Research Officer, Fermentation Process Scale Up

4 weeks ago

Charlottetown, Canada National Research Council Canada Full time

Help bring research to life and drive your career forward with the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), Canada’s largest research and technology organization.

The RO will establish a novel and productive research program at NRC’s Aquatic and Crop Resource Development (ACRD) Research Centre facilities in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, attracting international academic and industrial collaborators and clients.seeking to scale up fermentation processes to produce bio-based products.

**Screening Criteria**:
**Education**:
PhD in Microbiology, Fermentation Science, Biomanufacturing, Bioprocess Engineering or closely related field.

For information on certificates and diplomas issued abroad, please see Degree equivalency

**Experience**:

- Significant research experience in scaling up submerged, batch-fed fermentation and microbial conversion processes to produce high-value products, chemicals and/or materials. Must demonstrate experience taking a process from laboratory (defined as 10 L reaction volume) through to pre-commercial pilot scale (defined as 1000 L reaction volume).
- Experience in scaling up processes utilizing renewable agricultural and marine biomass and/or atypical feedstocks (e.g. starch, lignocellusic sugars, methanol) with commercially
- or industrially-relevant bacterial, yeast or fungal microorganisms
- Experience in the use and operation of repeat-use bioreactors with reaction volumes of at least 1000 L for fermentation process development and optimization, including instrument set-up, operation under sterile conditions, routine care and maintenance, and basic troubleshooting to adapt to specific process requirements.
- Experience in the use of diverse supporting equipment required for fermentation process development and optimization at scale, such as clean-in-place (CIP), sterilize-in-place (SIP), clean utility generation (e.g. steam), water generation systems, bulk fluid handling and transfer, centrifugation, etc.
- Experience with collecting and evaluating routine in-process batch and end-product analytics to inform fermentation process development and optimization
- Significant experience in the full spectrum of research activities including identification of research requirements, proposal writing, project management, data production and analysis, and reporting through written documentation, presentations and publishing.
- Experience in the leadership of teams with diverse skillsets, including strain engineering, upstream and downstream processing, and analytical and natural product chemistry.
- Experience in business development and fostering collaborations and interactions with external partners.

**Condition of Employment**:
Reliability Status

**Language Requirements**:
English

Information on language requirements and self-assessment tests

**Assessment Criteria**:
**Technical Competencies**:

- Demonstrated ability to develop, implement and optimize research strategies to transition fermentation and microbial conversion processes from laboratory scale through to pre-commercial pilot scale (minimum 1000 L reaction volume)
- Demonstrated technical expertise in the development and scale-up of fermentation and microbial conversion processes to produce high-value products, bio-based chemicals and/or biomaterials using industry-relevant microorganisms and renewable biomass or atypical feedstocks.
- Demonstrated technical expertise in the operation of bioreactors and related support equipment for fermentation processes at reaction volumes of at least 1000 L, including collection and analysis of batch analytics
- Knowledge of common downstream processing technologies and the practical challenges associated with concurrently scaling these technologies with increasing fermentation production volumes
- Knowledge of microbial strain engineering and the biological and metabolic factors that influence microbial growth as fermentation production volumes increase
- Strong collaboration skills and ability to influence priorities and activities within field of expertise nationally and internationally.
- Demonstrated ability to write high quality research articles, communicate findings to partners and clients, and present findings at relevant conferences, meetings and workshops.

**Behavioural Competencies**:

- Research - Results orientation (Level 2)
- Research - Teamwork (Level 3)
- Research - Communication (Level 3)
- Research - Initiative (Level 2)
- Research - Creative thinking (Level 4)

**Competency Profile(s)**:
**Relocation**:
Relocation assistance will be determined in accordance with the NRC's directives.

**Compensation**:
NRC employees enjoy a wide-range of competitive benefits including comprehensive health and dental plans, pension and insurance plans, vacation and other leave entitlements.

**Notes**:

- A pre-qualified list may be established for similar positions for a one year period.
- This position is being advertised internally and externally simultaneously

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