As a project technician (max 2 years) you will assist sample handling and analysis at the Laboratory of Food Chemistry within a collaborative project between our group, Wageningen Research BU Greenhouse Horticulture, and Kraft Heinz. The overall research project studies pectin formation and development in tomatoes, and involves growing various tomato cultivars, analyzing their pectin characteristics, and exploring practical applications in tomato-based products. The goal is to gain a deeper understanding of pectin in tomatoes and how this might positively impact KraftHeinz tomato product portfolio.
Your duties and responsibilities include:
Additionally, a contract for 0,8 FTE can be discussed. As for your contract, we initially offer a one-year contract that can be extended with another year. Of course, we are happy to have a conversation with you if you have any questions about this.
Wageningen University & Research offers plenty of opportunities for growth and development, with a strong internal recruitment policy and excellent training programmes.
You will work on the greenest and most innovative campus in the Netherlands, in an international and open working environment. For 20 consecutive years, we have been voted the "best university" in the Netherlands! A place to be proud of.
Coming from abroad
Wageningen University & Research is the university and research centre for life sciences. The themes we deal with are relevant to everyone around the world and Wageningen, therefore, has a large international community and a lot to offer to international employees.
Because we expect you to work and live in the Netherlands our team of advisors on Dutch immigration procedures will help you with the visa application procedures for yourself and, if applicable, for your family. If you come with a partner, we offer a Dual Career group program organized by our Welcome Center. This program helps your partner to get familiar with the Dutch culture, labour market and assists your partner to find a job.
Feeling welcome also has everything to do with being well informed. Wageningen University & Research's International Community page contains practical information about what we can do to support international employees coming to Wageningen. Furthermore, our Welcome Center can assist you with any additional advice and information about for example housing, opening a bank account or schooling. Finally, certain categories of international staff may be eligible for a tax exemption on a part of their salary during the first five years in the Netherlands. The mission of Wageningen University & Research is ‘To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life’.
We pursue this mission through a synergistic approach between Wageningen University and Wageningen Research Foundation (applied research). Our research focuses on questions within the domains of food, living environment, and society. With approximately 30 locations, 7,700 staff members, 2,500 PhD candidates, and over 13,000 students, Wageningen University & Research is among the world’s leading knowledge institutions in its domain. The integral approach to challenges and the collaboration across various disciplines form the core of the unique Wageningen approach.
Read the 5 reasons why your future colleagues enjoy working at WUR.
We will recruit for the vacancy ourselves and do not appreciate unasked for services from recruitment agencies. However, sharing in your network is appreciated. You are a team player with good interpersonal skills, and enthusiasm for working in a research and teaching environment. Good oral communication skills, structured way of working, eye for providing data overviews (outcome of analytics), willingness to assist others, enjoy working with tomato materials, are all essential competences.
You also possess:
In our international working environment there is an increasing amount of communication in English. For this position it is about B1 English language level.
WUR welcomes applications from international candidates. However, for applicants for this specific position from outside the EU/EFTA zone, immigration restrictions may apply based on Dutch and EU immigration laws. Such candidates may be eligible for an “orientation year” in the Netherlands or a visa as a “knowledge migrant”.
You will work here
The project is embedded within the chair of Food Chemistry, which is led by Prof.dr.ir. Jean-Paul Vincken, and is part of the Biomass & Enzymes theme of dr.ir. Mirjam Kabel. For more information about the position, please contact Mirjam Kabel, associate professor, via +31317483209 or email (preferred): mirjam.kabel@wur.nl.
Questions about the procedure? Get in touch with Rutger Voorrips, Corporate Recruiter, via e-mail: rutger.voorrips@wur.nl.
Ready to apply?
Click on the application button next to the vacancy on our website. Only applications submitted through our website will be considered.
You can apply until 18 august 2025. Don’t wait with your application. We will initiate the first interviews once we have suitable candidates.
Procedure
As part of our selection process, an assessment may be incorporated within the procedure
Welcome, safe, and valued
Wageningen University & Research (WUR) highly values diversity and inclusion because we believe that different insights lead to innovative solutions. We create a work environment where everyone feels welcome, safe, and appreciated, regardless of background, identity, or experience. Together, we are building a culture where everyone's unique contribution adds to the success of our organization.
Your duties and responsibilities include:
- handling and fractionation of tomato samples and tomato-based products;
- subject all samples/fractions to various screening analytical protocols, such as carbohydrate content and composition, degree of methylation, and high performance size-exclusion chromatography;
- in selected samples, monitor endogenous enzyme activity in high-throughput assays;
- work together with the PhD-candidate (same project) at the Laboratory of Food Chemistry to gain a deeper understanding of pectin in tomatoes;
- excellent communication with other project partners (Wageningen Research BU Greenhouse Horticulture, and Kraft Heinz).
- sabbatical leave, study leave, and partially paid parental leave;
- working hours that can be discussed and arranged so that they allow for the best possible work-life balance;
- there is a strong focus on vitality and you can make use of the sports facilities available on campus for a small fee;
- a fixed year-end bonus of 8.3%;
- excellent pension scheme.
Additionally, a contract for 0,8 FTE can be discussed. As for your contract, we initially offer a one-year contract that can be extended with another year. Of course, we are happy to have a conversation with you if you have any questions about this.
Wageningen University & Research offers plenty of opportunities for growth and development, with a strong internal recruitment policy and excellent training programmes.
You will work on the greenest and most innovative campus in the Netherlands, in an international and open working environment. For 20 consecutive years, we have been voted the "best university" in the Netherlands! A place to be proud of.
Coming from abroad
Wageningen University & Research is the university and research centre for life sciences. The themes we deal with are relevant to everyone around the world and Wageningen, therefore, has a large international community and a lot to offer to international employees.
Because we expect you to work and live in the Netherlands our team of advisors on Dutch immigration procedures will help you with the visa application procedures for yourself and, if applicable, for your family. If you come with a partner, we offer a Dual Career group program organized by our Welcome Center. This program helps your partner to get familiar with the Dutch culture, labour market and assists your partner to find a job.
Feeling welcome also has everything to do with being well informed. Wageningen University & Research's International Community page contains practical information about what we can do to support international employees coming to Wageningen. Furthermore, our Welcome Center can assist you with any additional advice and information about for example housing, opening a bank account or schooling. Finally, certain categories of international staff may be eligible for a tax exemption on a part of their salary during the first five years in the Netherlands. The mission of Wageningen University & Research is ‘To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life’.
We pursue this mission through a synergistic approach between Wageningen University and Wageningen Research Foundation (applied research). Our research focuses on questions within the domains of food, living environment, and society. With approximately 30 locations, 7,700 staff members, 2,500 PhD candidates, and over 13,000 students, Wageningen University & Research is among the world’s leading knowledge institutions in its domain. The integral approach to challenges and the collaboration across various disciplines form the core of the unique Wageningen approach.
Read the 5 reasons why your future colleagues enjoy working at WUR.
We will recruit for the vacancy ourselves and do not appreciate unasked for services from recruitment agencies. However, sharing in your network is appreciated. You are a team player with good interpersonal skills, and enthusiasm for working in a research and teaching environment. Good oral communication skills, structured way of working, eye for providing data overviews (outcome of analytics), willingness to assist others, enjoy working with tomato materials, are all essential competences.
You also possess:
- a BSc degree in food, bio- or analytical chemistry, or in a similar field;
- experience with liquid and/ or gas chromatography;
- affinity for working with biochemical assays/ enzymes;
- affinity for collaboration with industry.
In our international working environment there is an increasing amount of communication in English. For this position it is about B1 English language level.
WUR welcomes applications from international candidates. However, for applicants for this specific position from outside the EU/EFTA zone, immigration restrictions may apply based on Dutch and EU immigration laws. Such candidates may be eligible for an “orientation year” in the Netherlands or a visa as a “knowledge migrant”.
You will work here
The project is embedded within the chair of Food Chemistry, which is led by Prof.dr.ir. Jean-Paul Vincken, and is part of the Biomass & Enzymes theme of dr.ir. Mirjam Kabel. For more information about the position, please contact Mirjam Kabel, associate professor, via +31317483209 or email (preferred): mirjam.kabel@wur.nl.
Questions about the procedure? Get in touch with Rutger Voorrips, Corporate Recruiter, via e-mail: rutger.voorrips@wur.nl.
Ready to apply?
Click on the application button next to the vacancy on our website. Only applications submitted through our website will be considered.
You can apply until 18 august 2025. Don’t wait with your application. We will initiate the first interviews once we have suitable candidates.
Procedure
As part of our selection process, an assessment may be incorporated within the procedure
Welcome, safe, and valued
Wageningen University & Research (WUR) highly values diversity and inclusion because we believe that different insights lead to innovative solutions. We create a work environment where everyone feels welcome, safe, and appreciated, regardless of background, identity, or experience. Together, we are building a culture where everyone's unique contribution adds to the success of our organization.