Chemical and Research Analyst

3 days ago


Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory Full time
Job Description for Chemical and Research Analyst (Measurement and Analysis)

National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) is seeking a highly skilled chemist to join our team as a Chemical and Research Analyst. As a key member of our Measurement and Analysis team, you will play a critical role in delivering high-quality research and development projects to our customers.

The successful candidate will have a PhD in Chemistry and experience in analytical chemistry, mass spectrometry, radiochemistry, and separation chemistry. You will be responsible for working alongside project managers and customers to ensure that work is delivered to time, cost, quality, and safety requirements. This will involve analyzing and troubleshooting equipment operability, technical queries, and performance issues, as well as mentoring junior staff to support their technical career development.

As a Chemical and Research Analyst, you will have the opportunity to work on a wide range of projects, from developing new analytical techniques to supporting large-scale technical programs. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team of scientists, engineers, safety case specialists, and plant operators, and will be expected to communicate effectively with colleagues and customers to provide robust technical solutions to problems.

NNL offers a range of benefits, including a competitive salary, excellent pension scheme, and opportunities for career development and progression. We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion, and welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.

Main Responsibilities:

  • Work alongside project/programme managers and customers to ensure that work is delivered to time, cost, quality, and safety requirements.
  • Analyse and troubleshoot equipment operability, technical queries, and performance issues.
  • Mentoring junior staff to support their technical career development under the guidance of the Team Manger and Senior Technical Lead.
  • Development and validation of technical methods within the team.
  • Production of concise and accurate technical reports.
  • Developing relationships thorough technical interactions with M&A customers (both internal and external) to develop and grow the capability.
  • Assist in gaining and maintaining UKAS accreditation across the analytical techniques within the Measurement & Analysis capability at Preston Laboratory.

Essential Criteria:

  • PhD (and BSc/MSc Chemistry).
  • Experience in:
    • Analytical chemistry.
    • Mass spectrometry.
    • Radiochemistry.
    • Separation Chemistry.
  • Excellent communication skills in order to communicate with the wider technical team, instrument suppliers and experts from other companies.
  • Pragmatic and proactive approach in responding to technical and organisational challenges.
  • Excellent and demonstrable appreciation of the need to balance R&D objectives with customer requirements and commercial opportunities.
  • Evidence of defining and upholding exemplary standards in safety and quality.
  • Ability to obtain SC level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial and criminal record checks plus 5 years' worth of UK residency).
  • British citizen as defined in the British Nationality Act 1981 (British Nationality Act 1981 (legislation.gov.uk)). Please note if you hold a dual nationality, of which one nationality is British, you may still be considered but this is dependent on your dual nationality.

Desirable Criteria:

  • Experience of Technical Working Groups, attending workshops, writing/presenting technical papers and presenting at both local and international conferences.

Why join us?

NNL is an incredible place to work. A place where people do things that have never been done before. A place where people push boundaries to further themselves, the business and society as a whole.

This is a place where personal and professional opportunities are limitless. If you want to change the world, if you want to tackle climate change, if you want to help advance medical science, if you want to help put things in space, if you want to answer the big questions, if you want to work with extraordinary materials, if you want to meet great people, learn new skills, challenge yourself, work flexibly, and build a long successful career with the power to make a real impact… you can do it all here.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

NNL has a vision for Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (ED&I) where NNL aims to be an inclusive workplace that attracts diverse talent through transparent and equal policies and procedures. We want you and the diverse mix of people that we employ, customers that we service and stakeholders that we influence to feel valued. We encourage a workplace culture where everyone can thrive with a sense of belonging.

Recruitment Agency Notice

We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for the provision of recruitment services. Only agencies on our PSL may provide CVs and only when the role is released to them by our recruitment team. We will not accept unsolicited CVs from suppliers not currently on our PSL. We explicitly reserve the right to add candidate details from unsolicited CVs from non-PSL agencies into our own candidate database and to pursue/hire such candidate(s) without any obligation, financial or otherwise, to the agency concerned.


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