Technical Manager - Vitamins

About the role

Interested in contributing to improving and saving lives? Eurofins Food Chemistry Madison is growing and we're looking for amazing team members to join us.

In 2021 we moved into a brand new ISO 17025 accredited laboratory in Madison, WI designed to conduct food chemistry testing specializing in infant formula, sole-source nutrition products, hemp and CBD, dietary supplements, and a variety of botanicals. Our testing portfolio includes vitamins, minerals, contaminants, pesticides and shelf-life studies.

We test of a variety of instrumentation including UPLC, HPLC, GC, and LCMS technologies. We offer an innovative and collaborative team environment, and the opportunity to develop expertise on a wide variety of analytical instruments!

Responsibilities

• Captures the efforts of various staff members for client projects
• Aids operations and management in reviewing and approving methodology specific to the food and dietary supplement industries
• Serves as a liaison between operations, commercial and clients
• Compiles and communicates client requirements to the appropriate staff members
• Develops project plans, study outlines and reports, including any alterations or client comments, ensures compliance with appropriate SOP’s, and appropriate regulatory agency guidelines
• Maintains progress and status of multiple projects
• Works with the project teams to troubleshoot and solve development challenges as necessary
• Reviews reports for scientific accuracy and completeness
• Provides technical/scientific guidance and leadership to the project team as well as other areas of the company to ensure project completion
• Reviews cost estimates for applications, new technology, and analyses
• Responsible for ensuring that any unforeseen circumstances that may affect the quality and integrity of the product or test data are identified and documented as they occur and corrective action is taken
• Responds to unscheduled deadlines, client needs, crises, etc., without neglecting other duties
• Acts as a mentor to less-experienced scientific staff
• Works on a wide range of problems where causal relationships are progressively difficult to establish and the use of creative thinking is required
• Performs method development and other project work as needed
• Investigates and onboard new technology
• Performs other related duties as assigned

Requirements

• Masters in chemistry, food science or equivalent degree or 5+ years related progressive experience
• Ability to learn new tasks
• Ability to think critically and solve problems quickly and efficiently
• Recognized expert in assigned scientific area
• Skilled in performing scientific presentations and preparing scientific publications
• Skilled in data interpretation
• Demonstrated ability for logical thinking, vision, and creativity necessary to function effectively with little structure or supervision

Qualifications

• To perform this job successfully, the individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements below are representative of the knowledge, skill or ability required.