Research and Development Scientist

1 week ago


Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom NPK Recovery Full time

About Us

NPK Recovery is on a mission to recover nutrients from waste, reusing them to help grow food. We are developing a sustainable crop nutrition product to reduce the amount of synthetic fertilisers used in UK agriculture.

This role will join our current R&D scientist and engineers to accelerate research and development of our product; trialling various bacterial additives, running trials and feeding into the development of a prototype manufacturing system.

Our team collaborates with partners including the University of the West of England, Royal Agricultural University and UK AgriTech Centre.

The Role

We're seeking a collaborative biologist to bring a fresh perspective to our science and engineering team at a critical point in the research and development of our product. You will shape product development, design and implement trials and explore research opportunities to improve our product to ensure it meets environmental and market needs.

  • Contribute to the development of formulations to maximise their efficacy, designing trials that can explore and demonstrate performance and efficacy.
  • Designing and delivering trials - from hypotheses to experimental setup and data collection, collaborating with external partners on trials as required.
  • Analysing data on the performance and efficacy of our products, including data cleansing, categorisation, management and visualisation.
  • Undertaking desk-based research and product comparisons to benchmark product performance.
  • Contribute to the ongoing research into nutrient recovery, supporting lab-based tasks, analysis and research as and when required.
  • Undertaking research into the NPK ratios and spread rate for various crops and soil types.
  • Managing risks when they become present. Undertaking the appropriate procedures for risk mitigation.
  • Supporting our engineering team to set up rigs and experiments as required.
  • Assist with laboratory equipment upkeep as and when required, including maintaining high Health and Safety standards.

'Salary': £35,000 - £40,000 (dependent on applicable candidate experience) plus benefits.



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