Quality Control Chemist

4 weeks ago

Halifax, United Kingdom Verdant Specialty Solutions, Inc. Full time

About Verdant Specialty Solutions

Verdant Specialty Solutions is a global specialty chemical company. Its customers include world-leading personal care and home care brands, energy solutions providers, and industrial companies. Verdant’s vision is to be the go-to provider of batch specialty surfactant-based chemistry for applications in the consumer and industrial markets. Based in Houston, the company has nine locations in the US and Europe. Verdant’s international team of 280 employees are committed to safety, quality, and supply reliability.

Job Overview and Responsibilities

Operating with demanding Quality Standards, the role is working within a manufacturing environment to provide an analytical service to the site to determine that finished products meet customer requirements and advise on adjustments for non-conforming products required to improve first time pass rates. To assist with analysis of new processes. To maintain analytical equipment on a ‘first response’ basis and perform equipment calibration and maintain records.

Requirements

  • To ensure that all laboratory work is carried out with due regard to Health, Safety & Environment guidelines.
  • To ensure that raw material, intermediates and finished products are tested as required by the site Quality system.
  • To ensure that samples of intermediates and finished products are retained and recorded as required.
  • To ensure that correct records of all analytical results are retained.
  • To give instructions to Operators during batch processing based on analytical results
  • To help develop new analytical techniques and adapt techniques from other entities to allow analysis of products on Halifax equipment.
  • To maintain specialist analytical equipment, (HPLC,GC, IC and related technical computer equipment)
  • To carry out on the job training of Shift Operators in the techniques used for in-process testing.
  • To input analysis data into IT system as required
  • To carry out any other reasonable request.

Essential Skills

  • As a minimum you will be qualified to degree level, with practical in Industry experience. Appropriate post graduate qualification may be advantageous.
  • Proven numerical and problem solving skills and the ability to develop analytical methods that satisfy internal, customer and legislatory requirements
  • Good time management and flexibility are vital in reacting to immediate production issues while also satisfying longer term project work
  • Excellent communication skills are required.
  • Experience of working in a Chemical COMAH plant environment desirable.
  • Awareness of handling Dangerous Chemicals
  • Must be able to follow procedures and pay attention to detail.
  • Must be IT literate, with experience of using ERP systems
  • Must be able to work as part of a team, and independently

Working hours 6am to 2.30 pm, 2pm to 10pm - alternating plus one Saturday per month.

Benefits

Competitive salary with bonus scheme
Pension
Life Assurance
25 Days Holiday + Statutory
Private Medial Insurance
Employee Assistance Program
On Site Free Parking

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