to successfully commission & launch new innovation projects. Leads technical team members to develop key tasks, timelines, and project plans for timely completion of goals with the ability to delegate project responsibilities and influence deliverables. Robustly document technical findings and clearly articulate findings and recommendations through written and verbal summaries to the leadership team and cross-functionally. Apply fundamental engineering principles in combination with a creative mindset & critical thinking to develop novel process solutions. Be a subject matter expert on R&D equipment design, operation, and troubleshooting. Lead and support testing in Process Research Lab. Identify and investigate new process technologies. Identify and communicate process scale-up risks and mitigations. Be aware of patent landscape in technical areas with expertise. Lead patent opportunities for technologies and processes. Interface with equipment suppliers, service providers, manufacturing facilities and relevant business functions to achieve goals. Ability to work independently, guided by functional processes, with guidance only in highly complex situations (e.g., when decisions have functional or organizational impact). Drive decisions and recommendations based on data. Provide coaching and function as a resource for junior engineers and scientists. Assume an advisory role for process to internal teams such as innovation, operations, and technical services. Become fluent and participate in JM Smucker Key Element and Quality programs to support R&D. Embrace and actively participate in company's Inclusion, Diversity and Equity (ID&E) initiatives. The Right Place for You We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs. What we are looking for: Minimum Requirements: Bachelor's degree or higher in and Engineering 8 + years experience in process development or operations technical support within Consumer Packaged Goods Industry requ