Vacancy: Alt Dairy (Senior) Food Scientist
You there! Got the guts to make history with animal-free dairy alternatives?
We’re huntin’ for a Senior Food Scientist to wrangle novel ingredients all the way from the research corral to market trails. If you’ve got the grit to take the lead in technical challenges in product development, and have a genuine passion for food & sustainability, saddle up – this job’s got your name written all over it.
Job description:
- Translate the key properties of our microbial casein into scalable food products with contract manufacturing partners and/or clients
- Lead the technical design of Those Vegan Cowboys’ portfolio for casein characterization
- Participate in the team brainstorm to support future experimental strategies and continuous improvement
- Process and document test results for clear communication within the team
- Collaborate with colleagues from the application team, other departments (molecular biology, upstream and downstream processing) and external cheese experts
- Ensure food safe working practices and a clean working environment in the shared lab spaces
- Take care of your personal and team safety by following the correct procedures and policies
- Communicate with internal stakeholders through meetings and clearly written emails, reports and presentations
Your profile:
- Academic degree in Food Science and Technology, with min. 3 years of hands-on experience in dairy science and/or product development with novel proteins.
- Willing to assist your team in quantitative and qualitative analysis of microbial caseins
- Experience with client/partner collaborations is a plus
- Strong knowledge of professional computer software for data processing via Microsoft Office. Knowledge of and/or experience with Design Of Experiments is considered a strong asset
- Able to work independently with a team player attitude
- Willing to travel abroad for work
- Flexible within a dynamic environment, ability to multi-task
- Communication and organizational skills (interpretation and documentation of data, report writing, planning).
Why join
Working as a Vegan Cowboy family member (cheesy but true), means excellent career perspectives in a rapidly growing field, your very own cowboy name (which yes, will be used) and proud ownership of a share in the company through our personnel participation program. Shared with your colleagues, you will own 20% to be exact.
Are you our new Senior Food Scientist?
Please drop us a note at postoffice@thosevegancowboys.com.