Food Scientist
Location: NetherlandsSIRE Life Sciences® is the market leader in life science recruitment. We believe the recruitment market needs to gear up in technology and continues innovation. We like technology, in a life science market driven on science, we couldn’t stay behind; we drive Recruitment Science. Investing a majority of our turnover in technology enables us to use unique Resource Technologies. By using highly advanced algorithms, we enable our team of Resource & Data Strategists© to maintain the most advanced, detailed and complete Life Sciences network in Europe. This big data enables us to work Reverse Recruitment©: we first analyze the market in-depth before we go out to the market. Because we analyze the whole market, we can compare facts and data. This enables us to do Facts & Big Data Recruitment©, making sure we, or better yet, you find the right career!
THE COMPANY
Our client is a professional Food organization, based in Netherlands.
Provides value added dairy ingredients for fermented dairy products like cultures, cheese coating, coagulants, permeate, distillate, culture media, colorants and preservatives. Solutions made for their costumers combined with a great expertise in dairy technology ensures the creation of high quality products.
ROLE DESCRIPTION
Will be responsible for the technological part of projects, to improve existing products or creating new products, within specific product group or channel of business.
Will organize and implement trials, from conceptual stages through end of the projects, to reach the goals defined by the project teams
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide technical knowledge on a variety of projects
- Propose Ideas for new product
- Will propose and organize pilot plant or plant trials
- Work with plant and engineering in conducting feasibility studies pertaining to new product development and product improvement.
- Work closely with other department (Marketing, Purchasing, Packaging, Manufacturing, QA, Legal)
- Continually explore and evaluate ways to improve all aspects of production, including raw materials, production techniques, specifications, packaging, shelf life, etc.
- Participate in patent search to protect company business and ensure that all findings are properly documented and recorded.
- Develop and maintain both industry and academic contacts to remain current in regard to technical developments.
- Be capable of acting as a Research & Development Technician for all routine pilot plant activities
REQUIREMENTS
PhD in Dairy or Food Science and five to ten years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Strong Cheese process knowledge
Strong Food Technology knowledge (Microbiology / Physics / Biochemistry / Process)
Strong Computer skills with a working knowledge of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for report writing and presentations.
Fluently speaks and writes in Dutch and English
Experienced in working in multidisciplinary project teams
Are you interested and do want to apply for this role, please fill out your application via the apply button below and contact Paul van Voorst.
