Senior Specialist Fermentation

Senior Specialist Fermentation

dsm-firmenich

Hørsholm, Denmark

Your key responsibilities

• Operation of the AMBR250 automated fermenter system, as well as conventional 2 Liter benchtop fermenters and 20 Liter in situ autoclavable bioreactors;
• Daily tasks such as inoculum preparation, medium preparation, sterilization, sampling, sample preparation and analysis, process monitoring and control, maintenance and cleaning of equipment;
• Planning, execution, data analysis and reporting of fermentation experiments and presentation of results within the R&D organization;
• Batch documentation and data handling according to current best practice;
• Using and developing recipe control of the Sartorius platform MFCS/win and the AMBR computer control system;
• Ad hoc tasks such as preparation of cell banks, shake flask tests, contamination testing, microtiter cultivations;
• Regular review and continuous improvement of our methods, experimental set-up and workflows within and between the different R&D groups;
• Operation according to current quality, environmental, occupational health and safety procedures and instructions.

You bring

Qualifications:

• The ideal candidate holds a MSc/BSc degree within biotechnology, biochemical engineering or a related field and has experience with microbial fermentations. Alternatively, you are a trained laboratory technician with several years of relevant industrial experience;
• You are familiar with aseptic work and have experience working with microbial cultures in a modern laboratory;
• You speak and write English fluently;
• It is an advantage if you have experience with the operation of advanced laboratory fermentation systems and have skills in monitoring, control and analysis of microbial fermentations.

Soft Skills and Mindset:

• You are enthusiastic about your work, well-organized and have a strong quality mind-set;
• You have a problem-solving mindset, can do attitude, and are willing to learn to use and program advanced technical equipment;
• You thrive with and take pride in hands-on laboratory work and good documentation practice;
• You are self-motivated and interact well in a highly skilled and collaborative R&D team that operate within a global scientific community.