SME Analytical and Process Chemistry

Company Description

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

Eurofins is the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in agroscience Contract Research Organisation services. Eurofins is one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies, as well as having an emerging global presence in Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisations. The Group also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over just 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 55,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of 900 laboratories in over 50 countries. Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

In 2020, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 5.4 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Job Description

Deliver expert knowledge on a wide variety of analytical chemistry techniques as they are applied to consumer food products, food manufacturing and development processes.  Contribute to the fundamental understanding of food ingredient interactions of protein, carbohydrates, oil/fats, flavors and other components in consumer food products.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates and promotes the company vision
• Regular attendance and punctuality
• Applies GMP/GLP in all areas of responsibility, as appropriate
• Able to design experiments to quantify changes in food processes and interpret data as it applies to products in development and commercial production
• Experienced in liquid and gas chromatography techniques, particularly with mass spectral characterization of unknowns.
• Knowledge of rapid analytical techniques for quantifying moisture, carbohydrates and other ingredients
• Skilled in the use and interpretation of infrared instruments like FTIR and NIR
• Drives and implements process improvement initiatives
• Documents work in clear, concise manner according to laboratory standards
• Excellent communication skills in writing and presenting data
• Independently uses and performs troubleshooting of laboratory equipment and software
• Effective time management skills to balance multiple projects
• A leader in maintaining a clean and safe laboratory work environment and utilizes proper PPE
• Performs other related duties as assigned
• Will be exposed to food allergens (ex. Milk, tree nuts, peanuts, fish, shellfish, etc.)
• Work requires 25-50% of time in the lab
• Conducts all activities in a safe and efficient manner
• Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, the individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements below are representative of the knowledge, skill or ability required.   

• PhD degree in chemistry, food science or relevant field
• 5+ years of related experience
• Alternatively, a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in chemistry or food science
• 10 + years of experience with the applicable skills described above
• Experienced with computers and multiple software programs used to manage experiments, data, report design and instrumental data collection
• Protein chemistry and characterization in food dough and finished foods such as crackers, chips, cereals, bars
• Knowledge of oil stability in cereal grain based food products
• Characterization of complex natural flavors and colors
• Strong ability to use analytical tools like spectroscopy and chromatography for troubleshooting food processes and identifying unknown molecules
• Effective collaboration with scientists, engineers and business leaders
• Ability to mentor less experienced scientists in a range of laboratory instrumentation
• Able to design experiments to quantify changes in food processes and interpret data as it applies to products in development and commercial production
• Experienced in liquid and gas chromatography techniques, particularly with mass spectral cha