Are you ready to apply your operational and R&D skills to support process development in a food ingredients environment while working in a collaborative, safety-focused team?
Job Description
IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences. We deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.
Food Ingredients: Innovating improved nutritional profiles, better taste and texture, and greater cost efficiency to meet the needs of global food and beverage manufacturers.
The role is based
on-site in St. Louis, Missouri. Be part of a
collaborative, safety-driven and detail-oriented team where together we can achieve greatness and make a real impact. Your potential is our inspiration.
Where You'll Make a Difference
- Execute routine experiments, investigations and work tasks under guidelines established by the project leader
- Carry out and coordinate more complex routine tasks in support of R&D and process activities
- Audit own work to ensure completion of assigned tasks and achievement of project and program objectives
- Actively exchange data, samples and technical information within the team
- Operate a defined set of laboratory and process equipment and troubleshoot as appropriate
- Apply scientific and engineering methodologies relevant to process and R&D activities
- Identify potential technical, operational or process-related issues
- Thoroughly document experiments, including apparatus, reagents and operating conditions
- Communicate unexpected results and discuss suggested improvements with the team
What Makes You the Right Fit
- High school degree is required
- Sound experience and understanding of straightforward procedures or systems (7 to 12 months)
- Ability to follow defined procedures while executing routine and moderately complex tasks
- Basic understanding of job-related scientific, technical or process principles
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to accurate documentation
- Ability to communicate clearly within the team and with stakeholders outside the immediate group
- Awareness of intellectual property (IP) processes and the importance of protecting proprietary knowledge
- Collaborative mindset with willingness to support and train others
- Commitment to safety, ethics and EH&S standards
How Would You Stand Out?
- Experience in food ingredients, food processing or related industrial environments
- Exposure to R&D, pilot plant or process development activities
- Proactive approach to continuous improvement
Why Choose Us?
- Competitive, market-aligned compensation
- Medical, dental and vision insurance
- Annual bonus and pension plan
- Parental leave of up to 16 weeks
- Access to learning and development platforms
We are a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex, or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability. Visit IFF.com/careers/workplace-diversity-and-inclusion to learn more
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International Flavors and Fragrances
vision insurance, parental leave
Mar 31, 2026