This role will be based in Listowel and will report to the Senior R&D Manager. We are seeking a passionate and experienced R&D Scientist to join our R&D dairy and Nutritional Ingredients team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in dairy science, food technology, or related fields, with proven experience in developing and optimising dairy products. This role will focus on driving innovation, improving product quality, and supporting sustainability and nutritional goals across our dairy portfolio. The ideal candidate should have excellent technical, organizational, numerical, project management and interpersonal skills. Dynamic, self-driven and capable of working on your own initiative is a key attribute for this role. Ability to function as part of a multi-disciplinary team (sales, business development, long term R&D, operations, supply chain, quality, regulatory and customers) is also important.

Key responsibilities