Technical Specialist

Technical Service Chemist for a leading chemicals company - North LancashireCompany : Part of a growing multinational chemical organisation, this site boast over 20 years expertise in developing speciality additives for the inks, polymer and coatings industries.Hours of work : Monday to Thursday, 8am to 4.30pm, Friday 8am to 1.30pm (long weekends, wahoo!)Why join?- Lots of variety within the role - Formulation, customer service and application testing.- Seeing your projects go from concept to full scale manufacture.- Future investment and ambitious growth plans.- Great team and family feel environment.Location : North Lancashire.NB - This is a site based role.Duration : Permanent position.Salary : Up to £35k (dependent on skills and experience)You will be involved in :

• Interpreting customer requirements into tangible R&D projects.
• Carrying out formulations within the lab and application testing.
• Liaising with customers on their requirements and updating on projects along with advising and troubleshooting on existing products.
• Carrying out scale-up activities and working with production to ensure compliance and efficiency of new processes.
• Where required visiting customer sites to oversee first batches and providing technical support.What do you need to be considered?You will need :
• Science based qualification or equivalent experience.
• Hands-on experience of formulating and ...