Chemist

JR United Kingdom; Stevenston; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Chemist to join their Chemistry Support Team. In this hands-on role, you will utilize your chemistry knowledge to support production processes and innovative product development. Collaborating with various teams, your contributions will ensure safety and quality standards are met while driving innovation. If you're passionate about chemistry and teamwork, this position offers a fantastic opportunity to make a real impact in a dynamic environment, where your expertise will be valued and rewarded.

Benefits

Pension

Healthcare

Employee assistance programme

Flexible working hours

Cycle2work scheme

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Degree in a chemical-related discipline is essential.
• Strong commitment to safety, quality, and environmental standards.

Responsibilities

• Analyze raw materials and products to ensure compliance with standards.
• Provide technical advice on energetic and non-energetic materials.
• Develop and validate materials to meet safety and performance requirements.

Skills

Chemistry expertise

Safety compliance

Technical advice

Problem-solving

Teamwork

Communication skills

IT skills

Education

Degree in Chemical related discipline

Tools

Analytical techniques

Job description

Chemring Energetics UK is a global business providing a range of equipment based on energetic materials for defence, civil defence, and key commercial customers. We are currently looking to grow our Chemistry Support Team!

Looking to put your chemistry know-how to good use? In this hands-on role, you’ll support everything from production processes to exciting product development projects. Whether you're analysing materials, developing new formulations, or offering technical advice, your expertise will help keep things running safely, smoothly, and smartly. Reporting to the Chemistry Support Team Leader, you'll work closely with different teams to solve problems, drive innovation, and make sure our products meet the highest standards. If you’re a chemist who enjoys teamwork and wants to see their work make a real difference - this could be a great fit for you!

Key Accountabilities & Duties:

• Carry out all activities in full compliance with H&SE legislation, within company policy and procedure.
• Responsible for reporting any unsafe acts or unsafe conditions observed (using the Near Miss System) in accordance with responsibilities under the Health and Safety at work Act.
• To carry out analysis of raw materials, intermediates, and final products to company and customer requirements ensuring that a legible, auditable trail is maintained throughout the process.
• To provide sound technical advice on the properties and characteristics of non-energetic and energetic substances, mixtures, and formulations (including HSE requirements, analytical methods and techniques, and interpretation of analysis results and trends).
• To develop incorporation requests and rolling schedules in line with production requirements.
• To deliver the assigned work packages to the aspects of customer (external and internal) requirements in accordance with Company governance procedures, and to budget, schedule, and required quality standards.
• To employ Company defined system engineering methodologies to projects.
• To ensure that knowledge and skills are kept abreast of relevant HSE and technical developments.
• Develop and validate energetic materials and formulations to meet specific programme safety and performance requirements.
• Develop and validate non-energetic materials used in energetic formulations and processes to meet specific programme safety and performance requirements.
• Provide validated data on energetic materials and formulations to enable safe and effective introduction of new products (including products transferred from third parties) into manufacturing operations.
• Provide validated data on energetic materials and formulations to define and resolve safety or technical concerns with current products.
• Develop, plan, and carry out specific non-energetic and energetic material development programmes to meet specific performance and cost targets within time milestones.
• To identify business opportunities through innovation of ideas.
• Provide technical input to bids and proposals including assessment of technical requirements, input to planned engineering hours and costs, and compilation of the technical risk register.

The Candidate:

• Must have personal commitment to Safety, Quality, and Environmental standards.
• Strong bias for action to identify potential problems and coordinate their resolution before they become an issue.
• Continually seeks to identify new ideas and implement new opportunities, which deliver business benefit.
• The ability to build and develop effective relationships and use these to improve performance.
• Strong IT, communication, and team working skills.
• Knowledge of the principles of company policy and operating procedures in order to ensure site and company compliance.

Qualifications/Experience:

• Degree: Chemical related discipline.
• MoD/NATO and other relevant technical standards relating to energetic materials and articles.
• Manufacture, storage, use, and disposal of hazardous substances.
• Laboratory and performance testing of materials and energetics.
• Analysis and interpretation of data and test results.
• Technical documentation preparation.
• Understanding of COSHH legislation.
• Knowledge of analytical techniques.

In return, we offer a competitive salary plus excellent benefits, including pension, healthcare, an employee assistance programme, as well as a range of flexible benefits including Cycle2work and several local and national employee discounts. Also, where practical, we will support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle which could include the ability to flex your start and finish hours to assist with your work-life balance.

If you have the necessary skills and experience for the position of Chemist, then we would love to hear from you. Please apply by submitting your CV and a covering letter outlining your suitability for the role.