Job Description

At Corbion, we exist to champion preservation in all its forms, preserving food and food production, health, and our planet.

Please note: We only consider candidates who are currently residing in the Netherlands.

The role
As a Lab Technician within our Innovation and Solution Development organization, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the smooth and high-quality operation of a specialized analytical part of the ISD laboratory focused on polymer analyses. You will join a small, hands-on team where you are not only responsible for executing analyses, but also for organizing, coordinating, and continuously improving lab operations.

This is not a purely execution-based technician role. You will take ownership of the day-to-day functioning of the lab: managing planning, ensuring quality and compliance, supporting and guiding colleagues, and acting as the central point of coordination between scientists, quality stakeholders, and lab technicians. Operating in a dynamic R&D-driven environment, you will work with newly developed polymer materials, contributing to both routine testing and the transition of new analytical methods into operational use.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform routine and non-routine analytical tests on polymer materials and their monomeric units, e.g. viscosity measurements, molecular weight determination by GPC and rest monomeric determination via GC
• Plan, coordinate, and prioritize laboratory activities to ensure efficient workflow
• Take ownership of overall laboratory organization from sample intake to final reporting
• Review and verify analytical results and reports before release
• Troubleshoot analytical and operational issues
• Provide operational guidance to less experienced technicians
• Ensure work is executed according to SOPs, safety standards, and quality requirements
• Maintain and improve lab documentation
• Identify and implement improvements in safety, efficiency, and quality
• Work with electronic lab systems (ELN/LIMS-like)
• Collaborate with the ISD analytical team, scientists, polymer synthesis teams, and quality stakeholders

You bring

• MBO 4 or bachelor’s degree in Analytical Chemistry or a related field
• Several years of experience in an analytical lab performing routine analyses
• Experience with analytical techniques such as viscosity measurements and chromatography (GC, GPC)
• Strong organizational and planning skills
• Affinity with working in a quality-driven environment
• Ability to take ownership and responsibility for lab operations
• Strong communication skills and ability to guide colleagues
• Good command of English
• Experience in a regulated or GLP-like environment is a plus
• Experience with polymer analysis is a strong plus
• Experience in mentoring or coordinating colleagues is a plus
• Structured, proactive, and hands-on mindset

What we offer

• A hybrid role combining lab work with coordination and ownership
• Opportunity to make real impact on lab performance and improvements
• Work in an R&D-driven biomaterials environment
• Exposure to analytical lifecycle and collaboration with scientists
• Collaborative cross-functional environment
• Opportunity to improve and shape lab operations

About Corbion

Corbion is a sustainable ingredients company dedicated to preserving what matters, including food and food production, health, and the planet. We specialize in lactic acid, lactic acid derivatives, food preservation solutions, functional blends, and algae ingredients, using our deep application and product knowledge to propel nature’s ingenuity through science. With more than a century of experience, we continue working side-by-side with our customers to make our cutting-edge technologies work for them. Leveraging our advanced capabilities in fermentation and preservation technology, we help customers differentiate their products in diverse markets ranging from food and animal nutrition to home & personal care, pharmaceuticals, electronics, medical devices, and bioplastics. In 2025, Corbion generated annual sales of €1,267.4 million and had a workforce of 2,408 FTE. For more information: www.corbion.com

Corbion is an equal opportunity employer and committed to a diverse workplace. All applicants will be considered equally.

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.