R&D Technician - Fermentation & Biotechnology - Glenview (onsite)
Job Title: R&D Technician - Fermentation & Biotechnology
Job Type: (Accounting/Finance, Admin/Clerical, Business Professional, Creative, Healthcare, Light Industrial, Scientific, Technical) Scientific
Number of openings requested: 1
Title Type: (Plant, Non-Plant, Professional) Professional
Work Location: (Remote, City & State, or both for Hybrid) Glenview
Cost Center #: C1930727
Company Code: U025
Product Category / GL Account: 57500401 / 36520100
Finance/ZBB/Controllership Approval Method (email, TEAMS ping, other): Email
Finance/ZBB/Controllership Approval Date:
Supplier/Vendor: (if you dont have a specific supplier in mind, list all) All
Job Description: (please attach) Provided
Scheduled Days of the Week & Hours: M-F 8:00am-5:00pm
Start Date: 9/2/2025
End Date: 12/31/2025
'Looking to Convert to FTE (full time employment): (yes or no)' No
Interview Process: (individual or panel, one or multiple) Panel of 2 (30 minutes)
Interview Type: (video, call, in-person) Video
Must haves:
13 years of prior microbiology laboratory experience
Demonstrated strong work ethic and enthusiasm for hands-on research
Local candidates only relocation assistance is not available for this position
Job Description:
Contractor - Technician - R&D Fermentation & Biotechnology
The individual will support the Fermentation & Biotechnology Team working from the Glenview R&D facility, 40 hours per week on site. This position offers the candidate an excellent opportunity to learn alongside the innovative and disruptive Fermentation and Biotechnology team and will be instrumental in delivering new research platform initiatives across product categories. The candidate will primarily support the natural preservation team, performing microbiology benchwork.
This individual must have a proven strong technical background, intellectual curiosity, problem solving and project management skills. He or she will progress internal research initiatives, while supporting external research collaboration programs.
Responsibilities:
Work with scientists to understand needs of upcoming experiments, prepare microbiological media and other items necessary to complete experiments
Assist with experiment planning, setup, and teardown of scientific equipment, including bioreactors
Run and maintain analytical equipment to analyze experimental outputs
Record and report data generated through bench and pilot experiments
Conduct bench top and pilot plant trials to explore and optimize formulations and processes.
Assist scientists in keeping the lab clean and organized
Requirements
High school diploma required, B.S. in Microbiology, Food Science, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology or related fields preferred
Strong organization, verbal and written communication, and data recording skills
Ability to learn quickly and work independently
Ability to prioritize, multitask, and manage complexity in a fast-paced environment
Strong out of the box thinker on solving technical problems
Demonstrated record of conducting research projects either individually and or in collaboration with other teams
Demonstrate ability to deal with ambiguity
Possess technical /intellectual curiosity
Remote
About the Company:
Apidel Technologies
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