Description

As a (Senior) Laboratory Technician, you will be at the forefront of developing innovative feed solutions, focusing on product formulation and analytical investigations to enhance animal health. This role involves a mix of hands-on experimentation and data analysis, ensuring continuous improvement in laboratory processes.

Requirements

• •Apprenticeship as chemical laboratory technician, technologist (chemical/pharma/food), or bachelor’s degree
• •At least 3 years of experience in a technical laboratory environment
• •Knowledge of formulation technologies and/or analytical devices
• •Strong technical understanding and enthusiasm for laboratory equipment
• •Proficiency in Microsoft Office
• •Flexibility, independence, collaboration, and organization
• •Solution-oriented mindset
• •Good English skills (spoken and written); German and experience in multinational, interdisciplinary settings are assets

Tasks

• •Develop new product forms of fat-soluble and water-soluble actives
• •Focus on vitamins, carotenoids, and eubiotics for animal health
• •Formulate products using emulsification, milling, spray drying, and extrusion
• •Conduct analytical investigations and characterize product forms
• •Utilize UV/VIS spectroscopy, particle size distribution, and viscosity measurements
• •Perform rheology, microscopy, colorimetry, turbidity measurement, and differential scanning calorimetry
• •Execute, interpret, and report trial results
• •Present findings on trial outcomes as needed
• •Support idea generation for trial design and formulation development
• •Evaluate analytical characterization data for process improvements
• •Enhance existing laboratory procedures and assess new technologies

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