R&D Director

Company: Louis Dreyfus Company B.V.
Location: Pleasanton
Posted on: February 25, 2021

Job Description:

LDC is investing in the future of food, seeking alternative crops, solutions and technologies to feed a growing population for the long-term. Working for the Food Innovation, Plant Protein Business unit at LDC means the opportunity to really contribute to improve people's lives and solving the challenges of today's world.LDC recognizes that the on-going success of the company depends on the continued development and engagement of its employees and pursues a fair and competitive remuneration policy, recognizing individual and team competencies and performance. Challenging jobs, career opportunities and an inspiring environment allow you to enhance your personal development. Main
Responsibilities Along with the below listed responsibilities, the employee should conduct any other business related to the function as required by his supervisor. --- Identify proteins that can create targeted structures or activities.
--- Establish systems to characterize protein activities and mechanisms.
--- Collaborate broadly and rapidly in with external collaborators
--- Aggregate, contextualize and summarize data.
--- Build strong R&D team for food ingredients and products that your team will discover and develop.
--- Develop new methods to extract protein fractions from various sources for food applications, at scales from lab bench to pilot plant
--- Evaluate fractionated proteins by performing analytical, textural, and sensory tests
--- Collaborate with pilot plant and process engineering team to test and optimize protein down-stream processing methods at pilot scale
--- Spearhead research aimed at deeper understanding and better control of interaction of components in protein-based composite materials. Experiences --- Experience in biophysical and biochemical mechanisms underlying food matrix interactions by proteins, as well as the general principles that drive them.
--- Track record of publications and presentations indicative of candidate's research in relevant areas.
--- Demonstrated ability to conceive original ideas, articulate them clearly and design experiments to test them.
--- Capacity to coordinate, supervise and perform experiments developing chemical, biochemical, physico-chemical characteristics. Skills --- Ability and desire to work effectively in a team, leading and mentoring research associates, collaborating with fellow scientists and engineers, and setting an example of scientific excellence for the team.
--- Ability to communicate clearly and to continually improve the visual display of quantitative information. Required
Languages Required
Education --- PhD in protein biochemistry, biophysics or related fields. MSc degrees will be considered given the evidence of PhD+ level of knowledge in the relevant areas.

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