Research and Development Chemist
Long term contract, details on application
Circa £30,000
East Riding
We are working with a multinational fine chemical company specialising in fragrances and flavours who are hiring for a Research and Development Chemist. The role will be focussed onto synthetic processes, working on organic compounds, used in the manufacture of fragrances and flavours, which are then used in a global range of products and environments.
What the Research and Development Chemist willdo:
You will be working in the development and transfer of R&D processes to manufacturing. Regular followers of our adverts will be used to reading about milligram and gram scale synthesis at R&D level.
This will be R&D but at the hundreds of gram to kilo scale, up to 3kg. This will then be transferred to plant scale which is up to 10,000 litre vessels.
The chemistry you will be working on will be focussing on process improvement, removal of solvents which can be problematic in disposal or interaction with (for example DMF).
In general wed refer to this all under route optimisation which can take many forms but effectively you will be discovering and implementing improvements to chemical processes.
1. To research new processes, materials & techniques through literature searches and l...