Chemist

Nottingham
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Role: Project Chemist - Team Leader

Location: Nottingham, Derby, Leicester

Salary: £40,000-£45,000 + Bonus + Training & Progression opportunities within group



This is an opportunity for an experienced Chemist to join an innovative and dynamic team that builds and fosters collaborations across global innovation and R&D centres. This role will work closely with portfolio managers, business development managers, and marketing teams and is fully aligned with the strategic business objectives.



What the Project Chemist role offers:

•Project Leadership: Leading projects to develop new products, processes, and solutions to meet customers' needs through collaborative work and continuous improvement.

•Innovative Projects: Engage in cutting-edge business projects, developing and testing new solutions. Translate customer requirements into tangible product features.

•Collaborative Environment: Work closely with other teams worldwide to deliver high-performance solutions that meet customer needs. Your role will involve a mix of office-based tasks and hands-on lab work.

•Customer Interaction: The client believes a thorough customer understanding is essential in developing the right products that do what customers care about.

•Continuous Improvement: It means challenging the status quo, listening to understand and imagine possibilities for a better future that does not yet exist.

•Together is better: The client realises that great things can only come from collaboration and diverse thinking.

•Sustainability: This is a key focus for the client, who aims to deliver the same performance customers expect from their products with a much lower impact on our planet.



‍Duties of The Project Chemist

•Project Leadership/Management: Lead and manage business critical projects, from exploration to launch, putting customer needs at the heart of everything.

•Product Development: Hands-on approach to formulating and testing of innovative products and prototypes as well as data analysis. Furthermore, you will turn data into information and communicate findings across the company.

•Cross-functional Collaboration: Work alongside culturally diverse and international teams, contributing to continuous improvement and high-performance standards.



Experience & Educational background

•Educational Background: A degree in a scientific discipline (e.g. Materials Science, Chemistry, or Chemical Engineering)

•Experience: 2-5 years of experience working as a scientist or project leader, with a proven track record of managing and leading projects.

•Skills: Strong project leadership and communication skills. A proactive approach to problem-solving and innovation. Ability to turn data into information and what that data means.

•Curiosity: An inquisitive mind, persistence, tenacity, and an ability to think outside the box.



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