Application Scientist in Meat & Food Safety (m/f), Pohlheim

Job title
Application Scientist in Meat & Food Safety (m/f)
Location
Pohlheim
Category
Research and Development
Expires
31-10-2008

In Pohlheim (D-35415) we are searching for an Application Scientist in Meat & Food Safety (m/f) by the nearest possible date.

Main responsibilities:

  • Development of new and innovative customer-oriented solutions in
     close collaboration with other parts of the world-wide Chr. Hansen
     organization
  • Project manager of cross-organizational and cross-cultural
     development and application projects
  • Creation of documentation for culture solutions in close
     collaboration with our Marketing department
  • Supporting our Sales organization and customers globally in the
     implementation of existing and newly developed solutions

Your background:

  • You hold a Ph.D. in microbiology, food science, veterinary science or similar
  • Broad scientific background and experimental laboratory experience in microbiology and preferably also meat technology
  • Preferably experienced in quality control systems, patenting processes and biotechnological production
  • Fluent in English, written and orally
  • Willing to limited travelling activity (approx. 4-5 weeks per year)
  • Keep yourself scientifically up-dated within the field of food microbiology

Your personal profile:

  • You work in a structured way with great dedication and ability to coordinate many on-going activities
  • You work well both independently as well as in cooperation with people in many different functions
  • You work in a service-minded way with focus on creating results and having a good contact to customers.

We offer:

  • A job where scientific theoretical knowledge is deeply integrated with real-life applications
  • Contact to colleagues and customers all over the world
  • An exciting working place with good opportunities for personal development

Are you interested?

Please send your application including CV to our Human Ressource Department in Nienburg.

Chr. Hansen GmbH * Human Ressources/Birgit Kramp * Große Drakenburger Str. 93-97 * D-31582 Nienburg * phone: 0049 5021 963271 * email: debkr@(if you can see this please update your browser)chr-hansen.com * www.chr-hansen.de

About Chr. Hansen:

We are an international leading Danish biotechnology company with more than 2.500 employees worldwide. As supplier of starter cultures and natural ingredients we improve the quality of food and health for people all over the world. Respect, Partnership and Openness are values we appreciate between colleagues and that define the contact to our customers.

In Germany the Chr. Hansen GmbH is located at three different locations - in Nienburg, Holdorf and Pohlheim.

The culture development department of Meat & Food Safety (M&FS) in the Meat Business Unit of Chr. Hansen is seeking a new colleague for the experimental work in developing new and innovative solutions for the meat industry as well as scientific documentation of existing products.

M&FS develops culture solutions for the production of various meat products such as fermented sausages, cured and cooked ham products and solutions for improvement of food safety. The development and documentation of M&FS solutions takes place in a globally oriented Meat Business unit of Chr. Hansen in close collaboration with the global Innovation group in Chr. Hansen.