Scientific Associate

The Food Safety and Veterinary Affairs Office (SAAV) has the mission to ensure, through its inspections and analyses, that food and consumer goods do not endanger the health of the public or mislead them. It ensures the well-being and health of animals for their own sake and for the benefit of humans.Why join us?You wish to work for the entire Fribourg population and join a committed team, composed of varied and complementary profiles? Join us to practice a meaningful profession, within a human-sized service, while benefiting from the stability and resources offered by a large organization. In addition to this stimulating environment, we offer you conditions: pleasant working environment, company restaurant, ergonomic workstations, and continuous training. Promotion of bilingualism and training in the partner language. To learn more, follow this link.Missions- You develop and validate, within the scope of the SAAV's field of activity, new analytical methods for current chemical issues in the food and consumer goods sector.- You support the chemistry sector in technical, handling, and professional matters and also perform, to a certain extent, troubleshooting of the modern equipment fleet.- You ensure that the work you perform complies with the requirements of the QMS and actively participate in the various activities of the QA aspect.- You regularly perform routine analyses of official samples.- As the Quality Assurance Manager (QAM) of the SAAV, you ensure that the accredited fields (ISO) successfully carry out the corresponding activities. This mission involves participating, by demonstrating continuous improvement of the quality system, in relevant QMS document management, in the preparation and follow-up of authority audits, as well as in the drafting and updating of documents corresponding to quality management.- You assist, as needed, the hierarchical superior in other tasks.Desired profile- Holder of a Bachelor of Science HES in analytical chemistry or Master in chemistry or equivalent in engineering.- You have extensive experience in the chemical analysis of trace compounds and have solid knowledge as well as experience in the following analytical techniques: LC-MS/MS, GC-MS/MS, IC, ICP-MS, and other analytical techniques.- You have experience in the field of quality management systems (in particular ISO EN standards).- You master common tools.- Committed, efficient, precise, you know how to manage priorities with sense and are capable of working in a team or independently.- High sense of responsibility and confidentiality, excellent problem-solving skills, and for the benefit of the different teams.- Flexible and available, you combine interpersonal skills and discretion.- Mastery of German or French with very good knowledge of the other language and good knowledge of English. jid09eb13daen jit0729aen jpiy26aen