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About The Good Food Institute, Inc.

CPI helps make great ideas and inventions a reality. We're a team of intelligent people using advances in science and technology to solve the biggest global challenges in healthcare and sustainability.

Through our incredible people and innovation infrastructure, we collaborate with our partners in industry, academia, government, and the investment community to accelerate the development and commercialisation of innovative products.

From health technologies and pharmaceuticals to sustainable food and materials innovations, we turn the entrepreneurial spirit and radical thinking of our people and partners into incredible impact that makes our world a better place.

The Team

The team specialises in interpreting, scaling up and transferring customer knowledge and processes to large scale fermentation plants, working in every area of the Biotechnology platform, including but not limited to; Fermentation from small scale to pilot scale (1 L to 10,000 L) working in the labs and across all plants.

The Role

This is a highly varied role with every day being different and challenging with multiple projects often running at once. Training provided is fast-paced and vast, resulting in a breadth of experience and knowledge across multiple areas of discipline in a short period of time.

Key Responsibilities

1. To technically support fermentation processes up to 10,000 litre scale, including microbiological testing, offline fermentation analysis and seed generation.
2. To monitor the critical fermentation parameters, escalating issues as they arise and monitoring the recovery of the fermentation.
3. To support the process operators with the bio-product recovery and purification operations from laboratory to plant scale.
4. To support the routine maintenance of fermenters, identifying and escalating issues which may impact their performance and availability.
5. To ensure analysis equipment is maintained and calibrated as required allowing for accurate measurements in a timely manner.

The Ideal Candidate

It is essential that you:

1. Possess a foundation of technical knowledge and some underpinning knowledge in bioprocessing, as well as evidence of technical problem solving.
2. Exhibit professional knowledge of principles and practices in bioprocessing, as well as experience of practical, technical-based work gained in industrial environments.
3. Be able to demonstrate evidence of knowledge sharing and network building practice across teams or groups.
4. Have the ability to apply limited theoretical and practical scientific/engineering methods to contribute to business activities.
5. Will be learning to apply own judgement and initiative within standard engineering or scientific practices, as well as an understanding of when to seek advice from colleagues.
   1. Up to 36 days holiday, including bank holidays – Plus a holiday purchasing scheme
   2. Generous pension scheme
   3. Life assurance and accident insurance schemes
   4. Flexible working
   5. Learning and Development Opportunities
   6. Free parking

   Additional Information

   Please note this is a 6-month fixed-term position. Commencement of employment is conditional to demonstrating right to work in the UK, sponsorship may be available.