Production Chemist
Location: Daresbury, Warrington
Salary: £25,000 – £30,000 depending on experience
Hours: Full time
Contract Type: Permanent
Role Overview
As a growing and successful business, Quantum Science (QS) continues to expand its team.
The company has an exciting new opportunity for a Production Chemist who is looking to start their career in the advanced materials industry. The candidate will have excellent training and development opportunities and take a pivotal role in the process development and production of colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) and other advanced nanomaterials for optoelectronic applications.
Company and Business Overview
Quantum Science is an award-winning material innovation company focusing on the research and development of quantum dots and other advanced materials. We contribute to society through material innovation to transform short-wave infrared image sensor technology for consumer markets. We provide innovative technology to the semiconductor industry to enable cutting-edge products at low cost.
We have fostered strong relationships with leading research organisations and industrial partners to keep us at the forefront of innovation while achieving a stable foundation thanks to investors who share our long-term vision.
Our company is based in TechSpaceOne, Daresbury National Laboratory, Warrington, United Kingdom.
Main tasks and responsibility
- Plan and develop safe and cost-effective manufacturing processes for colloidal quantum dots, scaling up from lab to full-scale commercial process meeting material demands of industrial partners and contractors in a timely manner.
- Provide technical solutions and troubleshoot manufacturing issues based on the safety protocols and environmental and regulatory requirements to ensure best products at pilot and industrial production scale.
- Assess the equipment and facilities during the scale-up process including the maintenance schedules and overall equipment effectiveness to ensure an efficient utilization of resources.
- Work closely with R&D and scale up team members for tech transfer from R&D to pilot plan and/or full-scale manufacturing
- Carry out the continual optimisation & development of the existing & new product lines to ensure their best quality and cost-effectiveness.
- Provide and document all SOP for manufacturing processes and testing techniques for existing and new products.
- Provide written reports covering undertaken work in a timely manner.
Skills and experience
- Bachelor or MSc degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, material science, or a similar discipline.
- Laboratory experience in nanomaterial synthesis and characterisation would be advantageous.
- Industrial experience in multi-stage process development, setting up reactors and manufacturing lines and scaling up products, particularly colloidal quantum dots and nanomaterials is beneficial.
- Confident with a practical hands-on approach in the lab and excellent self-starter as well as a dedicated team member.
- Flexibility and willingness to work in a multidisciplinary team.
- Excellent communication and people skills.
KPIs
- Achieving project milestones.
- Reporting results to Team Leader in a timely manner.
- All samples are sent to QS teams and customers in a timely manner.
- Identify needed equipment and carry out procurement if necessary.
Benefits package
- Competitive salary.
- Performance-related bonus system.
- Pension contribution.
- Life insurance.
Qualified candidates should send the CV to HR@qscis.com
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