Industrial Biotechnologist

**We are Planted. **After years of research, founded in July 2019 as a spin-off from ETH Zurich, it is our very aim to make the world better. With a revolutionary plan: Meat from plants.

Planted is more than a delicious product - it’s also an attitude. We want to radically change the way people consume and perceive meat. And to trigger a switch from eating animal
- to plant-based proteins.

We are making a change. Not only because we can. But because we have to. Do you want to be a part of it?

**Your mission**:

- You support the design & establishment of a high performance, state of the art fermentation pilot plant to upscale & manufacture biotech innovations. That includes identifying and specifying equipment to meet product
- and process
- requirements; identifying and managing equipment vendors as well as sourcing and implementing the equipment.
- You lead cross-functional projects to scale-up the production of fermented plant-based food products by not only setting the strategic and tactical direction in process development and related technologies, but also by the hands-on implementation thereof.
- You facilitate tech transfer to partners and/or contract manufacturers.
- You collaborate with the Science
- and Product Development
- teams on scientific projects to develop innovative technology-, processing
- & manufacturing
- solutions in the interdisciplinary fields of biotechnology, material science, and food process engineering.
- You support the setting of and delivery on Planted’s technology development roadmap.
**You**:

- have a MSc or PhD in the relevant field (e.g. Biotechnology, Microbiology, Food Technology, (Bio)chemical Engineering, Food Engineering, Process Engineering or similar).
- have a profound technical and scientific knowledge of and proven hands-on experience in industrial food fermentations on pilot
- or manufacturing
- scale, in biotechnology as well as in microbiology (experience with cultivating fungi is highly desired).
- are hands-on experienced in the build-up & validation of pilot
- or manufacturing
- scale fermentation technology platforms
- bring a profound technical and scientific knowledge of and proven hands-on experience in fermentation process upscaling as well as in technology transfer
- have proven project leading and partner management skills
- are fluent in English (German is a plus)
- have strong negotiation skills and experience in dealing with contracts
- have an entrepreneurial mindset and a high level of independence
- have an analytical mind with a holistic and structured approach
- are a team player, self-starter, and responsibility taker