Manufacturing Chemist Liverpool, England
Job description
Location Liverpool, United Kingdom
Type of contract Permanent
About Us
Industrial printing expertise and reliable solutions to help the world’s manufacturers be sustainable and cut waste, while attracting, informing, and protecting consumers. Global manufacturers across the food and beverage, life sciences, personal care, agrochemical, and industrial sectors trust to support them with innovative coding, marking, and digital printing solutions.
Our products help ensure the success of manufacturers’ products by allowing them to create differentiated packaging, protect against counterfeiting, and ensure governmental and regulatory compliance. From best before dates on eggs, to serialised identifying codes on medicines, to batch codes on electronic components, to competition codes in confectionery.
About the role
This is a key role within the Quality team for an experienced chemist with Analytical (GC and GCMS) experience. There will be two main aspects to the role:
1) Responsibility for our two GC and one GCMS unit- consisting of a Shimadzu liquid injection GC, a Shimadzu headspace GC and Varian GC-MS. The responsibility here is to ensure that the equipment is operating as it should and that appropriate methods are being used. It is anticipated that the day-to-day operation of the analytical tests will be undertaken by the QC Technicians, but that the person in this role will undertake any non-standard analysis and will help build the confidence of other members of the team in analytical techniques.
2) Participate in projects across the site to improve processes, qualify new processes and products and to ensure that changes are made successfully and safely.
You will be joining the Quality team - a team of nine lively people who manage quality across site - including the ISO9001 Quality Management System, Customer complaints, Quality control testing of inbound and manufactured materials, Analytical testing and Technical support for the manufacturing team.
The successful candidate will be expected to be largely self-driven and will pro-actively support other teams across the site. They will also have a role in helping to develop their colleagues in the Quality Control team in analytical techniques.
About you
This role would suit someone who has worked as a Chemist in an industrial environment and who is familiar with developing methods for GC and GC-MS. They will be sufficiently confident to take on management of the analytical equipment and will have experience in CoSHH, working safely with chemicals and in promoting best practice.
Background Checks
Due to the nature of this role the successful candidate will need to complete background checks including a DBS check and 5 years’ employment/educational references - these will need to be completed before the successful candidate can start the role.
What you can expect
· Competitive salary.
· Discretionary bonus.
· 25 days basic holiday (Buy and selling options)
· Life insurance.
· Medical insurance.
· Dental plans.
· Enhanced maternity leave.
· Training & development.
· Cycle to work scheme.
· Tech scheme.
Job Types: Permanent, Full-time
Salary: £28,000.00-£38,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
Supplemental pay types:
- Bonus scheme
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Liverpool: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: In person
