SIRE® is the market leader in Life Sciences recruitment. We believe the recruitment market needs to gear up in technology and continuous innovation. We like technology, in a Life Sciences 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!Our client is a professional Food and Healthcare organisation, based in Utrecht Netherlands.

The Company

The location is a new state of the art Life Science innovation centre for the development of new product concepts for infants, toddlers, elderly and patients.

Role Description

In this position you will get the unique possibility to manage the laboratory for the packaging development team, as well as managing packaging standardization projects. The packaging development team is around 16 FTE. The packaging lab is fully dedicated for development and validation of food packaging.

Responsibilities

Within this position you will manage the packaging lab to improve the lab by develop and standardize test methods, lead equipment validation and commissioning, implementation of procedures and training to the team. You support the team by performing trials and tests and you will advise the team on test methods and equipment.
You will also manage standardization projects for carton & corrugated packaging

Requirements

You have 0 to 5 years relevant work experience and an engineering (mechanical, chemical or material science) background, preferably HBO level.
Laboratory and/or packaging development experience will be beneficial.
You like the challenge of working in an international and dynamic environment.
You can work independently and you have good communication skills.
Being a team player, pragmatic and pro activity matches your personality.

Are you interested and do want to apply for this role, please fill out your application via the apply button below and contact Rowin van der Zwaan.