Senior Chemist: Scale-Up Processes & Product Innovation

Vateris; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Vateris in Nottingham seeks a highly capable Senior Chemist to translate lab-scale chemistry into reliable, scalable industrial processes. You will develop and scale chemical processes from laboratory and pilot scale through to production, spanning amine chemistry, crystallisation, separation and purification.

The role combines process development, product innovation and analytical chemistry with cross-functional collaboration to deliver commercially viable solutions.

Qualifications

• Degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science or related discipline.
• 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 towards 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.
• Experience in startups, scale-ups or industrial R&D environments is advantageous.
• Able to work independently and collaboratively with multidisciplinary technical and commercial teams.

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

Experimental design

Process optimisation

Troubleshooting

Analytical interpretation

Scale-up

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Education

Degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science or related discipline

Tools

FTIR

NIR

XRD

SEM/EDS

GC-MS

LC-MS

Job description

Vateris in Nottingham seeks a highly capable Senior Chemist to translate lab-scale chemistry into reliable, scalable industrial processes. You will develop and scale chemical processes from laboratory and pilot scale through to production, spanning amine chemistry, crystallisation, separation and purification.

The role combines process development, product innovation and analytical chemistry with cross-functional collaboration to deliver commercially viable solutions.