Junior Quality Analyst — Flavor & Fragrance Lab

Treatt Plc; West Stow; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

Private medical and dental schemes

Pension with 9% employer contribution

Life assurance

Group income protection

SAYE schemes

Free shares

Job summary

Treatt plc is hiring a Junior Quality Analyst to support the Quality Team in the Bury St. Edmunds area. You will help manage sample flow, inventory, and perform classical and instrumental analyses to ensure materials are fit for purpose.

You’ll gain exposure to wet and instrumental methods, organoleptic evaluation, and calibration tasks while contributing to a clean, safe laboratory environment. Comprehensive training and benefits are provided.

Qualifications

• Educated to at least GCSE level, Grade C (or equivalent) in English, Maths and Science.
• Specific training for the role will be provided by Treatt.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining chemical and consumables inventory for the QC laboratory and purchase items necessary for routine and non-routine analysis.
• Carrying out initial reviews on all samples coming into the laboratory, bulk, split and distribute to the relevant areas/lab personnel.
• Receiving re-samples and inventory check samples into test.
• Washing up glassware both in the wet lab and the flavour room.
• Preparing reagents and standards for routine and non-routine analysis.
• Maintaining QC retained sample library and retained pre-delivery samples.
• Arranging for the disposal for hazardous waste from the site by corresponding with the Facilities Manager.
• Participate in organoleptic evaluation of the products, as necessary.
• Prepare tasting solutions and arrange for a representative number of individuals to carry out analysis.
• Carry out regular calibration and maintenance of the measuring instruments as prescribed by the working practices in the laboratory.
• When necessary, arrange for analytical samples to be sent for external analysis and collate the results.
• Measure physical parameters of flavour and fragrance raw materials originating from various departments and external sources (density, refractive index, optical rotation, melting points, flash points).
• Perform classical analysis of flavour and fragrance raw materials (peroxide values, acid values, ester values).
• Perform instrumental analysis (UV, IR, GC, LC and GC/MS).
• Perform general essential oil analysis with tests specific to the substance under analysis.

Skills

Wet analysis

Instrumental analysis

Organoleptic evaluation

Education

GCSE

Tools

UV spectroscopy

IR spectroscopy

Gas chromatography

Liquid chromatography

Mass spectrometry

Job description

Treatt plc is hiring a Junior Quality Analyst to support the Quality Team in the Bury St. Edmunds area. You will help manage sample flow, inventory, and perform classical and instrumental analyses to ensure materials are fit for purpose.

You’ll gain exposure to wet and instrumental methods, organoleptic evaluation, and calibration tasks while contributing to a clean, safe laboratory environment. Comprehensive training and benefits are provided.