Senior Scientist

CK Group are recruiting for a Senior Scientist to join a water technology company at their site based in Cheshire on a permanent basis. The role offers a salary of £30-40,000 per annum depending on experience.

The Senior Scientist will be experienced in managing projects from proof of principle through to scale-up and commercialisation, with hands-on laboratory R&D experience through to supervising a small team of scientists. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing all aspects of their allocated projects, in order to ensure technical delivery against customer driven KPI’s.

The Company: Our client is a leading developer of membrane technologies designed to significantly reduce the cost and environmental impact of water treatment

Senior Scientist Role: Your main duties will be:

• Development of new functional coatings for porous substrates, especially polymer and ceramic membranes.
• Engage with raw material suppliers, building collaborative relationships.
• Evaluation of raw materials through testing and effective communication with suppliers and internal team.
• Refinement of existing coatings by building on desirable properties or development of entirely new coatings.
• Act as the point of contact for a number of projects.
• Develop robust coating / printing processes, which are well understood and repeatable. An understanding of statistical quality control tools is desirable.
• Maintaining compliance with regulatory and safety matters on an application and geographical basis.
• Maintaining laboratory consumables and chemical stock.
• Display excellent communication skills for both internal and external stakeholders.

Your Background: The ideal candidate for this role will have:

• BSc / MSc in chemistry, material science or a related subject
• Ph.D. qualified in a relevant field (desirable)
• 3-5 years experience in running research and development programmes
• 2 years experience managing a small team
• Demonstrable working knowledge of formulation, coatings and membrane filtration (desirable)
• Confident and clear communicator at ease delivering results informally to colleagues and formally in presentations
• Proactive in updating supervising staff members.
• Excellent and organised project manager
• Ability to influence internally and externally, to ensure project success
• At ease working in groups, individually or with industrial collaborators
• Quick learner, able to adapt to a rapidly changing, innovative environment
• Ability to think critically and solve problems against time pressures
• Working knowledge of Health and Safety
• A knowledge of membrane separation is highly desirable, although candidates without experience are encouraged to apply.
• It is expected that the successful Senior Scientist will perform tasks outside of their job description as our young company expands and evolves, so it is essential that they are collaborative with a strong desire to achieve success as part of a team.

Benefits:

• Salary of up to £40k, depending on experience
• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Relocation package (where applicable)
• Company share option scheme membership
• Company pension schemeApply: Entitlement to work in the UK is essential. For more information or to apply for this Senior Scientist position, please contact Natalie Wood on 01246 457723 or email nwood@ckscience.co.uk. Please quote reference 51359.is Technical Manager position, please contact Natalie Wood on 01246 457723 or email nwood@ckgroup.co.uk. Please quote reference 51772.

INDGENin packaging material research and development.

• Materials formulation and characterisation expertise.

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

• Demonstrable communication skills in English language.
• Good IT skills in Microsoft/Adobe Programmes.
• Excellent report writing and presentation skills.
• Good time management and organisational skills.
• Good interpersonal skills. Initiative in planning research.
• Detailed subject knowledge in the area of research.
• Specialist knowledge and practical skills capable of leading to independent, original contributions to the subject area.
• High-level analytical skills.
• Full awareness of the ethical issues involved in their research work.

Desirable

• Project managementexperience.
• Team working skills.
• Communication skills.

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Ability to communicate complex information clearly, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to stimulate and encourage the commitment to learnin others.
• Ability to use initiative, and apply creativity, to solve problems that

Desirable

• A passion for making a positive impact on the environment especially in plastic waste.