Fermentation Process Engineer Manchester, England
Job description
Fermentation Process Engineer
Location: Manchester
Salary: £36,000 - £56,000
+ Share Options + 25 days Holiday + Pension + Flexible & Hybrid Working Hours
About Us:
Holiferm invites applications from inspired, innovative, and team-oriented individuals for a full-time role as a Fermentation Process Engineer within our R&D team in Trafford Park, Manchester.
Holiferm is facilitating the transition of the $42 billion surfactant market away from harmful, fossil fuel-based chemicals to biobased alternatives. We produce sophorolipid biosurfactants: renewable, biodegradable, and mild alternatives to the petrochemical derived surfactants used in household cleaning, laundry, and personal care products.
Role Responsibilities
As a Fermentation Process Engineer, you will be responsible for:
· Developing the production processes for new bioproducts as part of a multidisciplinary project team with the aim of bringing innovation to market.
· Design, operate and interpret bioreactor experiments with yeasts and bacteria while maintaining a holistic view on the overall process.
· Work with Holiferm’s breakthrough integrated fermentation and gravity separation technology and, more importantly, come up with novel ideas and solve engineering challenges.
This role will involve hands on work in the lab and desk-based research work. We are seeking creative, enthusiastic, and collaborative innovators who want to challenge themselves and are willing to work in a fast-paced and quickly changing environment.
Role requirements
The successful candidate will have:
Experience of running daily laboratory operations such as preparing chemical solutions, using standard laboratory equipment, using bench-top fermentation reactors and aseptic techniques.
Experience in fermentation process development (increasing titer/productivity). This includes a strong skillset of processing and interpreting fermentation data.
Mathematical skills and knowledge of calculations useful in the design, operation and scale up of fermentations and downstream processes, with the ability to be creative in finding new solutions to characterise processes.
Although it is not essential, experience of working with biosurfactants, ranging from production, separation, characterisation and/or formulation – or more in general, a strong understanding of phase separation/surfactant behaviour is desirable.
Key words: Fermentation Process Engineer, Fermentation Scientist, Bioreactor, R&D, Laboratory, Biotechnology, Biosurfactants, Downstream process, Fermentation Engineer
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £36,000.00-£56,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Flexitime
- On-site parking
- UK visa sponsorship
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
Education:
- PhD (preferred)
Work Location: In person
