At Corbion, we exist to champion preservation in all its forms, preserving food and food production, health, and our planet.
Corbion has an exciting opportunity for an Analytical Scientist, located at our Lenexa, KS site within the Research, Development and Application Department (RD&A). Successful candidate will act as primary SME in organic, inorganic, and analytical chemistry, analytical instrumentation, methods development, analytical testing in support of business, network, internal projects, and customer requests, and ensure smooth operation and continuous improvement of the RD&A analytical laboratory.
Responsibilities:
- Support routine and complex laboratory testing of flour, food, and raw materials following standard methods of analysis utilizing various analytical instruments and wet chemistry techniques.
- Act as subject matter expert in organic, inorganic, and analytical chemistry, as well as analytical instrumentation including but not limited to GCMS, GCFID, ICS, HPLC, UV/VIS, and AA.
- Conduct methods development and complex qualitative and quantitative analytical testing in support of internal projects, customer requests, and business/network needs.
- Implement and support established quantitative analytical methods and assays for in-house instrumentation, both directly and by mentoring others.
- Operate, maintain, and troubleshoot multiple analytical instrumentation directly and by instructing and mentoring others.
- Work with internal and external customers on projects and provide analytical expertise through data analysis, data processing, statistical analysis, technical reports, presentations, and recommendations.
- Support and conduct validation for new methods and re-validation of established methods, lab analytical data verification, statistical analysis, troubleshooting, and laboratory investigations.
- Support the creation, revision, review and maintenance of Standard Operating Procedures and training documents for new and existing methods and laboratory processes.
- Actively participate in maintaining the facilities, equipment, and ensuring the safety of all personnel and visitors in the labs.
- Support onboarding and training of colleagues and interns, including mentoring others.
- Maintain knowledge of current industry issues, technical advances, and sampling/analytical technologies through review of current literature, participation in appropriate professional society conferences, and communication with leading researchers and regulatory personnel.
- Participates in and helps foster open and collaborative teamwork between all Corbion analytical groups
- Collaborate with universities, research institutes, external labs, and consultants
- Other duties as determined by business needs
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science, chemistry or related fields
- At least 5 years of experience in laboratory function within food, beverage, chemical or pharma industry or Master's Degree in food Science, chemistry or related fields with 2+ years of experience in laboratory function within food, beverage, chemical or pharma industry
- Expertise in organic, inorganic, and analytical chemistry
- Demonstrated experience with titrations, GC-MS and HPLC. Experience with additional analytical instruments and techniques, method development and validation, and data analytics preferred.
- Ability to work independently and in a team to complete tasks in a timely manner. Previous leadership experience or demonstrated ability to mentor colleagues preferred.
- Proven problem solving skills, initiative, and creativity
- Capable of self-management and multiple project/task management.
About Corbion
Corbion is the global market leader in lactic acid and its derivatives, and a leading supplier of emulsifiers, functional enzyme blends, minerals, vitamins, and algae ingredients. We use our unique expertise in fermentation and other processes to deliver sustainable solutions for the preservation of food and food production, health, and our planet. For over 100 years, we have been uncompromising in our commitment to safety, quality, innovation and performance. Drawing on our deep application and product knowledge, we work side-by-side with customers to make our cutting-edge technologies work for them. Our solutions help differentiate products in markets such as food, home & personal care, animal nutrition, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and bioplastics. In 2024, Corbion generated annual sales of €1,288.1 million and had a workforce of 2,399 FTE. Corbion is listed on Euronext Amsterdam. For more information: www.corbion.com
Corbion is an equal opportunity employer and committed to a diverse workplace. All applicants will be considered equally without regard to race, color, ethnicity, veteran status, religion, national origin, marital status, political affiliation, age, sex, sexual orientation, handicapping condition, membership in an organization or any other non-merit factors.
Corbion provides reasonable accommodation to applicants.
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Corbion does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers. All candidates must be submitted by approved Corbion vendors who have been expressly requested to make a submission by our Talent Acquisition team for a specific job opening. No placement fees will be paid to any firm unless such a request has been made by the Corbion Talent Acquisition team and such candidate was submitted to the Corbion Talent Acquisition Team.
