Brand new job opportunity - R&D/Tech Service Chemist for a growing materials manufacturer in West Yorkshire. Hours of work: Monday to Thursday 8.15-5pm (some flexibility if required), Friday 8.15am to 1pm (wahoo) Why join? - Excellent salary and 25 8 bank Holidays. - Variety of work including R&D and Technical Services. - Stable family feel business with large backing. - Opportunity to travel to customer sites UK and further afield. Location: West Yorkshire Duration: Permanent Salary: £40k (could be stretched dependant on your skills and experience) You will be involved in: Taking ideas from lab scale concepts through to full scale production. Formulating new and existing products to improve their efficacy and working with quality to test products. Planning and running customer trials and provide technical support where required. Creating your own project plans and ensuring that these are completed within agreed timescales and to customer specifications. Updating MSDS and SDS information and technical specification information. What do you need to be considered? You will need: Degree in Science or equivalent experience ideally within Chemistry, Polymers or Material Science. At least 3 years experience working in an industrial lab formulating products - utilising isocyanate, epoxy or polyurethane technologies. Knowledge of regulatory standards such as REACH, CLP etc and MSDS along with authoring technical support information. Excellent communication and project management skills and the ability to liaise with various internal departments and customers. What to do next Interested? This is a great opportunity to join this leading materials manufacturer, which has a family feel but has the backing of larger organisation and offers stability, career development and variety. Apply now to avoid disappointment as the company is reviewing CVs immediately.