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

Job title
Application technical assistant 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 technical assistant in Meat & Food Safety (m/f) by the nearest possible date.

Main responsibilities:

  • Planning, execution and reporting of experimental tasks with focus on the following methods:
    - Classical microbiological enumeration and identification based on plating methods and sugar fermentation profiles
    - Chemical analyses of meat products, e.g. fat, protein, sugar, acids and nitrite/nitrate analyses
    - Determination of acidification profiles of meat starter cultures by on-line pH measurements

Your background:

  • Technical qualification as e.g. chemical engineer or a graduation of a technical college with a biotechnology background in addition to a lab assistant education or a biological/chemical technical assistant
  • Broad knowledge of microbiological and chemical laboratory work
  • Able to plan and coordinate many on-going tasks in a dynamic environment
  • Able to communicate in English, written and orally
  • Experienced user of MS-office, preferably also Lotus Notes and LIMS

Your personal profile:

  • A team-player, with ability to work independently
  • An enthusiastic and dedicated personality who is ready to take up new challenges
  • Systematic and precise working style combined with service-minded attitude

We offer:

  • A job with focus on real-life applications and challenges
  • 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.