Scientist, Product Exploration, Arla Foods Ingredients - Videbaek

Are you a skilled and passionate Protein Scientist eager to apply your expertise in developing cutting-edge ingredients for sports, medical, and infant nutrition? Are you excited about the prospect of working with state-of-the-art equipment and technologies at laboratory and pilot scales? If so, we have an exceptional job opportunity just for you!

Arla Foods Ingredients, an independent company under the Arla Foods Group, is a world-renowned leader in milk-based ingredients, with a strong focus on proteins. Our dedicated team of scientists plays a pivotal role in developing our innovative nutritional protein fractions.

This is a remarkable opportunity for you to explore proteins in an industrial setting.

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How your skills as a protein scientist will make an impact

Your new workplace is the Arla Foods Ingredients Innovation Centre in Nr. Vium. You will have the opportunity to work from home on certain days. Our R&D department is comprised of 90 skilled and dedicated scientists, technicians, and administrative staff. Your new colleagues possess extensive experience in protein science, fractionation, process technology, enzyme application, and project management.

As a Scientist in the R&D Product Exploration team, you will be employed in a challenging role. Your primary objective will be to conduct trials aimed at progressing new product ideas. Your responsibilities will include:

• Collaborating with research and NPD teams to develop innovative ingredients.
• Planning and executing trials across laboratory and pilot scales, in collaboration with laboratory technicians and operators.
• Analyzing and documenting data to support the ongoing development of ingredients.

What will make you successful

We are seeking an exceptional candidate for the role of Protein Scientist with a strong background in laboratory or process technology. Ideal candidates will possess an educational background in engineering, biochemistry/molecular biology, or a related field in the life sciences. Preference will be given to candidates with a Ph.D. degree.

As the ideal candidate, you should demonstrate a structured and proactive approach, with a perfect balance of independence and teamwork. You must have the ability to work effectively both as part of a team and on your own.

In addition, we are specifically looking for candidates who possess the following qualifications:

• Extensive experience in protein characterization, as well as protein purification/chromatography.
• Proven expertise in process technology, particularly in pilot-scale fractionation using methods such as membrane filtration, chromatography, or spray drying.
• Basic knowledge of proteins, lipids, minerals, and their unique characteristics.
• Previous experience working with milk or whey proteins is highly desirable.

At Arla Foods Ingredients R&D, English is the common language as we are an international organization. If you are an experienced Protein Scientist with a passion for process technology and possess the desired qualifications, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

What we offer

You can look forward to a job with great opportunity to engage in co-operation with a long range of competent and specialized stakeholders in and outside Arla Foods Ingredients and where you can challenge your product development skills in an international environment.

Furthermore we offer the following:

• International operating environment  
• Medical care & life insurance  
• Additional benefits like gym card, vouchers, travel points or cinema tickets, etc. 

• Scandinavian working style & no dress code 
• Trainings with experts & professional induction & development programs
• Financial support of your education  
• Relocation package 

• Referral program for employees 
• Employee Assistance Program (legal, psychological, health, financial consulting, etc. ) 
• Support for your healthy lifestyle (fruit day, facility for sportsmen, sport challenges and activities, Arla active teams / sport groups) 
• Flexible working time and home office work possibility depending on business needs

Application and contact

Please send your application to us as soon as possible, since we are conducting interviews on an ongoing basis and will close the recruitment once our new colleague is found. For additional information, please call R&D Director, Hans Peter Sørensen on +45 7217 7899.

Together we discover and deliver powerful nutrition for a stronger tomorrow

Arla Foods Ingredients is a global leader in improving premium nutrition. Together with our customers, research partners, suppliers, NGOs and others, we discover and deliver ingredients and products that can advance lifelong nutrition for the benefit of consumers around the world.

While our factories may be packed with shiny steel vats, our labs look like something from the space program and our offices are awash in spreadsheets, we are a fundamentally human company with a genuine commitment to sustainability. By joining us, you’ll find plenty of opportunities to shape your own development in a company that has seen double-digit growth every year for a quarter of a century.

We have a purpose for Good

At Arla, we strive to unlock the highest potential in each other while working together to create a sustainable future of dairy. We call it Stronger People Stronger Planet and it is deeply anchored in our organisation and founded on our commitment to respecting human rights, increasing access to healthy dairy nutrition, inspiring good food habits, and improving the environment for future generations. In order to succeed we need to hire people with a sustainable mindset. Could this be you?

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