Job Description
About us
We are FluoRok, a fast-growing VC-backed start-up that is reinventing the way fluorochemicals are produced. Spun-out of the University of Oxford in 2022, FluoRok is developing safe, sustainable, and lower-cost routes towards key fluorinated materials that are fundamental to our daily life and energy transition, e.g. agrochemicals & Li-ion battery electrolyte salts. FluoRok’s mission is to find new solutions to improve people’s health and food security, all while reducing our impact on the planet. We are based at leading innovation campus, ARC Oxford, and the role will be based across our state-of-the-art R&D facility and our new scale-up facility.
We offer a competitive benefits package with private pension, private health insurance and share options plan.
For more information see our website www.fluorok.com or contact us at info@fluorok.com.
Overview
The Production and Development Chemist/Technician will be a target-oriented scientist working at the forefront of science, engineering, and technology.As a member of our technical team, you will be responsible for contributing to the process development of our new, safe, and disruptive fluorinating processes and scaling-up our technology.You will be part of a growing team of inspiring and supportive scientists and engineers working to revolutionize fluorination chemistry worldwide.
Key Responsibilities
* First-hand opportunity to scale-up a range of technologies to industry-relevant kilogram-plus scales
* Conduct process improvement and process intensification studies on existing and new technology
* Scale-up production of material for sampling and downstream processes
* Conduct process robustness and stress-testing studies
* Design and develop safety practices on scale, whilst contributing to the general high safety standards of the company
* Routinely conduct quality control (QC) and stage-gate analysis of materials
* Tackle R&D challenges and develop new routes to fluorochemicals using our latest technology
* Design, recommend, and execute experimental work in organic and/or inorganic synthesis
Essential
* Degree (BSc/MChem/MSc or equivalent) in Chemistry with 2+ years of relevant industrial experience in R&D and/or scale-up/production role
* Demonstrable experience of process improvement (technological or economical)
* Experience in working on scale using jacketed reactor vessels (>20 L) or equivalent
* Experience in carrying out safety assessment of chemical processes
* The ability to work efficiently on your own or as part of a team
* Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite and chemistry software suites (Scifinder, Chemdraw etc etc.)
* Excellent verbal and written communication in English and interpersonal skills
* Right to live and work in the UK
Desirable
* Experience in inert manipulation (Glovebox and/or Schlenk’s line)
* Experience in process analytical technology (PAT)
* Scale-up experience in both batch and continuous regimes
Pay
* £30,000 - £38,000 per year
To apply, please send us a cover letter and your CV.
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