Production Chemist

 

Main characteristics

Location

Market Harborough, Leicestershire

Company

Wallace Hind Selection LTD

Salary

£30000 - £40000/annum 22 Days Holiday + Bonuses + Flexible

Employment type

Permanent

Category

Manufacturing / Surveying

Job summary

Are you an experienced Chemist who has worked in production / manufacturing? Are you ambitious to grow and develop to become our new Technical Manager? Are you comfortable developing new products, re-engineer existing products and taking formulas from the laboratory through to production? Based in Corby we are a leading chemical manufacturer of coatings.

BASIC SALARY: Up to £40,000 dependant on your relevant experience and qualifications

BENEFITS:
· Flexible start and finish times
· Early finish on a Friday
· 22 days holiday rising yearly
· Generous quarterly KPI's bonuses
· Yearly bonus on personal and company objectives

LOCATION: Corby, Northamptonshire

COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: Market Harborough, Kettering, Stamford, Uppingham, Wellingborough, Northampton, Peterborough, Oakham

Why you should join us:

· There is a genuine opportunity for you to develop your career with us - your obvious career path will be into a Senior Chemist role, but we are open to you becoming our new Technical Manager too
· We will support you with external training courses and you gaining further professional qualifications
· Flexible start and finish times and you choose the length of your lunch break

JOB DESCRIPTION: Production Chemist - Chemical Manufacturing

Are you an experienced Chemist who has practical experience working in a manufacturing or production environment?

Are you comfortable developing new chemical coatings and redeveloping existing coatings in our laboratory?

You can immediately lead a team, or choose to work alone running a small number of chemical coating projects for us. We don't mind.

You will ensure all relevant documentation is completed accurately, ensure quality & Health & Safety standards are adhered to and provide technical support to customers, distributors, and our sales team.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Production Chemist - Chemical Manufacturing

· Develop new formulas for chemical coatings
· Improve our existing formulas
· Work well as part of team collaborating internally with sales and production
· Support distributors and customers with technical enquiries

YOUR BACKGROUND: Production Chemist - Chemical Manufacturing

· You will be an experienced chemist with practical experience in a laboratory
· You will be comfortable taking your formulations from the laboratory into production
· You will be I.T literate, great with data and documentation

We are open on your educational background as your practical experience in more important to us.

You might have a BSc in a Chemistry related subject, or similar, with post degree practical experience, or you might have gone down the more traditional education route like ONC/HNC with relevant on the job training as a Chemist.

THE COMPANY:

A well established ISO:9001 certified chemical coatings manufacturer based in the Corby are of Northamptonshire. Supplying in to multiple industry sectors such as Automotive, Aerospace, Marine, Construction, Energy, Power Generation with a heavy focus on export.

PROSPECTS:

There is a genuine opportunity for this role to develop within our expanding business if you want it to. You can become a Senior Chemist or even our Technical Manager. We would support either route.



Please Note: Wallace Hind Selection have been chosen as the retained recruitment partner of our client and therefore any direct applications to our client from candidates or agencies will be forwarded on to us direct.

REF: JAC17354, Wallace Hind Selection

Benefits: 22 Days Holiday + Bonuses + Flexible