Job Description
An Oxford-based technology company is developing new catalytic processes to turn waste carbon into useful fuels and chemicals. The team is now moving from small-scale lab work towards larger batch production and early pilot activity, and they’re looking to bring in a chemist who enjoys being hands-on in the lab and wants to grow with the technology.
Catalyst Development Chemist
Location: Oxford
£35,000 - £45,000
Role: Full-time, Permanent
This role would suit someone who wants to focus on making and improving catalysts, not just analysing them.
What you’ll be doing
You’ll be part of a small R&D team working on the synthesis and development of heterogeneous catalysts. The focus is on preparing catalyst powders, improving how they’re made, and scaling up lab methods so they actually work in practice.
This is a practical, lab-based role where your work feeds directly into how the technology develops.
Key responsibilities
1. Preparing heterogeneous catalysts using methods such as precipitation, impregnation and related techniques, including powders and reactor-ready form.
2. Supporting the translation of catalyst powders into shaped materials (e.g. pellets, granules, supported catalysts) suitable ...