Quality Control Technician M/W/D

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with passion and imagination, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. 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 France, discover the empowered passionate professionals who made history creating our legendary perfumery school. Feel the heritage. Acquire knowledge and experience, gained in our renowned European Creation Centre, or from any of our 17 innovative sites across the country. Every day, your commitment, your humility, and your risk-taking will shape our future. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

Under regular supervision, inspect, analyze, and transform raw materials, in-process as well as finished product samples to secure compliance with product safety regulations, specifications, and standards.

Core Responsibilities

• Perform chemical, physical testing, and sensory evaluations of products or incoming ingredients as identified by the current Givaudan specification for the item.
• Perform transformations of raw materials as well as concretes or vegetal materials.
• Perform sensory evaluations of products.
• Keep olfactory standards up to date.
• Enter test results into SAP in a timely resulting in an acceptance or rejection.
• Communicate rejections and information updates to key contacts in Quality, Operations, Purchasing and Customer Care as needed. Types of communications include e-mail, making notes in system and/or verbal.
• Perform basic equipment calibrations per frequency noted in calibration procedures.
• Perform instruments, equipment and quality deviations troubleshooting in laboratory.
• Maintain work a hygienic and safe work environment.
• Provide backup and support to team members as necessary.
• Identify opportunity for improvements in QC and set proactive measure for trouble prevention.

Academic Background

• Vocational diploma (pre-university) in Chemistry, Biology, Environmental Science or related discipline.
• University degree preferred.

Professional experience

• Overall work experience of 5 to 6 years with 2 to 3 years in a similar position.

Technical Skills

• Laboratory and/or QC techniques required.
• Operational experience and strong affinity on laboratory system, analytical equipment and instruments such as weighing balance, Densitometer, Refractometer, Moisture balances, Karl Fischer titrator, Sieve testing equipment, GC.
• Knowledge on chemical substances, hazardous material and related local regulations.
• Good Sensory Evaluation experience preferred.

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.