Industrial Process Chemist: Scale-Up & Product Innovation

Vateris; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Vateris in the United Kingdom is seeking a highly capable, hands‑on Chemist to develop and scale chemical processes and products from laboratory through to industrial production. This applied industrial role combines process development, product innovation, analytical chemistry and scale-up.

You will work across amine chemistry, crystallisation, electrodialysis, separation, purification and chemical modification, translating laboratory chemistry into reliable, scalable and commercially viable

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of relevant industrial experience in chemical process development, product development, specialty chemicals or advanced materials.
• Demonstrated experience developing chemical products and translating laboratory processes toward pilot or industrial production.
• Strong skills in experimental design, process optimisation, troubleshooting and analytical interpretation.
• Practical experience with chemical reactions, crystallisation, separation or purification processes.

Responsibilities

• Develop, optimise and scale chemical processes from laboratory and pilot scale through to production.
• Design experiments to improve reaction conditions, crystallisation, product properties, purity, yield and process repeatability.
• Troubleshoot chemical and process problems using structured root-cause analysis.
• Develop and characterise new products, intermediate streams and adjacent chemical processes.
• Establish analytical methods, product specifications, SOPs and quality-control procedures.
• Collaborate with process engineers and production teams to implement new chemistry, process improvements and in-line/on-line analytics.
• Work with commercial teams to adapt products to customer requirements and identify new applications.

Skills

Process development

Analytical chemistry

Experimental design

Troubleshooting

Scale-up

Team collaboration

Education

Degree in Chemistry or related discipline

Tools

FTIR

NIR

XRD

SEM/EDS

GC-MS

LC-MS

Job description

Vateris in the United Kingdom is seeking a highly capable, hands‑on Chemist to develop and scale chemical processes and products from laboratory through to industrial production. This applied industrial role combines process development, product innovation, analytical chemistry and scale-up.

You will work across amine chemistry, crystallisation, electrodialysis, separation, purification and chemical modification, translating laboratory chemistry into reliable, scalable and commercially viable