The Research & Development Chemist role within the Paint teamat our Sheffield site is apart of the wider R&D function supporting all our Consumer Brands products within the Lab and into Manufacturing.
This position is ideal for someone with R&D development experience, ideally with paint and paint coatings.
In return we offer an attractive salary, company bonus, company contributed pension, career and development opportunities and much more.
You will be responsible for
* R&D Development work of new products/formulations and reformulation of existing products
* Laboratory testing of formulations and products within our paint products
* Management of projects through the stage-gate process from feasibility to scale-up
* Provision of support to the QA and Consumer Services Departments
* Advise plant on production batch corrections & complaint investigation
* Management of formulations/recipes within the company IT systems
The skills and experience we are ideally looking for...
1. Bachelors Degree in chemical engineering, chemistry, polymer/materials science or related technical discipline desired
2. Experience of working in a chemical laboratory
3. Effective written & verbal communication skills with experience presenting
4. Experience of decorative coatings products and/or woodcare products
5. Driving license is p...