Job Summary:
• Develop new ingredients: Develop novel antioxidant blends to improve the shelf-life stability and reduce oxidation of sensitive ingredients used in feed mixtures for livestock animals and companion animals.
• Improve existing ingredients: Develop new ways to use existing antioxidant ingredients for feed solutions.
• Ensure quality control: Ensure that ingredients meet quality standards and regulatory compliance.
• Manage samples: Manage samples for analysis, including proper storage and documentation.
• Ensure compliance: Ensure compliance with relevant standards and procedures throughout the production process.
• Engage in and support application product development: Utilize existing and new ingredients, processes, and concepts to demonstrate Lucta antioxidant technologies and maximize sales potential.
• Process customer sample requests: This includes working on prioritized projects first and within the agreed-upon deadline.
• Engage in product development: Utilize existing and new ingredients, processes, and concepts to demonstrate Lucta flavors and technologies to maximize their sales potential.
TASKS TO BE CARRIED OUT:
Develops and tests antioxidants for animal feed to improve stability and reduce oxidation of sensitive ingredients:
- Development: Create new antioxidant profiles, and replicate existing antioxidants.
- Selection: Select the best antioxidants for the application and manage the flavor selection and evaluation process.
- Testing: Test antioxidants in feed applications over time and temperature gradients.
- Performance: Collect antioxidant performance results.
- Library: Build a library of antioxidants.
- Consistency: Establish processes for consistent antioxidant reproduction during bulk production.
- Safety: Ensure antioxidants meet regulatory and safety requirements.
Other responsibilities may include:
- Preparing compounds and testing solutions.
- Analyzing the composition and structure of compounds.
- Developing and improving products, formulas, and processes.
- Documenting findings in technical reports.
- Maintaining laboratory equipment.
- Ordering chemicals and laboratory supplies.
- Keep records and establish standard operating procedures for relevant tasks at hand.
- Follow safety policies and procedures.
- Effective communication skills, technical aptitude, and strong interpersonal skills.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Work experience of minimum 2-5 years, prefer 5+ years.
- Background: Chemist (ideally Analytical Chemist), or Biologist with Lab experience. Master’s degree preferred.
- Strong communication skills, hands-on, self-motivated, ability to learn quickly, experience working in teams.
- Commercial orientation, ability to work well with Sales, Commercial, Customers, and Technical teams.
- Experience: Feed Laboratory or Food Science Industry related to chemistry.
Recruitment preferred from companies involved in feed/food additives with strong technical, Lab, Applications, or QA/QC background.
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