Organic Research Chemist

Organic Research Chemist

Location: Oxford

Contract: Full-time and Permanent

Sector: Materials / coatings

Salary: £35,000 - £48,000 DOE

Our client are an innovative advanced materials company, developing clean and green solutions for the coatings and materials sectors. Applications of their products are far reaching - their surface treatment technology is suitable for metal, epoxy, plastic, glass and composites, allowing for use within adhesion, material preparation and green technologies.

As part of an expansion and increase in projects, our client are hiring for an Organic Research Chemist to join their team on a full-time and permanent basis.

The Opportunity

This opportunity would suit a synthetic organic chemist with experience in the materials, coatings or green chemistry sector. It likely would not suit a pharmaceutical organic chemist. As an Organic Research Chemist, you will be responsible for:

• Development of new organic / polymer crosslinker and coating materials.
• Literature searching of new synthetic organic technologies.
• Synthesis, purification and characterisation of organic materials.
• Collecting and analysing analytical data from various pieces of equipment potentially including HPLC, Mass-spectrometry, IR, UV-VIS, NMR etc.
• Innovating new ideas for future projects.

Skills and Experience Needed

The ideal candidate will have the following:

• PhD in Organic / Polymer chemistry (essential - equivalent experience will also be considered e.g. MSc with 2+ years of experience in a similar position) - Fresh PhD candidates will be considered for this role.
• Significant experience in running organic / polymer synthesis projects, ideally within the material, coatings or green chemistry R&D sectors (essential)
• Material / organic characterisation using analytical techniques such as HPLC, NMR, IR, MS (essential)
• Experience in managing their own projects (essential)
• The ability to work independently and as a member of a team (essential)
• Scale-up and process optimisation experience (desired)
• Prior experience in a material product development role (desired)

The Package

Our client is able to offer a competitive salary and benefits package, with a starting salary range between £35,000 and £48,000 depending on experience level and interview performance.