Scientist - Enzyme Development

Requisition ID : 498014  

Job Description

Would you like to be part of a strong international team working on groundbreaking enzyme solutions for the food and feed industry?

We are looking for a skilled senior laboratory technician or a junior scientist for the Enzyme development Department in Brabrand. You can become part of an ambitious interdisciplinary team that develops enzymes for the food and feed industry. Enzymes that enable healthier foods and more sustainable production of animal feed. Our focus areas are enzymes for application in food and animal feed to be able to meet the global needs for sustainability, better use of raw materials and better nutrition.


Your tasks will include: 

• Be an integral part of a diverse global team of scientists and application specialists who work together on projects to support and further strenghten our enzyme business in Food and Animal Nutrition & Health. 
• Participate in projects aiming at developing new enzyme solutions for the industries.
• Help form the mode-of-action needed for new enzymes to solve the future needs in the food- and animal nutrition businesses.
• Biochemical characterisation of enzymes.
• Evaluation of enzymes in relevant application model systems
• Design experiments, review data and analytical results, prepare reports and communicate these to internal stakeholders.
• Use peer reviewed literature and patents to guide experimental design

Job Requirements

Qualifications: 

• You are a trained laboratory technician with extensive knowledge of biochemistry, or you have a master’s degree in biochemistry with +3 years’ experience or you have a PhD in biochemistry.
• Interested in understanding the functionality of enzymes in industrial food and feed applications.
• Demonstrated innovative and creative skills. 
• Shows creative and out of the box thinking in developing innovative solutions preferably within industrial application of enzymes.
• Motivated to play a role in developing new products for the global food and feed industries.
• The department is part of an international environment with colleagues around the world, and therefore you must be able to communicate and document flawlessly in English. 
• It is expected that you are familiar with different IT programs and are interested in learning new software.

Personal skills

• Passion at bench. Demonstrated ability to start new research area up. 
• We expect that you are a person who finds it easy to collaborate with your colleagues, and that you come with a positive attitude and a passion for the laboratory profession. 
• Team player and self-motivated with excellent interpersonal and communication skills on all hierarchy levels. 
• Innovative, positive and creative in the way to achieve a new goal set.
• Methodical, systematic, and accurate approach, with attention to detail and able to solve new tasks.

What do we offer? 

You will be part of project teams, which are part of a larger department that work in global projects with colleagues from around the world and develop products for large global companies. We have a strong commitment, strong competencies, and broad experience within enzymology, biochemistry, and enzyme functionality.

We are a global leader in taste, scent and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.