Chemical Analyst HRMS

Food safety starts with reliable analyses, and that is exactly where you, as a Chemical Analyst at Wageningen Food Safety Research (WFSR), make a direct contribution.

Together with your colleagues, you ensure that (new) contaminants in food are detected and quantified in a timely manner. In doing so, you help maintain the confidence that consumers in the Netherlands and beyond have in a safe food chain.

Within the Contaminants team, you work on chemical analyses using high-end equipment. The focus is on magnetic sector GC-HRMS, with which you analyse complex samples for various organic contaminants. You carry out these measurements, interpret the data, and translate your findings into reports for our project leaders. In addition, you work on improving analytical methods and actively contribute to quality assurance in an ISO 17025 environment.

What will you be working on?

• Collaborating with enthusiastic and knowledgeable colleagues who are always willing to share expertise and help each other
• Independently performing GC-HRMS analyses with a strong focus on data processing and reporting
• Ensuring the quality and reliability of analyses within an ISO 17025-accredited environment

Your team
You will work together with analysts and project leaders within one of the work areas of the Contaminants team. In total, around 50 colleagues work within WFSR’s Contaminants cluster. The atmosphere is open, collegial and informal: we help each other, share knowledge and like to get things done.

Working with us means working in an organisation where craftsmanship, (dry) humour and collaboration come together, and where you are given the space to further develop yourself in a field that is constantly evolving.

You have strong analytical skills, a keen sense of quality and a passion for our profession. You are eager to learn, enjoy sharing knowledge with colleagues and gain energy from working together in a team. You work with precision, think in creative solutions and always see opportunities to improve processes.

You also bring:

• At least higher professional education (HBO) level of working and thinking, through training and/or experience in a relevant field
• Experience with various separation techniques and mass spectrometry
• Enthusiasm for contributing to a safer food chain
• Good communication skills in English (and preferably Dutch as well).
• Experience in a laboratory with a quality management system and/or in a project-based working environment

In our international working environment there is an increasing amount of communication in English. For this position it is about language level B2. In case you don’t speak Dutch, we expect the willingness to learn Dutch.

WUR welcomes applications from international candidates. However, for applicants for this specific position from outside the EU/EFTA zone, immigration restrictions may apply based on Dutch and EU immigration laws. Such candidates may be eligible for an “orientation year” in the Netherlands or a visa as a “knowledge migrant”.

You will work here

Wageningen University & Research offers excellent terms of employment. A few highlights from our Collective Labour Agreement include:

• working hours that can be discussed and arranged so that they allow for the best possible work-life balance;
• sabbatical leave, study leave, and partially paid parental leave;
• there is a strong focus on vitality and you can make use of the sports facilities available on campus for a small fee;
• a fixed year-end bonus of 8,3%;
• excellent pension scheme.

In addition to these first-rate employee benefits, you will of course receive a good salary. We offer, depending on your experience, a competitive gross salary of between €2979,- and €3893,- for a full-time working week of 36 hours, in accordance with the CLA Wageningen Research (scale 7). Additionally, For this role a contract for 32 hours a week can be discussed. As for your contract, we initially offer a one-year contract that can be extended - if possible within (company) organizational circumstances - on good performance. Of course, we are happy to have a conversation with you if you have any questions about this.

Wageningen University & Research offers plenty of opportunities for growth and development, with a strong internal recruitment policy and excellent training programmes.

You will work on the greenest and most innovative campus in the Netherlands, in an international and open working environment. For 20 consecutive years, we have been voted the "best university" in the Netherlands! A place to be proud of.

The mission of Wageningen University & Research is “To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life”. Under the banner Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen University and the specialised research institutes of the Wageningen Research Foundation have joined forces in contributing to finding solutions to important questions in the domain of healthy food and living environment. With its roughly 30 branches, 7,600 employees (6,700 fte) and 13,100 students and over 150,000 participants to WUR’s Life Long Learning, Wageningen University & Research is one of the leading organisations in its domain. The unique Wageningen approach lies in its integrated approach to issues and the collaboration between different disciplines.

Read the 5 reasons why your future colleagues enjoy working at WUR and watch the video below to get an idea of our green campus!

We will recruit for the vacancy ourselves, so no employment agencies please. However, sharing in your network is appreciated.