Synthetic Chemistry Technician

1 month ago


Sheffield, United Kingdom Sheffield Hallam University Full time

Technical Operations, Resources and Services (TORS) at Sheffield Hallam University provides high quality technical support for teaching and research within the University. The Laboratory and Analytical Operations (LAO) technical team supports laboratory-based activities across a range of disciplines.

In this role you would be directly involved in supporting laboratory-based activities. You will be responsible for providing and continuously improving technical support for the under-graduate and post-graduate teaching program, working closely with other technical staff to achieve this and supporting a range of different laboratory areas for example, Biosciences and Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, and Health and Nutrition.

You will need to have relevant practical experience and knowledge of synthetic chemistry techniques with proficiency gained from method development and troubleshooting; also, you should have good chemical safety knowledge. Relevant experience includes setting up distillation/reflux/extraction systems; use of rotary evaporators, Schlenk lines, flash chromatography, NMR and IR. You will be expected to work flexibly and have, or develop, skills to allow you to support LAO delivery in other disciplines such as chemical engineering, analytical chemistry and biochemistry. You will be highly motivated and meticulous in your work, with a professional work ethic, and ability to work both independently and collaboratively across team boundaries sharing knowledge and skills to ensure customer focussed results.

For this job we particularly welcome applications from minority ethnic applicants who are underrepresented in this area / this type of job at Sheffield Hallam

The University may be able to sponsor the employment of international applicants in this role; this will depend on a number of factors specific to the individual applicant.

£25,742 to £29,605. Grade 5, per annum, dependent on experience



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