TECHNOLOGIST EXPERT

Your opportunity

TThe Technologist Expert is mainly in charge to lead and execute microbiological validation test onsite for a sensitive product project (aseptic, ultraclean, hotfill) in order to release the equipment for the commercial prodution. The job is taking place mainly onsite. Based on the contractual validation protocol, he will drive onsite the equipment preparation and he will interact with the customer laboratory staff to follow the project schedule and get all the support and facilities necessary to perform the test. He could also be part of service teams for all the range of equipments (standard and sensitive products) as for specific service interventions (DV, Quality Audit, Maintenances) his support onsite is necessary to evaluate the hygienic status of an equipment or to perform a validation test after a maintenance. He needs also to have the capability to execute on the complete range of machines a troubleshooting intervention requested for a sterility issue, in order to find the root cause.

Your Mission

• Define the planning for microbiological validation test preparation and execution onsite.
• Execute validation test preparation (raw material control, availability of validation equipments, cleaning of the equipment).
• Interact with customer laboratory staff to get all the necessary support and facilities to execute the validation test.
• Execute the microbiological validation protocol steps during a sensitive product project.
• Proceed to visual control of the bottle samples produced in a microbiological test after the incubation period
• Execute service interventions (DV, Quality Audits, Maintenances) on the complete range of machines (sensitive and not).
• Support and train the region staff in the sensitive concepts and guidelines.
• Support the internal qualification in the workshop of a prototype belonging to sensitive product equipment.
• Support customer training in the sterility process.
• Escalate to technologist coordinator eventual issues found during project execution, impacting the equipment hygiene.
• Support the chemical analysis of contaminated bottles, in order to find the origin of the contaminants.
• Support the customers by email or phone in front of requests concerning sterility issues, procedures, laboratory practices.

Your Profile

• Hold a bachelor's degree or technical diploma in engineering (+2) and/or equivalent experience.
• Preferably have a degree in food technology, chemistry or microbiology (plus).
• Hold a new degree or previous experience in a competing or end-user company.
• Fluent English is essential (oral and written).
• Specialize in mechanical or aseptic processes.
• Experience in the beverage and packaging industry is a plus.
• Have knowledge of families and the behaviors of microbes.
• Be knowledgeable about HACCP 
• Have problem-solving attitudes
• Spanish, Italian and/or French are an advantage.
• Availability to travel up to 90% (including international locations - in average 250 days per year).