Location Address:
Foundry Lane, Ditton
Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 8UB
United Kingdom
Closing Date: 5/6/2024
Be part of our journey
As a global leader in speciality chemicals, we continue to succeed and strengthen our delivery of innovative, sustainable and high-performance solutions. We are passionate and excited about how we can develop and utilise new technologies to shape and inspire changes within an ever-growing market place. Our Applications teams play a key role in ensuring we are creating anddeveloping optimum formulations for our new and existing product rangeutilising various test methods and conditions to meet our customerexpectations.
We currently have avacancy for a Lead Applications Scientist working in the Personal Care businessbased in Widnes. The main function of the role is to apply technical knowledgeand skills in evaluating products to meet the needs of the Hair Care market.This will involve performing a wide array of instrumental methods including commonmaterials science tests and other industry specific methods using hair fibresas the substrate in addition to developing novel test methods to produce differentiateddata for our new and existing hair care ingredients. You will also carry outstatistical evaluation of the data produced to validate product claims whichrelate to the end consumer (e.g. conditioning, styling). Activities willinclude both shorter term customer focussed projects and longer-term new productdevelopment projects. Additional elements of the role will include regularcontact with global technical hair care teams as well as giving clear andconcise presentations to the commercial teams, other internal research teamsand external customers.
Benefits Package:
The successful candidate will receive a competitivebenefits package including:
* Defined benefit pension scheme with death in service benefit
* 25 days paid holiday allowance (plus bank holidays)
* Private medical insurance
* Access to share plans
* Cycle to work scheme
* Car leasing scheme
* Free car parking on Croda sites
Our ideal person
As a business, it’s really important to us that we find the best person for the job and that you have the best opportunity to succeed in the role. To help, we have outlined our expectations for the role and what core skills and experiences we require as well as what would make you an ideal fit. In turn, we hope this helps you evaluate if this is the right job for you.
* You will be an innovative scientist and proactive, independent problem solver
* You should have strong interpersonal skills to enable you to build good working relationships both internally and externally to the business
* You will be an excellent team player but also work well independently
* Excellent planning and organisation skills with experience of working on projects simultaneously
* A degree in Chemistry, Materials Science or similar scientific disciplineor equivalent work experience is required with some laboratory experience beingessential.
* Industrial experience or knowledge of Hair Care would be a distinct advantage.
* Background inapplied/materials sciences would be useful but not essential.
Application Information:
To apply for this position please log into the MyCroda system and view our current vacancies. Please emailjobs@croda.com if you require any help with the online system.
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