Chemist

Benefits

• Salary up to -35,000
• 35.5 hours per week. Monday to Thursday: 9am - 5pm, Friday: 9am - 3pm.
• Pension (via salary sacrifice), employer contributions of up to 9% depending on employee contributions
• EAP,
• health and wellbeing initiatives,
• employee benefits hub,
• private health insurance
• 10% performance related bonus awarded in December
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and shared parental leave
• Company sick pay
• Life insurance
• Annual leave; 25 days plus extra for Christmas.

Our Client is a leading global specialist for coated high-quality plastic films, sheets and other plastic products. Our Client is seeking to recruit a Development Technician to support the functions within the R&D laboratory.

Responsibilities of the Development Technician

• Lamination of exterior films using hot-melt adhesives and primers.
• Carrying out various material testing.
• Evaluating and analysing pigments and developing pigment formulations.
• Assisting with New Product Development and trials.
• Using accelerated weathering cabinets to test samples in simulated conditions.

Profile of the Development Technician

• Degree in Chemistry, Materials Science or Polymer Science (essential).
• Knowledge of Colour Chemistry/Pigment Technology (desirable).
• Experience of working in a laboratory environment (desirable)