Mass Spectrometry Positions

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Posting Date:  May 16/2011

LC/MS Technical Sales Specialist
Toronto, Ottawa, or Montreal area

My client is a manufacturer of LC/MS and other analytical instrumentation.  They have an opening for an LC/MS Technical Sales Specialist, based anywhere in the Toronto, Ottawa, or Montreal area.  This person will be tasked to grow the existing customer base and identify and penetrate new accounts in order to gain market share and improve profitability.  This person will also sell chromatography products in a local territory.

Requirements:
·         BS or higher Chemistry or related discipline
·         Speak English fluently and at least speak French conversationally
·         Live in Toronto, Ottawa, or Montreal
·         Have extensive technical expertise with LC/MS instrumentation, techniques, and applications
·         Preference for candidates with sales or customer-facing experience (Applications, Tech Support, Training, etc) but also willing to strongly consider a candidate from the lab with an excellent personality, outgoing nature, and strong desire to break into a sales role.  My client IS willing to train someone on how to become an effective salesperson. 
·         Ability to travel 50% or greater.  The PRIMARY customer base is in Eastern Canada, however, you must be willing to travel anywhere in Canada as necessary
·         Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills
Compensation:
The position provides a base salary + commission that ranges anywhere from 110k on the low end to 130k on the higher end (however, candidates at all salary level are encouraged to apply), plus a company car, home office set up, blackberry, and outstanding benefits package.


Jarrett Hoffman
Hoffman Search Group Inc
Web: www.hoffmansearchgroup.com
Phone: 410-853-7726
Email: jhoffman@hoffmansearchgroup.com

Posting Date: April 19/2011

Proteopole Pasteur, headed by Prof. Pedro Alzari and Dr. Felix Rey, and coordinated by Dr. Patrick England, is an exciting new multi-disciplinary structure comprising five protein science core facilities, ranging from protein production to crystallogenesis and X-ray diffraction, that is open to scientists from the Institut Pasteur and elsewhere.

We have opened a tenured position for a top-level mass spectrometry engineer-scientist to introduce and develop novel approaches in mass spectrometry for structural biology and proteomics, and to head a team of engineers/technicians.

Qualifications: PhD in mass spectrometry, analytical biochemistry or related areas, with more than a year post-doctoral experience in a core facility or a research laboratory, in the field of characterization and analysis of proteins and other macromolecules.
A solid understanding of the principles, instrumentation and software of different MS platforms is required, as well as a strong background in various separation and preparation techniques, from capillary to analytical scales.
Experience with membrane proteins, as well as with other analytical biochemistry techniques (such as Edman sequencing, amino acid analysis, …) would be highly appreciated.
The applicant should be fluent in reading and speaking English.

Starting date: Immediate; the position will be advertised until filled.

The application should comprise the following (in order) in a single pdf file:
1.    A brief introductory letter.
2.    A Curriculum Vitae and a full publication list.
3.    A description of past and present activities, experience and skills (up to 8 pages with 1.5 spacing).
4.    The names of 3 scientists from whom letters of recommendation can be sought, together with the names of scientists with a potential conflict of interest from whom evaluations should not be requested.

For information on the presently available instrumentation and the Institut Pasteur core facilities, please contact Patrick ENGLAND, coordinator of the Proteopole (patrick.england@pasteur.fr).

Posting Date: April 06/2011

Contract: 2 years, renewable.

Salary: to be discussed

Advantages: the knowledge of Waters systems would be an advantage as well as the expertise in liquid chromatography and extraction procedures for biological samples.

Stimulating academic environment:
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,
ClinicalResearch Center,
Institute of Pharmacology and University Medical Center in the Eastern
Townships Region of the Province of Quebec (Sherbrooke, QC), Canada.

Posting Date:  February 07/2011

Description
 
Nestlé Research Center (NRC) located near Lausanne, Switzerland is one of the leading research laboratories in food and nutritional sciences. With 700 members of staff from 50 nations, NRC has a strong position in the international scientific community supported further by more than 200 external scientific partnerships and University collaborations and 270 scientific publications each year (learn more about the NRC at www.research.nestle.com).

NRC has an excellent reputation in food and nutrition research that has benefited consumers for over a century. By bringing together its knowledge in Nutrition and Health, Food Science, Food/Consumer Interaction, Food Quality and Safety, Nestlé opens the way to develop Good Food and Good Life: to offer tasty foods that procure health as well as pleasure for our consumers.

In this global and multicultural environment, Nestlé, a food, nutrition, health and wellness company aims to work with the best scientists in the world.

To support its research strategy, the Quality & Safety Department at the NRC is seeking a:


Research Scientist in Mineral Analysis who will work within the Functional Ingredients Analysis group.


Main responsibilities:

-       Lead projects and activities related to the development of analytical methods for minerals  and trace elements , including element speciation and isotope ratio MS for metal traces.

-       Implement the methods in Nestlé laboratories worldwide.

-       Participate as expert in international organizations for standardization of analytical methods.

-       Publish in analytical chemistry journals

 

Required profile:

-       PhD in inorganic analysis (LC/ICP-MS, ICP-AES, and Ion Chromatography) with expertise on element speciation in food.

-       Experience in project management in a research environment.

-       Familiar with ISO 17025 standard

-       Experience in method development & validation and implementation in  routine laboratories.

-       Good verbal and written communication skills in English are mandatory.

 

Personal requirements:

-       Creative and curious.

-       Open-minded and strong team player.

-       Communicative and impacting personality.

-       Good interpersonal skills and aptitude for training co-workers.

-       Service oriented.


If you are interested in being involved in demanding and innovative projects within one of the leading research laboratories in food and nutritional sciences worldwide, then apply with us (complete application including CV, cover letter and references is mandatory) now on www.careers.nestle.com/

Posting Date: January 10/2011

We are looking for potential candidates for Research Scientist positions in the Technology Group, Reliance Industries Limited, India (http://www.ril.com/).

Candidates must have strong background and understanding of mass spectrometry and chromatography (e.g. GC, GC x GC, LC, supercritical fluid chromatography) techniques.  As research scientists, they will lead method/technology development initiatives for characterization of refinery/petrochemical streams (crude oil & various distillation cuts), apply these to solve real world problems, support effort to develop project proposals/get management approvals, and engage in technology selection activities. 

Candidates are expected to be self-starters with excellent communication and time-management skills. Postdoc experience is preferred;  exceptional candidates with fresh PhD’s can also apply; refinery/petrochemical industrial experience would be a plus.

Interested candidates can contact: Dr. Chandra Saravanan (Saru)( chandra.saravanan@ril.com).

 

Dr. Chandra Saravanan (Saru)
Asst. Vice President,
Reliance Technology Group
Reliance Industries Limited
Reliance Corporate Park, Building 7B
Navi Mumbai, 400701
India
Direct: +91-22-4478-3403
Email: chandra.saravanan@ril.com

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