Job area
Research & Development
Activity
Corporate
Location
Marcq-en-Barœul, France
Contract type
Fix term contract

Contribute to an exciting mission
What will your daily life look like?

Within the Center of Excellence Down Stream Process Design belonging to the Lesaffre Institute of Science & Technology, and directly attached to the Drying Process Team Manager, you are in charge of developing process of preservation of micro-organisms and compounds of interest along with the drying process team (8 persons). You will be particularly in charge of the modeling of a drying process at laboratory scale to build a digital tool.

As a Scientist, your responsibilities are:

    • To identify key parameters of the process for this study
    • To develop a model of the process along with our Digital & Data Department
    • To generate a relevant collection of data to build the model of the process at laboratory scale
    • To realize an impact study of process parameters on product performance
    • To implement the use of the digital tool in the team

Make a personal impact
That makes you the ideal candidate

Required qualifications:

  • Master or engineering degree in process engineering, drying process, applied chemistry or food/chemical engineer, process modellng            
  • A first experience in drying process, modeling would be appreciated.
  • Fluent in English
  • Design of experiments
  • Technical skills on:
    • Drying process (fluidized bed drying)
    • Modeling of processes

Your personality:

You are :

  • Agile, collaborative, with a Team Player spirit.
  • Open-minded
  • Result oriented, rigorous, organized.
  • Technical and scientific curiosity
  • Good communication, reporting and writing skills.

Let’s take on tomorrow’s challenges together

A key global player in fermentation for more than a century, Lesaffre, with a 2,7 billion euro turnover, and established on all continents, counts 11,000 employees and more than 96 nationalities. On the strength of this experience and diversity, we work with customers, partners and researchers to find ever more relevant answers to the needs of food, health, naturalness and respect for our environment. Thus, every day, we explore and reveal the infinite potential of microorganisms. 

To nourish 9 billion people, in a healthy way, in 2050 by making the most of our planet’s resources is a major and unprecedented issue. We believe that fermentation is one of the most promising answers to this challenge. 

Lesaffre – Working together to better nourish and protect the planet.