Senior R&D Chemist - Birmingham - Chemical Manufacturing

About The Role / Company

Our client, an established Chemicals manufacturing company, are currently looking to recruit an experienced R&D Chemist with a strong interest and passion for Organic Chemistry.

Working within New Product Introduction, your main responsibility will be hands on organic synthesis at bench scale.

This role will work closely with all areas of the business including Chemical Engineers, Process Safety Team, Analytical Team, Sales & Marketing and Operations, therefore excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential

Senior R&D Chemist - Package Details

• £35,000 to £45,000 DOE


• Days Based Position (Monday to Friday)


• 25 Days Holiday + Statutory


• Life Assurance & Access to Pension Scheme

Senior R&D Chemist - Requirements

• Hold a 1st Class bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering (Essential)


• MSc or PhD level qualification in a relevant discipline would be highly desirable


• Strong Project Management skills with a minimum of 3 years' scale up experience

Senior R&D Chemist - Responsibilities

• Hands on organic synthesis of products at bench scale


• Evaluate and cost initial customer enquiries


• Develop robust processes suitable for scale up and to produce small scale samples for internal & external evaluation and to scale up to pilot plant and production