Associate Scientist - Microbiology

Hennesy Research Associates - a Kemin company is looking for an Associate Scientist with a stong focus on Microbiology. 

We’re looking for a curious, hands‑on scientist who’s excited about growing, optimizing, and scaling up bacterial organisms that play a key role in developing vaccines for cattle. If you love diving into the details of isolation and growth, fine‑tuning processes, and watching your work scale all the way up to fermenters, you’ll feel right at home here. In this role, you’ll be our go‑to expert for designing protocols, developing new methods, and ensuring everything runs smoothly from the bench to production. Strong lab notes, clear protocols, and well‑crafted reports are all part of the rhythm. And once you’ve perfected the process, you’ll help transfer it to our production facility so it can make a real‑world difference.

Join the Kemin Team and Transform Lives!

We are a privately held, family-owned-and-operated global biotechnology company driven by curiosity and committed to transforming the quality of life for people, pets, and the planet. 

We create solutions that strengthen health and wellbeing, provide nutrition and immune support for pets and production animals, safeguard the planet’s natural resources, and protect the global food supply chain for generations to come.

We supply over 500 specialty ingredients for various industries, including human and animal health and nutrition, pet food, aquaculture, nutraceutical, food technologies, crop technologies, textiles, biofuels, and animal vaccines.

We employ 3,500 global employees and operations in 90 countries, including manufacturing facilities in Belgium, Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Italy, San Marino, Singapore, South Africa, and the United States.

As a valued member of our team, you'll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your financial, physical, and professional well-being:

• Competitive Financial Package: Enjoy a rewarding salary, uncapped bonus opportunities, a 401k match program, and generous paid vacation and holidays.
• Career Development and Advancement: Unlock your potential with opportunities for growth and development throughout your entire career.
• Continued Learning Opportunities: Grow your skills with our in-house learning platforms, offering thousands of training resources both live and online, and take advantage of tuition reimbursement for external post-secondary pursuits.
• Service Opportunities: Make a positive impact with paid time off for volunteering in your community

• Responsible for isolation and propagation of bacteria isolates, optimization and scale-up of vaccine isolates, and provide support to quality control groups and production groups for methods.

• Education
  • Bachelor's Degree in a scientific field with 7+ years of relevant experience
  • Masters Degree or PhD in a scientific field with 3+ years of relevant experience is preferred
• Skilled at microbiology, experimental design, sterile technique, data evaluation, project management, and problem solving. Must keep detailed records of activities and prepare written documents including research reports and method protocols.
• Extensive experience in bacterial cell culture and sterile technique and experience with isolation and propagation of diverse bacterial strains.
• Ability to balance multiple projects, meet deadlines, meticulous record keeping skills, excellent oral and written communication skills, ability to work independently but also cooperate and work well with the entire R&D team.
• Must be able to work independently or on a team and have the ability to work in a fast-paced multidisciplinary environment.
• Excellent Scientific skills in experiment design and data collection, able to maintain instruments
• Detail oriented, organized, prioritization skills and motivated by accomplishment.
• Ability to understand and perform advanced statistical analysis.
• Analytical lab skills with a strong scientific curiosity and innovative thinking.
• Fluent in English. Excellent written and oral communication skills with ability to present ideas effectively.
• Advanced computer knowledge (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, etc.).

A post-offer background check and drug screen is required.  Additional pre-employment requirements may be necessary based on position.

Kemin is an equal opportunity employer, and all reasonable accommodations will be considered.

Kemin is a drug-free and tobacco-free campus. 

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