Job Description

Reference ID: 43299

Are you interested in high-quality, natural, and tasty nutrition?

We are! It’s our ambition to shape the future of nutrition.

Döhler is a leading global producer of natural ingredients and solutions for the food, beverage, lifestyle and nutrition industries. We use innovative technology to process plant-based raw materials and enrich products such as lifestyle drinks, cereals, dairy, and confectionery goods for almost every well-known brand. Close to 10.000 dedicated employees in more than 70 countries share one common goal - to ensure that millions of people around the world enjoy the products created by us.

We strive to inspire and empower our employees in everything we do, and we invite you to join our team – together WE BRING IDEAS TO LIFE.

Your Role:

• Drive Innovation: Conduct fermentation trials and expertly handle microorganisms for essential quality tests.
• Process Development & Pilot Operations: Support the development and execution of biosynthesis processes at laboratory and pilot scales. You will actively operate bioreactors (up to 1000L) and be hands-on in both Upstream (USP) and Downstream Processing (DSP), including techniques like filtration and chromatography.
• Operational Excellence & Hygiene: You take pride in maintaining a clean, safe, and highly organized laboratory environment. This includes the physical, hands-on work required for the setup, operation, and thorough cleaning of bioreactors and DSP equipment to guarantee uncompromising hygiene standards.
• Manage Resources: Maintain and oversee the Döhler strain collection for our ongoing innovation projects.
• Trial Execution & Validation: Organize, execute, and assist in the validation of these biosynthesis trials.
• Quality Assurance: Produce starter cultures for our production plants, ensuring all quality specifications are strictly met.
• Equipment Maintenance & Support: Take responsibility for maintaining lab and pilot scale equipment for optimal functionality, manage inventory, and procure raw materials to ensure seamless daily operations.

Your Profile:

• Education & Production Background: You have a strong background in a production environment (e.g., food, beverages, brewing, wine, or pharma) and have completed relevant vocational training (such as Brewer/Maltster, Food Technology Specialist, Dairy Technologist, Pharmaceutical Technician, or BTA/CTA with production experience).
• Lab & Analytical Skills: Alongside your hands-on production expertise, you have solid practical experience in laboratory work and performing analytical tests to ensure quality standards.
• Hands-on Mentality: You are physically resilient, comfortable with the active tasks required to operate a pilot plant, and take a proactive approach to equipment setup and cleaning.
• Working Style: Your colleagues appreciate your responsible, highly organized, and precise approach to both your practical work and documentation.
• Resilience: You keep a cool head in stressful situations and adapt flexibly to changing operational needs.
• Technical Skills: Experience with a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) and confident handling of common MS Office applications enrich your profile.
• Languages: You possess excellent German skills and ideally a good working knowledge of English.

As an employer, we offer:

• Work with passion:
• We foster a culture where you can act with heart and mind, take pride in your work and inspire others through positivity and commitment.
• Lead with purpose at every level:
• For us, leadership is not defined by titles. It is about taking ownership, driving change and bring-ing meaning to what you do.
• Grow your way:
• With flexible development opportunites across departments and a global team, you can broaden your skills, discover new strenghts and actively shape your own path.
• Global collaboration:
• Join an international team bringing together multiple cultures, languages and perspectives to spark new ideas and inspiration.
• Shared strength:
• We build real connections and grow together. By sharing knowledge and valuing each other’s strengths, we create a culture where trust and team play lead to shared success.

Equal opportunities for all

We welcome applicants, who are just as diverse as we are - regardless of age, ancestry, disability, ethnic origin, gender, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, social background or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.

Become a part of our team and apply online trough our career portal to the attention of Luisa Rhein. Please note that we are unable to consider or return application documents sent by mail.