Fermentation Scientist
Winchester, KY
Onsite
Join our Pilot Plant team as a Fermentation Scientist and shape the future of bioprocessing. If you're passionate about fermentation innovation, we invite you to collaborate with our forward-thinking team. Come play a key role in driving our company's success by designing and executing experiments to evaluate and optimize fermentation technologies. You'll also support manufacturing with initiatives focused on cost reduction, continuous improvement, and troubleshooting, while leading process and product development efforts.
At dsm-firmenich, being a force for good is not optional. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion is a shared responsibility woven into our daily work, benefiting to our People, Customers & Communities and driving business value. Equal access to opportunities is a given, belonging is a shared feeling, authenticity is celebrated.
Responsibilities:
Design and conduct laboratory and pilot-scale experiments to evaluate and optimize fermentation technologies and support process development for new products.
Collect, analyze, and communicate experimental data effectively to inform decision-making and project direction.
Assess new technologies for process robustness, safety, and waste generation, recommending improvements as needed.
Manage or participate in projects following the PMP process, ensuring timely and effective execution.
Provide expertise to manufacturing sites and collaborate with teams to coordinate and execute experiments at external facilities.
Write technical transfer documents, assist in process scale-up, and prepare Business Case Analyses for site changes.
We bring:
Collaboration with experts in health, nutrition, and beauty to drive progress.
Customer-first approach, working with world-renowned brands to turn ideas into impactful solutions.
Opportunity to build a career making a significant impact on billions of lives, with the freedom to shape your own path.
Dedication to creating better futures for customers, communities, people, and the planet.
Supportive environment where individuals are empowered to progress and contribute to meaningful change.
You bring:
Bachelor's degree in a scientific field
10+ years' experience with a BS, 8+ years with an MS, or 2+ years with a PhD.
Experience in GMP biotech, pharmaceutical, or food environments preferred.
Familiarity with lab-to-production scale fermentation and technical transfer documentation.
Experience with agitated and bubble column fermentation preferred.
Knowledge of microbial fermentation; bacterial, yeast, fungi, or algal fermentations.
Ability to travel up to 25%
dsm-firmenich is fully dedicated to inclusion because when people feel engaged and empowered, their creativity and innovation drives unprecedented progress. We aim to build a workplace where opportunity really is equal, so everyone can thrive. We do not discriminate: there's a place for everyone at dsm-firmenich.
As a committed equal opportunity employer, we ensure our recruitment practices are inclusive and fair. We encourage the recruitment of a diverse workforce, representative of the communities in which we work, by using inclusive language, diverse interview panels, diversified sourcing strategies. Selection is based on qualifications, competency, experience, performance history and fit with the team to advance fair and equitable opportunity.
Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, backgrounds, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.
We are committed to providing reasonable support for disabled applicants in our recruiting process. Should you need assistance, and are comfortable to share this, please let us know.
About dsm-firmenich
As innovators in nutrition, health, and beauty, dsm-firmenich reinvents, manufactures, and combines vital nutrients, flavors, and fragrances for the world's growing population to thrive. With our comprehensive range of solutions, with natural and renewable ingredients and renowned science and technology capabilities, we work to create what is essential for life, desirable for consumers, and more sustainable for the planet. dsm-firmenich is a Swiss-Dutch company, listed on the Euronext Amsterdam, with operations in almost 60 countries and revenues of more than €12 billion. With a diverse, worldwide team of nearly 30,000 employees, we bring progress to life™ every day, everywhere, for billions of people. www.dsm-firmenich.com
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