Description
**Description:**
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**Would you like to start or consolidate your professional development in a technical, scientific environment with real impact?**
At CNTA, we work with a clear purpose: **to transform the future of food, making it more sustainable, healthier, safer, and more accessible.**
We are looking for a person interested in laboratory work, analysis, quality, and continuous learning—someone who wants to join the Food Quality and Safety department and contribute to the proper execution of tests, analyses, and technical activities that help ensure food safety and quality.
You will become part of a team where technical rigor, **collaboration**, and **commitment to excellence** are lived daily, in a **close-knit environment** where you can learn, contribute, and grow professionally.
**What will you find at CNTA?**
**A purpose-driven project:** Your work will have a direct impact on the safety, quality, and innovation of the food reaching people.
**Technical learning and development:** You will join an environment where you can continue growing in analytical techniques, laboratory procedures, quality systems, and technical work applied to the food sector.
**Teamwork and mentoring:** You won’t be alone. You’ll be part of a technical team where knowledge is shared, people support each other, and learning is part of everyday life.
**On-site cafeteria service:** You’ll enjoy a full working day with an intensive morning schedule, facilitating work-life balance and allowing you to use your afternoons for personal life, training, or rest.
**Intensive morning schedule:** You’ll enjoy a full-day intensive schedule, enabling you to use your afternoons for personal life, training, or leisure activities.
**Flexible compensation:** You’ll have benefits such as private health insurance, meal vouchers, or childcare vouchers, adapting part of your compensation to your personal needs.
**Collaborative and close-knit environment:** At CNTA, we champion a culture based on collaboration, proximity, useful innovation, and commitment to excellence.
**Your mission**
Your mission will be to carry out technical and operational activities in the General Physicochemical Department, contributing to compliance with quality systems and the efficient functioning of the department.
From this position, you will support test execution, sample preparation and treatment, data management, basic equipment maintenance, and other tasks necessary for the department’s technical work to proceed with rigor, order, and quality.
**How will you contribute?**
**In your day-to-day work:**
* You will perform analyses following established methods, procedures, and quality criteria.
* You will complete records and documentation associated with performed tasks.
* You will review and process basic analytical data, verifying that results meet defined criteria.
* You will report completed activities and any incidents to the assigned technician or department head.
* You may participate in the initial setup of new analytical methods.
* You will prepare samples, reagents, materials, and media required for analyses.
* You will perform auxiliary operations related to sample preparation, preservation, and handling.
* You will collaborate in basic equipment calibration and maintenance tasks.
* You will contribute to laboratory and work material organization, cleanliness, and proper functioning.
* You will correctly apply waste segregation and disposal procedures.
* You will support the department in daily operational activities.
* You will collaborate in stock control and routine laboratory procurement requests.
* You will assist in the training and mentoring of interns when required.
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**Requirements:**
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**What will help you succeed in this position?**
**Minimum education:**
* Higher Vocational Training (FP Superior) in fields related to laboratories, chemistry, agri-food, analysis and quality control, or biosanitary areas.
**Experience:**
* Prior experience is not mandatory, although experience of at least 1 year in the agri-food industry, analytical laboratories, or similar environments will be positively valued.
**Foundational technical knowledge:**
* Analytical techniques and laboratory procedures.
* Sample, reagent, and analytical material preparation.
* Basic analytical data processing.
* Basic equipment maintenance and calibration.
* Quality standards and ISO regulations.
* LIMS systems—though not mandatory.
**Other requirements:**
* **Interest in analytical and laboratory work**
* **Rigor, organization, and attention to detail**
* **Time management and deadline orientation**
* **Teamwork and collaborative attitude**
* **Willingness to learn and adapt**
**Our way of working**
At CNTA, we believe in collaboration, proximity, useful innovation, and commitment to excellence.
We seek people who want to learn, work in teams, and contribute—through their role—to science and technology generating a positive impact on food and society.
Here, every task matters. Properly preparing a sample, accurately recording a datum, keeping equipment in good condition, or supporting the team at the right moment are actions that help projects and services advance with quality and reliability.
**Would you like to join us?**
If you’re seeking an opportunity to develop yourself in a technical environment, learn alongside specialized professionals, and contribute to the future of food through laboratory work, we’d love to meet you.
Apply now, and we’ll share all the details about the position and the impact you can make at CNTA.