Innovation Technician

Sensient Technologies; Geesthacht; Vor Ort; EUR 40.000 - 70.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Join an innovative team as an Innovation Technician, where you'll play a vital role in developing natural food colorings tailored to market needs. This position involves conducting laboratory tests, analyzing formulations, and ensuring the smooth operation of lab activities. You'll collaborate closely with colleagues to optimize existing products and implement new developments. This is an exciting opportunity to enhance your skills in a dynamic environment while contributing to the success of a leading global manufacturer in the food and beverage industry. If you're passionate about innovation and quality, this role is perfect for you.

Leistungen

Excellent salary

Benefit offerings

Development opportunities

Thorough training experience

Qualifikationen

• 3+ years of experience in a laboratory setting, ideally in R&D within the food industry.
• Fluency in German and English for effective communication.

Aufgaben

• Conduct laboratory tests and stability analysis for natural food colorings.
• Ensure smooth laboratory operations and maintain equipment.

Kenntnisse

Laboratory Testing

Analytical Skills

Problem Solving

Documentation

Collaboration

Ausbildung

Vocational Training as Chemical Laboratory Technician

Tools

LIMS

Laboratory Equipment

Jobbeschreibung

Innovation Technician

The Innovation Technician ensures a flexible product development in line with market needs, yet also a continuous technological optimization of the existing product range. A key element of this role will be to systematically analyze and evaluate the stability of natural coloring formulations to enhance and simplify application for our customers in the food and beverage industry. Within this role you will be expanding your expertise on existing and novel natural dye formulations as well as on analytical detection methods.

What you’ll do:

• Conducting laboratory tests and analysis to facilitate the formulation and production of natural food colorings in support of the other Innovation team members.
• Conducting and documenting stability tests.
• Ensuring smooth day-to-day laboratory operations (e.g., taking care of supplies and laboratory aids, raw material stock, equipment maintenance and calibration).
• Implementation and update of new product developments and raw materials in the existing database systems.
• Implementation and update of QC test plans for new product developments and raw materials in the LIMS.
• Development and optimization of analytical test methods.
• Calibrating and maintaining laboratory equipment and measuring instruments.
• Supporting the manufacturing of laboratory samples and small-scale production runs for initial customer inquiries, as well as supporting initial production runs and the corresponding scale-up process, including documentation.

What you’ll bring:

• Ideally a 3-year vocational training or equivalent experience as a chemical laboratory technician.
• Several years of professional experience in a laboratory (R&D) in the food industry.
• Capability to analyze problems and opportunities and provide creative solutions.
• Ability to work in laboratory and manufacturing plant conditions.
• German and English fluency is crucial and would allow you to collaborate and communicate effectively inside and outside the organization.

What you’ll get:

• Opportunity to collaborate with your colleagues, onsite 5 days per week.
• An excellent salary, benefit offering, and development opportunities.
• A thorough and effective training experience during onboarding and beyond.

About Sensient:

Sensient Technologies Corporation is a leading global manufacturer and marketer of colors, flavors, and extracts. Sensient employs advanced technologies at facilities around the world to develop specialty food and beverage systems, cosmetic and pharmaceutical systems, specialty colors, and other specialty and fine chemicals. The Company's customers include major international manufacturers representing most of the world's best-known brands.

About Sensient Colors:

Sensient Colors is a leading developer, producer, and supplier of natural and synthetic color systems for customers around the globe. The Company's high-performance products play a vital role in the manufacture of foods and beverages, cosmetic and pharmaceutical colors and coatings, and colors for agricultural uses, household cleaners, and paper products.