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As part of AZTI, you will join an agile, dynamic and innovative team, strongly committed to research and providing value to society. You will work in an environment where research, innovation and technology are the basis of our daily work. Our purpose is to drive positive change for the future of people, contributing to a healthy, sustainable and integrated society. Focused on marine and food research, we are members of the Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA).

Job description

Would you like to join a leading, innovative organization strongly committed to research and adding value to society?

The purpose of AZTI is to drive positive change for the future of people, contributing to a healthy, sustainable, and integral society. And you can be part of this challenge.

From the Efficient and Sustainable Processes (PES) team we are looking for a researcher to join the area temporarily, through a replacement contract.

Among the main functions of the person will be:

Diagnosis and analysis of value chains and identification of legislative, market, and by-product requirements.
Sample management and coordination of laboratory analytics.
Work in microbiology and fermentation (solid and liquid) with different microorganisms.
Design, execution, and monitoring of laboratory tests: fermentations, hydrolysis, compound extraction, digestibility, filtration, etc.
Development and interpretation of analytics aimed at human, animal, nutraceutical, or fertilizer applications.
Treatment and statistical data analysis.
Design and execution of pilot/industrial scale tests (fermentation, drying, shelf life, biotechnological production…).
Handling of equipment and processes in pilot/industrial plant.
Preparation of technical reports, meeting minutes, and support in project proposals and deliverables.

If you want to learn more about the Efficient and Sustainable Processes area, take a look at the projects we work on:

Meet the Efficient and Sustainable Processes team

What do we offer you from AZTI?

Contract type: Replacement
Be part of an organization that invests in your training and development
Collaborate and participate in leading and multidisciplinary research groups
Participate in European projects led by AZTI
A culture oriented by collaborative and transformative innovation, value generation, respect, diversity, transparency, commitment, efficiency, and curiosity.
Competitive salary
Our social benefits:
- You will have an annual working day of 1,670 hours
- You will enjoy an intensive work schedule from June 15 to September 15
- Every Friday of the year you will work a continuous shift (7 hours)
- Hybrid work mode (Reference workplace: Sukarrieta) with 2-3 days of remote work, personalized according to each person's and position's reality.
- You will benefit from our policy of flexible entry and exit hours
- You will be entitled to a paid vacation of one calendar month
- Training provided by the company so you can continue developing and promoting within the career plan that exists for you.
Our Work-Life Balance Policy
- Extended leaves (Temporary disability due to illness or accident: 100% salary up to 18 months; relocation or moving of habitual residence: 2 calendar days; 2 days per year of free disposal, etc.)
- Leave for birth and child care: 21 weeks for the biological mother and the other parent. Breastfeeding leave: 1 hour, during 12 months, for both parents.
- We have the right to reduced working hours for the care of minors or disabled persons up to 14 years old.
- For every 3 years of contract, we receive a seniority bonus.
- We can request advances and enjoy collective discounts on travel, telephony, banks, private healthcare...
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Requirements

Aspects you will work on in the job position:

Diagnosis and characterization of Value Chains:

Support in searching for information to prepare inventories of by-products, legislative or market requirements.

Definition and development of Experimental Laboratory Tests:

Sample handling protocols, management, and launching of analytics.
Experience in microbiology laboratories and fermentation processes with microorganisms.
Experimental design of laboratory tests (solid fermentation processes with filamentous fungi, submerged fermentation processes with microalgae and/or bacteria and yeasts, enzymatic hydrolysis, extraction of bioactive compounds, in vitro digestibility, filtration…).
Performing characterization and process monitoring analytics
Development and interpretation of analytics for target applications (human, animal, fertilizers, nutraceutical…).
Data treatment and statistics.

Definition and development of Experimental Pilot/Industrial Plant Tests:

Experimental design of tests (fermentation processes with microorganisms, drying processes, shelf life analysis, production of biotechnological compounds, enzymatic hydrolysis, …).
Handling of equipment and processes at pilot/industrial scale.
Sample handling protocols, management, and launching of analytics.
Development and interpretation of analytics for target applications (human, animal, nutraceutical, fertilizers …) and their subsequent statistical analysis. Use of data analysis software.

Meetings and Technical Report Writing:

Meeting management.
Writing meeting minutes: commitments and agreements.
Writing technical reports: justification reports; deliverables; scientific articles;...
Support in proposal writing.

Finally, we introduce you to the person who coordinates the Efficient and Sustainable Processes (PES) area, Jaime Zufia who will accompany you once you join the team.

Finally, we introduce you to David Larrinaga who will be in contact with you throughout the selection process.

Do you like what we have told you? Apply for this offer and live the experience with AZTI!

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