Nestlé Institute of Food Safety & Analytical Sciences 

Position Snapshot

Location: Nestlé Research, Lausanne, Switzerland 
Institute: Institute of Food Safety & Analytical Sciences
Company: Société des Produits Nestlé S.A.
Act. Rate: Full-Time 
Type of contract: Permanent contract 

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What we offer at Nestlé

Genuine opportunities for career and personal development
Modern “smart office” locations providing agile & collaborative workspaces
Dynamic international working environment
Attractive additional benefits 

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Position Summary

We are looking for a Specialist Quantitative Microbiologist, to support the microbiologically safe design of products and processes through data analytics. You will perform microbiological food safety evaluations in response to technical assistance requests from R&D and operations.

Nestlé Research is based in Lausanne, Switzerland, employs approximately 1000 people and is comprised of five Nestlé Institutes: Food Sciences, Health Sciences, Food Safety & Analytical Sciences, Packaging Sciences, and Agricultural Sciences. Unlock the door of our organization and find out more about our research activities and expertise here.

A Day in the Life of a Specialist Quantitative Microbiologist

• Work with a team of microbiologists to help create a strategy to build, maintain, and expand the use of data to support microbiological risk assessment
• Collect, verify and analyze data related to microbial dynamics (e.g growth, inactivation, and survival)
• Perform and communicate data visualization and predictive models for microbiology R&D projects
• Help design and analyze studies, using a range of statistical methods and software
• Collaborate with bioinformaticians and statisticians to model data trends
• Write scientific publications.
• Coordinate with 3rd party microbiology laboratories.

What will make you successful

• PhD degree in Food Science/Microbiology/Biology with specific expertise in mathematics or PhD degree in Mathematics 
• Expertise in food safety microbiology
• Relevant experience in a food science company, academia, or research center is preferred
• Experience in microbial data analytics including statistical and probabilistic approaches, data visualization and modeling, and the use of programming languages (e.g. R, Python)
• Experience in quantitative microbial risk assessment
• Evidence of communication- both verbal and in writing, of complex scientific information to specialist and non-specialists audiences
• Team player with a can-do attitude
• High level of motivation and adaptability
• Able to speak English fluently

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At Nestlé, we want to help shape a better and healthier world, inspire people to live healthier lives and deliver impact at a scale and pace that makes a difference. We do this by fostering a diverse, friendly, supportive, and collaborative environment, that creates positive disruption, embraces innovation, and empowers people and teams to win. We aim to hire friendly, respectful, inspiring people who care about the people’s lives that we touch every single day.

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