Senior QC Chemist: Analytical Methods Lead

Jobstreet Malaysia; Chukai; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Jora Malaysia is seeking a Senior QC Chemist to ensure scientific correctness and reliability of routine Quality Control operations, including analytical testing and instrument performance, supporting day-to-day plant activities.

You will own analytical methods and measurement science, providing expertise to troubleshoot processes and drive improvements within a controlled governance framework.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in chemistry or a related scientific discipline.
• Minimum 5 years industrial experience in analytical laboratories, preferably within chemical manufacturing environments involving complex inorganic systems.
• Experience supporting routine Quality Control operations, analytical troubleshooting, and laboratory-based technical studies.
• Strong analytical chemistry fundamentals, with clear understanding of how laboratory instruments generate signals, including sample-instrument interaction, matrix effects, analytical interferences, sensitivity, accuracy, precision, and long-term measurement drift.
• Practical experience with laboratory instrumentation and analytical techniques relevant to inorganic chemical processing, including spectroscopy-based methods (XRF, XRD, ICP-OES, UV-vis) and wet chemical analysis.
• Competence in analytical method validation, sample preparation design, and interpretation of analytical results with understanding of inorganic chemical processes, including crystallization, precipitation, and solid-liquid system characterization.
• Capability to design and execute laboratory-scale experiments and analytical studies to support process troubleshooting and improvement initiatives.
• Ability to translate analytical and experimental data into clear technical insight that can be communicated effectively to Operations, Technical and Management teams.
• Awareness of chemical hazards, laboratory risks, and safety handling practices associated with inorganic chemicals, laboratory equipment, and analytical operations.

Responsibilities

• Maintain analytical method validity across QC test methods and ensure methods remain fit for purpose per standards and site requirements.
• Design, verify, and refine sample preparation procedures for accurate representation of samples.
• Evaluate interferences, matrix effects, and instrument drift; address abnormal analytical behaviour.
• Provide technical expertise in instrumentation and analytical techniques (XRF, XRD, ICP-OES, UV-Vis, wet chemistry).
• Diagnose measurement system issues and design verification approaches for new instrument behaviour.
• Support validation strategies, performance verification, and analytical controls with the QC Manager.
• Design and execute laboratory-scale experiments to support troubleshooting and process improvement.
• Interpret laboratory results and communicate findings to QC Manager, Production, Capex/Operational Excellence teams.
• Lead investigations into out-of-spec results, customer complaint support, and process anomalies.

Skills

Analytical chemistry

Instrumentation handling

Troubleshooting

Technical studies

Education

Bachelor's degree in chemistry

Tools

XRF

XRD

ICP-OES

UV-Visible spectroscopy

Wet chemical analysis

Job description

Jora Malaysia is seeking a Senior QC Chemist to ensure scientific correctness and reliability of routine Quality Control operations, including analytical testing and instrument performance, supporting day-to-day plant activities.

You will own analytical methods and measurement science, providing expertise to troubleshoot processes and drive improvements within a controlled governance framework.