Chemist - Catalytic Hydrogenation

Cranleigh STEM; Oxford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

EMI share-option scheme

Private healthcare

Enhanced maternity leave

Auto-enrolment pension

25 days' annual leave

Job summary

HydRegen, an Oxford-based biotechnology company, is expanding its Chemistry R&D team to develop and optimise hydrogenation technology for sustainable chemical manufacturing.

We seek a PhD-qualified chemist with practical hydrogenation experience to design experiments, optimise catalysts, and support process development from lab to scalable processes.

Qualifications

• PhD in Chemistry, Catalysis, Chemical Engineering or related discipline.
• Practical experience in catalytic hydrogenation or similar reaction development.

Responsibilities

• Designing and running catalytic hydrogenation experiments using pressurised reactors and autoclaves.
• Optimising reaction conditions, catalysts and reaction pathways.
• Analysing experimental results and supporting process development and scale-up.
• Contributing to customer-funded R&D projects and HydRegen's technology platform.

Job description

Completed a PhD involving catalytic hydrogenation? Interested in seeing your research move beyond the laboratory and into real industrial applications?

HydRegen is a growing Oxford-based biotechnology company developing innovative biocatalytic technologies to make chemical manufacturing more sustainable.

Following recent investment and growing interest from industry partners, HydRegen is expanding its Chemistry R&D team and looking for a Chemist to help develop and optimise its hydrogenation technology.

This is an opportunity to take your experience in catalysis and reaction development into an industrial R&D environment, working on real customer challenges and helping turn promising chemistry into commercially viable processes.

What makes this opportunity interesting?

You’ll work alongside scientists specialising in chemistry, biology and process engineering, with responsibilities including:

• Designing and running catalytic hydrogenation experiments using pressurised reactors and autoclaves.
• Optimising reaction conditions, catalysts and reaction pathways.
• Analysing experimental results and supporting process development and scale-up.
• Contributing to customer-funded R&D projects and HydRegen's technology platform.

What experience will you need?

We're particularly interested in candidates with a PhD in Chemistry, Catalysis, Chemical Engineering or a related discipline, involving practical experience of catalytic hydrogenation or closely related reaction development.

Experience with pressurised laboratory reactors would be particularly relevant.

Previous industrial experience isn't essential. Candidates coming directly from academic research are welcome, as are those with an MSc and strong relevant industrial experience.

Benefits:

• EMI share-option scheme
• Private healthcare
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Auto-enrolment pension
• 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays

Interested in finding out more? Apply today or get in touch for a confidential conversation [e-mail]

Cranleigh STEM & Sustainability is supporting HydRegen with this appointment.