Want to build a stronger, more sustainable future and cultivate your career? Join Cargill's global team of 160,000 employees who use new technologies, dynamic insights and over 157 years of experience to connect farmers with markets, customers with ingredients, and people and animals with the food they need to thrive.

　　Job Purpose and Impact

　　The Research Scientist will apply innovative technology to help drive the development of new products and improved processes for the food, feed and industrial segments. In this role, you will support the team and provide analytical knowledge to generate and analyze critical data.

　　Key Accountabilities

　　Present ongoing work and findings to stakeholders including the summaries and the nature and methodology of the research.

　　Identify and resolve first line troubleshooting analytical instrumentation.

　　Execute sample preparation, processing and chromatographic trouble shooting without procedural errors prior to effectively communicate results to diverse scientific teams.

　　Conduct analytical experiments following standards including the proper disposal of wastes according to environmental health and safety guidelines in a high safety focused environment.

　　Build and conduct scientific experiments and process and analyze results of experiments and records data.

　　Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.

　　Other duties as assigned

　　Qualifications

　　Minimum Qualifications

　　Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry or a related field or equivalent experience

　　Proven working knowledge of analytical instrumentation principles, concepts, practices and standards

　　Minimum of two years of related work experience utilizing chromatography for chemical characterization

　　Understanding of LC-MS and/or SFC-MS and strong desire to expand knowledge through hands on experience

　　Familiar with the utilization of Gas Chromatography (GC-FID), and Liquid chromatography (HPLC and UHPLC) for the characterization of fats and oils

　　General technical knowledge in analytical chemistry.

　　Preferred Qualifications

　　Action oriented with emotional intelligence, ambitious, good influencing skills

　　Ability to work on multiple tasks simultaneously

　　Contextual knowledge of edible fats and oils including how it is processed, food and bioindustrial applications, and techniques used for chemical characterization (i.e. lipid analytics).

　　Understanding of organic chemistry, and willingness to expand contextual knowledge through on-the-job experience.

　　Experience using Gas Chromatography (GC-FID), and Liquid Chromatography (HPLC and UHPLC) for the characterization of fats and oils

　　Familiar with various lipid chemical characterization techniques and able to interpret results

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　　Position Information

　　Relocation assistance will not be provided for this position.

　　Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.

　　Minnesota Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 48 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law.

　　At Cargill, everyone matters and everyone counts. Cargill is committed to creating and sustaining an inclusive and diverse work environment where all employees are treated with dignity and respect. As such and in alignment with our Guiding Principles, Cargill's long-standing equal employment opportunity policy prohibits discrimination and harassment against any employee or applicant based on race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, marital status, family status, citizenship status, veteran status, military status, union affiliation, or any other status protected by law.

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