Senior Analytical Chemist — NMR/LC-MS, ISO 9001, Flexible Hours

Key Organics; Camelford; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

37.5 hour week with flexitime

Pension

Life assurance

Income protection

Cycle to work scheme

Mental health support programme

Job summary

Key Organics is a leading provider of chemical products and contract chemistry services based in Camelford, Cornwall. The Analytical Chemist will support in-house chemistry teams and run external services within an ISO 9001 framework.

You will deliver high-quality analytical services across small molecules, process development samples, and scale-up batches, collaborating with customers and partners to ensure accuracy and timely reporting.

Qualifications

• A good honours degree or MChem in chemistry or a closely related discipline; a higher degree (MSc or PhD) is preferred.
• A minimum of five years’ post-qualification experience in an analytical or contract chemistry environment with some management and training experience.
• Proven proficiency in NMR, LC-MS, GC and HPLC — operation, troubleshooting, maintenance and data interpretation.
• Demonstrable experience of working to ISO 9001 or GLP, with a thorough understanding of the associated documentation requirements.
• Demonstrable ability to work with minimal supervision and to manage several projects with competing priorities.
• Confidence communicating directly with clients — written reports, teleconferences and face-to-face updates.
• Collaborative, proactive and safety-conscious, with high attention to detail and sound organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide analytical support to synthetic, process and scale-up chemists, and manage external analytical services.
• Operate, troubleshoot and maintain analytical instrumentation (NMR, LC-MS, GC, HPLC).
• Develop, validate and document analytical methods under the quality system.
• Interpret and quality-check analytical data and issue reports and certificates of analysis.
• Contribute to developing external analytics offerings to new and existing customers.
• Maintain full analytical records, including project plans and budgets.

Skills

NMR

LC-MS

GC

HPLC

ISO 9001

Project management

Client communication

Attention to detail

Education

Honours degree in Chemistry

MChem

MSc

PhD

Tools

NMR

LC-MS

GC

HPLC

Job description

Key Organics is a leading provider of chemical products and contract chemistry services based in Camelford, Cornwall. The Analytical Chemist will support in-house chemistry teams and run external services within an ISO 9001 framework.

You will deliver high-quality analytical services across small molecules, process development samples, and scale-up batches, collaborating with customers and partners to ensure accuracy and timely reporting.