Junior Development Chemist
Corby
Hours - Monday to Friday 40 hrs
Salary - Competive DOE

Our established client based in Corby is recruiting a (Junior) Development Chemist on a permanent basis to manage Research and Development Projects from brief to scale up to production, taking an active lead with formulation work.  Working with support from the R&D Manager you will be an active member of the Research and Development Team, develop and implement plans to ensure the successful launch of products ensuing products are developed according to the requested launch dates, costs, and claims. Briefs can come from both customer requests and internal business strategy.

You will also work in collaboration with other departments that may cross over with development projects such as Regulatory, Supply Chain and Marketing, etc 

This role is also responsible for technical support, working with Operations and Quality, supporting the Laboratory Supervisor where needed.

Main responsibilities

• Manage new product developments, not limited to new formulation work, from brief through to commercialisation. Ensuring project minutes are accurately documented and updated throughout.
• Present projects to key stakeholders such as Commercial and Marketing teams where relevant.
• Present regularly throughout key stages of projects.
• Develop timelines capturing key milestones and launch dates.
• Review briefs and create development plans, capturing how project requirements are going to be met, including claim substantiation, (Following the relevant industry standards where applicable), shelf-life determination, production trials and costings.
• Work closely with the Regulatory team ensuring project plans and formulation work have considered essential requirements that may be required to ensure the product is compliant.
• Be an active member in the laboratory ensuring any development tests such as stability samples and samples required for external testing are created accurately and promptly.
• Be an active member supporting the Commercial team with technical queries and samples.
• Be active member for the company to help with technical issues such as out of specification results supporting the Quality Manager to overcome these issues.
• Be present where necessary for production trials which relate to development projects.
• Ensure product claims have been substantiated, accurately, and in accordance with the latest standards where applicable.
• Ensure all chemical ingredients have been reviewed and meet all necessary safety and regulatory requirements. Be responsible for providing this information prior to launch.
• Work within expected health and safety protocols set by the business.
• Support the Research and Development Manager with any other duties were deemed necessary.

Qualifications and experience:

• Essential: Chemistry degree, specifically within formulation area
• Essential: Project Management Experience, specifically managing development projects within the FMCG area, from brief to commercialisation, ideally within Healthcare, Biocides,Cosmetics, Detergents and/or I&I
• Nice to have: Experience specifically formulating biocides and cosmetic products.
• Nice to have: An awareness of CLP regulations and biocidal claims substantiation testing standards.

On offer is a competitive salary, 20 days annual leave plus bank holidays - increases to 25 days with service, plus pension.