Development Chemist – Lubricants

Development Chemist – Lubricants (The position has been filled)

• Excellent opportunity to build upon your R&D career with a 12 month contract position at a Multinational Company
• Join an experienced team conducting research into new products with a range of industrial applications
• Potential for contract extension – this is a new position

 

COMPANY

Our client is a leading and well known lubricants Company that has about 5,000 employees across 60 business units around the world. They produce locally in Australia and distribute a high quality range of products to a variety of industrial and retail clients.

 

ROLE

Due to an ever increasing demand for their products, our client is seeking to add a Development Chemist to their R&D group for a 12 month contract position. This position will be based at the Company’s Melbourne facility, which incorporates a manufacturing plant and a technical group across QA, QC and Research & Development. The core role will be assisting the R&D team to develop and deliver formulations in line with customer expectations, including commissioning and verification in the manufacturing plant. You will be working in an experienced R&D team, and reporting to the R&D Manager, so industry specific training will be given to the chosen candidate.

The successful candidate will have product development experience, from the wider Chemicals manufacturing industry, and be well versed in conducting a range of activities across multiple projects, therefore be a well organised person with high attention to detail.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop products for both internal and external customers
• Assist in the investigation and implementation of process and cost improvement measures
• Maintain and develop existing relationships with suppliers
• Provide technical expertise to both internal and external customers, including customer related problems associated with product reformulations and introduction of new product
• Maintain product development records, formulations, manufacturing instructions and quality control specifications
• Perform all necessary analysis and adjustments required to ensure new formulations are are verified and implemented for manufacture
• Coordinate technical service testing when required including preparation and issuing reports
• Ensure laboratory is kept clean, tidy and is a safe working environment

 

SELECTION CRITERIA

To be successful in your application, you will need to meet the following criteria:

• A degree or higher in Science with a major in Chemistry or similar 
• Three to five years’ experience in a Product Development role, ideally in a value-add industrial chemicals industry
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to work as a team member or individually under general direction
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proven ability to meet goals, targets and deadlines, within a portfolio of active projects – a demonstrated self-starter with strong organisation skills
• A good work ethic, excellent interpersonal skills and a good team player
• Must have full working rights (Working Holiday VISAs are not suitable)

 

APPLICATIONS

To apply for this role, please click the ‘Apply Now’ button below and send your updated resume with a covering letter to CS Executive Group. For a confidential discussion about this role, please call our team in Melbourne on 9516 0100 during office hours and +61 3 438 620 434 after hours.

 

THANK YOU

We would like to thank you for taking the time to apply for this role. Unfortunately, due to the large volume of candidates we receive on a daily basis, we can only contact those with suitable qualifications and experience.  If on this occasion you are not successful, your resume will remain on our database and be considered for future suitable roles.