Production Chemist

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness and humility, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions that make people look and feel good. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. 
In Mexico, work with our caring colleagues from our 6 innovative research, creation, and production centres to help us grow with purpose. Every day, your talent, your personality, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

Production Chemist, your future role?

You will be an important part of the industrial operations of our Fragrance and Ingredients department. You will manage the efficiency of the chemical production process to create intermediate and finished ingredient fragrances products following Givaudan’s world-class quality, cost and safety standards to meet our customers’ expectations.

You will report into the Production Manager and you will work on-site in our manufacturing facility located at Pedro Escobedo, near Queretaro city. We'll ask that you reside nearby the plant.

Your main responsibilities will be:

• Monitor the production process to ensure an efficient manufacture for each product following costs, deadlines, safety and quality standards.
• Manage projects progress including monitoring timelines, raw materials, equipment availability and yields to ensure project success.
• Monitor costs and ensure compliance with the budget target.
• Produce and conduct analysis of components and finished products following the manufacturing plan. Analyze scientific data. Utilize specialized technical knowledge necessary.
• Perform physical, analytical or chemical testing of finished fragrances products, material-in-process, or raw materials. Perform calculations as required by testing procedures.
• Contribute to development initiatives such as those required to improve process understanding, process control, process capability. Implement improvement plans to maintain cost control.
• Evaluate product and process related issues concerning raw material, process chemistry and equipment troubleshooting and validation.
• Recommend and elaborate improvements in analytical equipment, procedures and techniques. Implement production and large-scale manufacturing procedures to improve processes and meet quality requirements. Participate in planning activities for all products or processes.
• Prepare final reports and provide written and verbal updates to supervisors and clients.

You

If you are you someone who wants to shape your world, who excels in being in a culture where you can express yourself in a creative team environment, who wants to collaborate and learn together with teams who are as passionate as you are, then join us - and improve your world.

Your professional profile includes:

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering.
• At least 5 years of experience in the chemical production industry, in manufacturing operations as Production Chemist in Organic Chemistry.
• Knowledge of Organic Chemistry and Industrial processes.
• Knowledge on chemical substances, hazardous material and related local regulations.
• Experience with Continuous Improvement concepts (LEAN).
• Laboratory and QC techniques experience.
• Experience in Process and Product Safety.
• Experience using SAP-
• Upper-intermediate English.

Our benefits

Annual bonus and PTU.

• Medical/health plan insurance.
• Excellent savings plan and pension plan.
• Career Development Opportunities with access to many virtual learning sessions.
• International working environment.
• Discounts program.
• Quality of Life program.

#LI-Onsite

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Every essence of you enriches our world.
Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.
Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.