Student Worker

**Location: Germany : Bonn**

**Country: Germany**

**Do you want to pioneer science and improve food and health for more than 1 billion people every day?**

We work to improve food and health, and our natural ingredients are consumed by more than 1 billion people every day. As a global market leader in bioscience, we have the opportunity to address important global challenges such as natural food solutions, dietary supplements for human health and specialized infant nutrition ingredients such as probiotic and HMO- and we need the brightest and most passionate people on board to succeed. Want to join us?

**The team for you to join**

You will support the expert team in analytics within the Research and Development Department of the HMO Business Unit in Chr. Hansen which is part of the Chr. Hansen “Health and Nutrition” division. As a student worker you will work in the field of routine HMO analysis encircling sample preparation and analysis. Thereby, you will be part of an interdisciplinary R&D team. We are now searching for enthusiastic and entrepreneurial people ambitious to contribute in innovative techniques and products.

**Your future role will include**:

- Sample preparation of different sample types (Milk, Fermentation samples; MTP plates)
- Routine lab works (e.g. buffer preparation)
- Supporting HPLC and LCMS analysis
- Maintenance and cleaning of lab equipment (e.g. glassware)
- Ordering consumables for analytics (e.g. solvents, columns)

**Who are we looking for?**
You have a higher education within science, ideally a Bachelor of Science in applied life science, biology, biochemistry or biotechnology. First experience in analytical techniques would be a plus.**Furthermore**:

- You are highly motivated and curious in science, you are willing to work interdisciplinary, and it is your ambition to keep your projects in time.
- You have excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Your documentation is reliable.
- It is your ability to work self-dependent as well as in a team.
- You speak English fluently; German is a benefit.
- Personally, you are a self-driven, energetic and pragmatic team player. As our team is international, you are fluent in English. We expect that you bring a proactive and execution personality with a can-do attitude. You are structured as a person with a disciplined attitude and you are highly accurate in your performance.**What we offer you?**
- You will work in a diversified field within an interdisciplinary R&D team in a future oriented company. You will have the opportunity to take first steps in industry in an international company.-
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**About Chr. Hansen HMO Business Unit**

Chr. Hansen is a global, differentiated bioscience company that develops natural ingredient solutions for the food, nutritional, pharmaceutical and agricultural industries. At Chr. Hansen we are uniquely positioned to drive positive change through microbial solutions. We have worked for over 145 years to enable sustainable agriculture, cleaner labels and healthier living for more people around the world. At the core of our new strategy of becoming a microbial platform leader we have a strong focus on dietary supplements for human health and specialized infant nutrition ingredients such as probiotics and HMOs.

In our HMO RD facility we specialize in the development of new processes for the production, identification, characterization and of scarce, functional oligosaccharides. Our main focus is the production of sugar molecules with attractive health benefits.

As the world’s most sustainable food ingredients company, we touch the lives of more than 1 billion people every day. Driven by our legacy of innovation and curiosity to pioneer science, our purpose - To grow a better world. Naturally. - is at the heart of everything we do.