Job Description
Our client is a leading Specialty Chemical Manufacturer based in Consett. Due to the team receiving investment, they are now looking to add a Synthetic Organic Chemist to their team to perform and deliver research and process development programmes at laboratory and commercial scale.
Responsibilities
1. Development of new products and processes to support pipeline opportunities
2. Design, synthesise and characterise novel chemical compounds on a laboratory scale to support New Product Development projects
3. Contribute to brainstorming, design, evaluation and tailoring of candidate products performances.
4. Assist, implement and lead pilot scale trials to scale up laboratory processes.
5. Assist, when appropriate, with full scale trials
6. Coordinate, analyse, collate and interpret data using a range of in-house and external analytical services to evaluate process efficiency and properties of the products at laboratory, pilot and commercial scale trials.
7. Consult and review with analytical and material testing experts so that the most suitable analytical procedures are followed, and the results are reported correctly, on-time and within budget.
8. Write, implement and record laboratory experimental procedures to promote safe working practices
9. Perform calorimetric experiments (PhiTec, Simular and TSU) and existing and new c...