New Product Development Chemist

N D Oliver & Co Ltd; Manchester; On-site; GBP 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An established chemical company in Manchester is seeking a New Product Development Chemist to join their team. This permanent role offers an exciting opportunity to work on kilo scale synthesis chemistry and contribute to innovative product development. You will be involved in reaction route identification and chemical characterisation, ensuring that processes are ready for scaling up to multi-tonne production. The ideal candidate will be a chemistry graduate with a strong background in synthetic organic chemistry and analytical techniques. Join a collaborative team where your contributions will be vital to the company's success in meeting client needs and advancing their product offerings.

Qualifications

• Graduate in Chemistry or related field with some experience.
• Strong analytical skills and method development experience.

Responsibilities

• Drive new product development and process optimisation.
• Characterise chemicals using GC, HPLC, and develop analysis methods.

Skills

Synthetic Organic Chemistry

Analytical Chemistry

Method Development

GC

HPLC

Technical Reporting

Teamwork

Education

Degree in Chemistry

Equivalent Qualification

Tools

FTIR

UV Spectroscopy

Job description

New Product Development Chemist

Permanent

c£30,000

Manchester

We are working with an established chemical company in Manchester who are seeking a chemist to work primarily as kilo scale in synthesis chemistry activities.

This is an organic chemistry role, which will be suitable for someone who is a graduate in chemistry with a bit of experience (or equivalently qualified).

What you’ll do:

1. The role will be driven towards duties in four core areas which are New Product Development, Process Chemistry, Process Optimisation and Technical Support.
2. You will be working on chemistry in response to core business needs for chemicals they stock every day, and also in response to client requests where the company operates as a contract manufacturing organisation.
3. The role will involve reaction route identification, and then carrying out the chemical reactions to kilo scale.
4. You will then be working in the characterisation of the chemicals (using GC, HPLC, FTIR, UV) and this will involve you developing methods for analysis, as well as checking factors like exothermic properties, how they are cooling, what gasses are being produced and ensuring the chemistry ‘fits the bill’ for being transferred to the plant which will then be scaled up to multi-tonne.

As a chemistry graduate you will have a good understanding of the chemical factors driving successful reactions, and able to produce comprehensive technical reporting and development work. You will be combining this with a strong analytical chemistry technical skill set and method development delivery.

Your background:

1. We are seeking a graduate in Chemistry or a closely related subject as well as some experience of working in a similar role.
2. You will be skilled in synthetic organic chemistry, working on scale up projects as well as characterisation using GC and HPLC alongside method development, validation, calibration and maintenance.
3. You will be reporting into the technical manager and our client employs less than 100 people so you will be holding a pivotal NPD role and this will call for strong communication and teamworking skills.

On this occasion, LiCa Scientific is acting as an employment agency.