Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate. Eurofins believes it is a global leader in food, environmental, pharmaceutical and cosmetics products testing and in agroscience CRO services. It is also one of the global independent market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, CDMO, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies.

In over just 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 50,000 staff across a network of more than 900 independent companies in over 50 countries and operating more than 800 laboratories. Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products, as well as providing innovative clinical diagnostic testing services, as one of the leading global emerging players in specialised clinical diagnostics testing.

In 2020, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 5.4 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

We are currently recruiting for enthusiastic and innovative Synthetic Green Chemist. This is a new and exciting opportunity based at our client’s facility, a world class company that develops and produces consumer products based in Liverpool. We have an opportunity for a scientist contributing to the development of next generation, renewable, formulation ingredients for personal care products.  The role will combine both synthetic chemistry and material characterisation.

In addition, the candidate will also have strong logistic and technical skills as well as resourceful in problem solving and concern for safety associated with planning synthetic reactions.  It is expected the ideal candidate will work in a flexible manner exhibiting high energy, self-motivation and resourcefulness. Additionally, will be able to think logically and have the ability to effectively collaborate with and communicate scientific ideas readily.

For this position we are looking for candidates with the following experience and skills:

• Experience of material characterisation experience with a broad range of relevant analytical techniques.
• Relevant Synthetic chemistry experience with sound fundamental knowledge and practical application of Organic Chemistry and Green Chemistry in the area of home and health care products.
• Demonstrated ability to plan, design and safely progress synthetic manufacturing steps adhering to all safety measures is desirable.
• Ability to execute work plans that apply green chemistry principles to the synthesis of functional materials for use in personal care formulations would be advantageous.
• Experience in using a broad range of analytical equipment to support characterisation steps is essential including IR, NMR and UV spectroscopy.
• Experience of building understanding of synthetic pathways and predictions driving scientific knowledge.
• Generate complete characterisation data for materials made, including performance testing in relevant formulations, where necessary.
• Ability in maintaining accurate recordings of experimental data and analysis of results is essential.
• Excellent verbal and written skills, both internally and externally.
• Ability to build strong interpersonal relationships with colleagues driving collaboration.
• Experience of delivering process improvement would be desirable.
• Passion for quality and customer service is essential.

• A Degree or above in a relevant Chemical scientific discipline with emphasis towards organic synthetic chemistry.
• Experience in Synthetic chemistry with sound fundamental knowledge and practical application of Organic Chemistry and Green Chemistry in the area of home and health care products.

What Happens Next
 
Our people are the backbone of what we do, so it's incredibly important we find the right individuals to join us. As a potential new recruit you'll be invited to meet the team in the form of an assessment centre or a staged interview process dependent on the role and it's requirements, this will give you the opportunity to see what working for Eurofins is really like and enable us to get you know your key skills and strengths. 
 
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Closing Date
 
We reserve the right to close or extend this position depending on application numbers. Therefore we would urge candidates to submit an application as early as possible.
 
Due to the high volume of applications we receive please be aware that if you do not receive a response within 4 weeks of the vacancy expiry date unfortunately, on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.