Around 3,000 students study at Flensburg University of Applied Sciences in a total of 20 degree programs. The university has a modern room and laboratory infrastructure on a generously equipped campus. Thanks to its location on the Baltic Sea, the fjord town of Flensburg is an attractive place to live and offers a wide range of leisure activities.
The Flensburg University of Applied Sciences is looking to recruit a
Laboratory Engineer for Food Technology (d/m/w)
full-time on a permanent basis.
The advertised area of responsibility includes
- Preparation, implementation and follow-up of laboratory exercises in the fields of food technology and chemical food analysis
- Instructing students in practical work on processing plants in the food industry and in analytics
- Support with project work, student research projects and final theses
- Technical responsibility (maintenance, care, operation) for the modern food/meat technology laboratory with a complete industrial processing chain
- Carrying out classic instrumental methods to determine key quality parameters (e.g. water content, fat, protein, sugar, carbohydrates, salt, nitrite, pH value)
- Support, maintenance and calibration of analytical equipment
- Participation in the development, calibration and validation of new analytical methods in accordance with applicable standards
- Ensuring occupational safety, hygiene and technical operational readiness by implementing and monitoring safety, hygiene and environmental standards
- Preparation of work instructions, SOPs, risk assessments and hygiene plans
The job profile:
Requirements for the advertised position are:
- Completed university degree in food technology, meat technology (desirable), food chemistry or related disciplines
- Practical experience in industrial food processing and chemical analysis
- Sound knowledge in handling food technology systems, packaging technology and analytical equipment
- Knowledge of hygiene management, occupational safety and food law (LMIV, LMHV, HACCP)
- Independent, structured way of working and high technical affinity
- Enjoy working with students, pedagogical skills and strong communication skills
- Confident handling of MS Office; ideally experience with laboratory information systems (LIMS)
- Proof of very good German language skills, comparable to at least level C1 of the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages of the Council of Europe)
- Proof of an English language qualification of at least level B2 of the CEFR or the willingness to acquire this within one year
- Confident appearance, ability to work in a team and organizational skills
Also desirable:
- Initial experience in the industrial food processing of meat and meat products
- Vocational training in the food processing sector
- Experience in instructing and training
In the case of qualifications obtained abroad, proof of recognition in Germany is required. Please submit this together with your application documents.
We offer you:
- if the collective agreement and personal requirements are met, a classification up to pay group 11 TV-L
- 30 days of vacation and up to 5 days of educational leave in accordance with the Schleswig-Holstein Continuing Education Act in a full calendar year
- if there is a desire for part-time employment, this should be noted in the application
- a wide range of free courses offered by the Learning and Language Center
- Company health management
- use of the sports center at discounted rates
- Possibility of using bicycle leasing
- Discount option for the Germany Job Ticket/NAH.SH Job Ticket for bus and train
- an interesting, varied and exciting job on a beautiful campus in the far north
- a pleasant working atmosphere in a family-friendly environment in a committed, competent team
The university is committed to the employment of people with disabilities and examines whether vacant positions can be filled with severely disabled people, in particular with severely disabled people registered as unemployed or seeking employment with the employment agency. Persons with a severe disability and those with equivalent qualifications are given preferential consideration if they are equally suitable.
We would like to promote the diversity of biographies and skills at the university. We therefore welcome applications regardless of nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion and ideology, age and sexual identity.
We expressly welcome applications from people with a migration background, as well as people with knowledge of Low German, Frisian or Danish.
We strive for equal opportunities for women in all employment groups. Therefore, in the event of under-representation, women are given priority if they are equally suitable, qualified and professionally capable.
The compatibility of career and family and the promotion of part-time employment are in the special interest of the state government. For this reason, applicants interested in part-time work are particularly encouraged to apply.
This advertisement is aimed equally at employees of the State of Schleswig-Holstein and external applicants.
Your application:
Please submit your detailed application with the usual documents, in the case of applications from the public administration with a current appraisal and, if applicable, a declaration of consent to view your personnel file, directly via our Online application portal directly via our online application portal.
We expressly waive the submission of photographs/application photos and therefore ask you to refrain from doing so.
Your personal data will be processed to carry out the application process on the basis of Section 85 (1) of the State Civil Service Act and Section 15 (1) of the State Data Protection Act. For further information, please refer to our PDF “Data protection information for job applicants”, which can be found on the overview page of job vacancies, and our data protection declaration.
If you have any questions regarding collective bargaining law or the procedure, please contact Ms. S. Karkossa, Head of Human Resources, on 0461 805-1256 or by e-mail at stefanie.karkossa@hs-flensburg.de. For technical questions about the job profile and the associated tasks, please contact Prof. Dr. Andreas Nicolai on 0461 805-1411 or by e-mail: andreas.nicolai@hs-flensburg.de.
Please note that only applications with complete documents can be considered in the further procedure. Completeness refers to the availability of a cover letter, a current CV and all relevant work and degree certificates.