Research Scientist

As a global leader in speciality chemicals, we continue tosucceed and strengthen our delivery of innovative, sustainable andhigh-performance solutions. We are passionate and excited about how we candevelop and utilise new technologies to shape and inspire changes within anever-growing market place. We have ambitious, achievable sustainability targets to beclimate, land and people-positive by 2030. Biotechnology is an enablingtechnology that can help deliver these targets. As such it is an area offuture growth, investment and expansion within Croda. We currently have an exciting opportunity for a fermentationscientist to join the Fermentation Team within the Biotechnology R&TGroup. Based in the purpose-built laboratories at the Daresbury SciencePark, your role will be to support the development and scale-up of Crodasrapidly expanding Biotechnology pipeline. Candidates should have relevant experience in developing andscaling upstream microbial processes from either laboratory and/or pilot plantscale, in the food, pharma or industrial biotechnology sectors. Youshould have the fundamental theoretical and practical knowledge of theprinciples of microbial cell culture to develop and scale upstream fermentationprocesses. You will be expected to work closely with our internalproduction team(s) and our external toll partners to undertake efficienttechnology transfer to establish these processes at an industrial scale.You will also be expected to work closely with our commercial, IP, regulatory,application, and sales and marketing teams to ensure the processes areefficiently developed and established into commercial-scale manufacture.

• Master or preferably a higher degree with experience in microbiology, biotechnology or chemical engineering discipline
• Experience in developing scalable microbial cell culture processes in a laboratory, pilot plant and/or production environment
• You will have strong communication and networking skills.
Desirables:
• Hands-on experience using a wide range of microbial systems comprising of more than one bacterial, fungal and yeast processes
• Experience in development and/or scale-up of downstream process at laboratory and/or pilot scale
• Experience in transferring bioprocesses to industrial plants
  
  The successful candidate will receive a competitive benefitspackage including:
• Defined benefit pension scheme with death in service benefit
• 25 days paid holiday allowance (plus bank holidays)
• Private medical insurance
• Access to share plans
• Cycle to work scheme
• Car leasing scheme (after a 6 month qualifying period)
• Retail platform benefits
• Free car parking on Croda sites