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Analytical Chemist, Laboratory Chemist
Temporary initially until end of June 2025. This is working on a project.
Based Reading.
Our client is a multinational consumer goods corporation; specializing in a wide range of personal care and hygiene products; organized into several segments including Beauty; Grooming; Health Care; Fabric & Home Care; and Baby and Feminine care.
We are looking for an Analytical Chemist
Responsibilities include:
- Conform to site and lab Health, Safety and Environment requirements
- Comply with principles of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)
- Provide high quality standardised methodology execution in accordance to Procter and Gamble and/or external authority requirements such as:-
- Batch production records
- Sample testing and qualification
- Equipment calibrations
- Adherence to global/site methods and site SOP's
- Ensure timely delivery of testing data and reports for testing
- Sample submission logging into Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELN)
- Provide communication to Supervisor and support timely investigation of all compliance findings, retests, and test deviation investigations and actions
- Collaborate with supervisor on quality and Safety inspection findings and support execution of any resulting improvement programs.
- Highlight to the supervisor any problems associated with work which might pose a hazard or impact quality
- Highlight to the Laboratory supervisor any observed compliance outages within the laboratory.
- Have personal ownership for quality of work; working with supervisor to implement recommended improvements.
- Scheduling and tracking for all agreed activities
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS/ EXPERIENCE
- BSC in a scientific field and or laboratory experience, preferably including broader industry experience
- Recent experience in chemical industry with good manufacturing and laboratory practice knowledge (e.g. quality control)
- Good knowledge of analytical techniques used for product development and quality controls
SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
- Experience in an Wet chemical/Analytical/QC laboratory including batch making techniques
- HPLC, GCMS
- Experience of pH, Viscosity, Rheology and colour measures
- Strong Good Science aptitude and good practices focus
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with a passion for accuracy and attention to detail.
- A proactive thinker who can anticipate future issues and propose pragmatic solutions.
- Excellent interpersonal skills - must be able to effectively interact with a team environment, of different nationalities and at different levels within the company
- Strong Analytical thinking and problem solving
- Good Computer literacy
