Development Chemist

We are currently looking for an Organic Development Chemist for a chemical company in Cambridgeshire.

As a Development Chemist you will support small scale process development and scale up of fine chemicals.

Responsibilities include:

• Carry out small scale process development of chemicals up to 20l.
• Lead projects in scale-up from laboratory scale through to production.
• Complete all documentation for research development and scale-up projects.
• Carry out maintenance and troubleshooting of equipment.
• Work with other teams including Research, Production and Quality Control.

Ideal candidates will have:

A degree/ Masters (MChem, MSc, MSci) or PhD in Chemistry/ Synthetic Organic Chemistry with previous industrial experience working in a process development lab. Ideally you have experience scaling up lab process/ production and distillations up to 20L scale.

The position is working 12 hour day shifts, covering Monday to Saturday.

To apply for the Organic Development Chemist role please send your CV to Peter at Rowland Talent Solutions.

Please note candidates need to have the right to work in the UK.

Key words: Organic Chemistry, Synthesis, Synthetic, HPLC, Process Chemist, Development Chemist, R&D, Pilot plant, Process Development