Senior Analytical Chemist

Senior Analytical Chemist                                                                              £up to c70k + Bonus  

South,                                                                                                    ABJ6748

PERM   - ONSITE 

An exciting opportunity for an experienced Analytical Scientist to join a global Analytical Centre of Excellence supporting the development of innovative analytical capabilities for next-generation products.

Working within a multidisciplinary Research & Science environment, you will provide technical leadership in routine and advanced analytical testing, method development and data interpretation, delivering high-quality analytical data to support product development, scientific understanding, regulatory submissions and competitor analysis.

This role offers the opportunity to work with state-of-the-art analytical instrumentation whilst collaborating with global scientific teams, external laboratories and academic partners.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan, execute and report routine and advanced analytical testing using approved methodologies and best laboratory practices.
• Develop, optimise, validate and deploy analytical methods within a quality-controlled laboratory environment, including ISO 17025 standards.
• Apply expert knowledge across a broad range of analytical techniques including GC-FID, GC-MS, GCxGC, HPLC and HPLC-MS/MS.
• Operate, calibrate, maintain and troubleshoot sophisticated analytical instrumentation.
• Deliver accurate, timely and fit-for-purpose analytical data to support product development, lifecycle management and regulatory programmes.
• Interpret complex analytical datasets using appropriate informatics and data processing tools.
• Act as the analytical representative within multidisciplinary project teams, collaborating with internal stakeholders and external scientific partners.
• Produce high-quality technical reports, scientific publications and presentations.
• Monitor developments in analytical science, identifying opportunities to introduce new technologies and improve analytical capability.
• Maintain compliance with laboratory quality systems, Environmental, Health & Safety procedures and regulatory requirements.
• Contribute to project planning, resource management and continuous improvement initiatives across the analytical function.

Experience & Skills Required

• Degree in Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry or a related scientific discipline.
• Significant industrial experience within an analytical laboratory or research environment.
• Strong practical knowledge of: GC-FID GC-MS GCxGC HPLC HPLC-MS/MS, Triple quad.  
• Extensive experience in analytical method development, validation and deployment.
• Experience operating, calibrating, maintaining and troubleshooting advanced analytical instrumentation.
• Experience working within ISO 17025 accredited and/or GxP compliant laboratories.
• Experience using analytical informatics and data processing software to analyse and interpret complex datasets.
• Experience supporting technology transfer and third-party laboratory validation studies.
• Strong technical communication and stakeholder management abilities.

Benefits Competitive salary +bonus + strong pension:  Comprehensive benefits package.

Ongoing professional development and learning opportunities.

Full Time.  To Apply: Please contact Alison Basson on (phone number removed) / (phone number removed) or apply for ABJ6748 to