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Senior Scientist
Job Posted: 5 days ago
Salary: £ 30,000 - 40,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: South West
Expire in: 23 days
Job Description
Location: Berkshire
Join a global leader in coatings innovation!
We’re offering an exciting opportunity to work at the forefront of polymer technology, creating next-generation coatings for customers worldwide. You'll develop, formulate, and test new materials, support scale-up into production, and play a vital role in an international R&D team. If you have experience in an industrial laboratory focused on the production of paints, coatings, inks, adhesives or polymer technology and enjoy the hands-on lab work that leads to real-world impact, this is for you.
Key tasks
* Design and development of new coating materials
* Formulation work preparing multiple samples of coatings to establish effects of formulation variations
* Examining key properties of coatings - physical properties, chemical properties, electrical resistance properties.
* Testing performance of new raw materials to establish usefulness in new formulations.
* Use of Automated Selective Coating equipment to coat test specimens to check performance in environmental tests
* Visits to customer sites to trial developmental materials
As part of a cross-department project team, you will:
* Develop and validate new manufacturing processes:
* Scale up of newly developed products
* Improvements to manufacturing processes to reduce costs
* Validate alternative sources of current materials
* Test performance of existing and new coating products to assist with customer material qualifications
* Assist Technical Support team to assist with customer technical enquiries
* Contribute towards QA Processes
* Ownership of all stages of new product introduction
* Preparation of customer technical reports and datasheets
* Manage collaborations with other department teams
Candidate Profile
* BSc or PhD in Chemistry or Material Science is preferred
* Experience of manufacture or testing of advanced chemical products such as coatings, adhesives, paints is preferred but not essential.
* Good understanding & experience of laboratory test methods
* Experience with Viscosity, Rheology, FTIR and related laboratory instruments advantageous
* Must possess a keen eye for detail
* Must be organised, methodical & able to prioritise
* Must be used to working in Project Team environment
* Must have the right to work in the UK, sponsorship is not available.
In return you will gain first class training and clear career progression within a supportive international group. An attractive salary and benefits package on offer in this role, with the chance to work on cutting-edge projects with a global impactBefore You Apply
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