LAB SCIENTIST - USA M/F

Job description

Company Description:
Procelys aims to support the biotechnology industry by providing nutrients and expertise to improve growth and productivity of microorganisms and cell culture.
This Lesaffre’s Business Unit develops a wide range of specific products designed for Biopharma, Food & Feed Bioingredients, Food cultures & Probiotics, Renewable Chemicals and Biocontrol industries. Strengthened by being a part of Lesaffre and drawing upon its expertise worldwide, Procelys fosters a strong proximity with its customers.
Job Description
Missions :
The Scientist’s priority will be to perform and coordinate the hands-on lab work. He/She will participate as a member of the global Procelys application team as a contributor on project development and prioritization, experimental designs and in representation of Procelys technical knowledge.
Duties and Responsibilities include the following:
- Help develop application model platforms being used by customers in North America in the biopharma, food cultures, probiotics, and food and feed market segments,
- Complete laboratory projects with benchmark, literature searches, design and run optimization experiments,
- Utilize and contribute to the improvement of defined validation study procedures and experimental protocols according to the Group standards,
- Work in close collaboration with the other scientist(s) in the Procelys application lab, the pilot plant and the production department,
- Ensure the full physical, biological and chemical characterization of Procelys products in concert with fermentation profile analysis,
- Assist new product development and product improvement initiatives and keep close communication with Production, Marketing and Quality Departments to provide recommendations for development of new products,
- Contribute to a technical competitor database and serve as one of the the global Procelys team industry expert for biopharma and probiotics,
- Maintain lab equipment in good condition with the other Lab Scientists,
- Contribute to the creation of a yearly budget for consumables and propose ideas for new equipment.
- Provide regular reporting of project status to management and the broader Procelys organization.
Qualifications
Education : Master Degree in Microbiology, Fermentation Science, Biochemical Engineering or related field.
Laboratory experience in R&D or application development in the area of industrial biotechnology/fermentation, preferably from the bio-ingredients field (hyaluronic acid, amino acids, enzymes, biopharma, dairy cultures, probiotics, etc) would be a plus.
Skills : To perform the job successfully, the VIE should demonstrate a good hands-on knowledge and experience of industrial biotechnology, fermentation science and in running daily fermentation lab operations. He/She is well known for his/her comfort in the use of experimental planning including DOE, HPLC, orthogonal methods and statistical software.
The Lab Scientist VIE is able to build strong relationship with other internal departments. He/she should be curious, creative and eager to learn and investigate new things. His/Her strongness is his/her ability to synthesize and interpret a variety of technical instructions in using time efficiently.
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