Role: Junior Development Chemist

Location: Corby

Hours Of Work: 40 hours a week, Monday-Friday, Flexible on working hours.

Basic Salary: £30,000 per annum.

Additional Benefits: 28 days annual leave (including bank holidays,) Workplace pension,

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Our client are recruiting for a Junior Development Chemist based in Corby, on a permanent basis. This position is responsible for managing the Research And Development projects from start to finish, taking on an active lead with formulation work.

Job 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 an active member 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.

Key Skills and Qualifications Required:

• 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.

If you have the relevant experience our client is looking for in this Junior Development Chemist role, we would like to hear from you.