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Chemist - Lubes Development

Chemist - Lubes Development

  • Location

    Oxfordshire

  • Sector:

    Oil & Gas

  • Job type:

    Permanent

  • Salary:

    £22000 - £35000 per annum

  • Contact:

    Cristian Zlate

  • Contact email:

    Cristian.Zlate@talascendint.com

  • Job ref:

    BBBH90902_1536044490

  • Published:

    over 5 years ago

  • Expiry date:

    2018-09-13

  • Startdate:

    01/10/2018

Title: Chemist

Lubes Product Development

The role will provide laboratory and other technical support to the team, collaborating to develop and deploy next generation product platforms.

Key Outputs: What we can expect from you

  • Proactively contribute to the high safety standard of the group
  • Design, recommend and execute experimental programmes with guidance from supervisor
  • Co-ordinate and ensure completion of discrete work elements; arrange package and oil blends, schedule analytical and performance tests, collate and analyse data
  • Participate in project / activity teams, present results and conclusions of the work as required
  • Interact with internal and external contacts as required to progress projects
  • Liaise with external service providers to ensure analytical and bench testing are delivered to a high quality standard and against established timelines

What skills will you gain from this role?

  • Exposure to a wide range of technology areas and new ways of working
  • Scope to grow the role in terms of increasing independence, coaching and mentoring, communication and collaboration

A successful candidate is likely to have:

  • Strong commitment to Company and quality values
  • Strong sense of urgency and able to drive work forward to meet targets and timelines
  • Capable of overcoming obstacles through his / her own initiative and with minimal intervention from supervisor
  • Effective multi-tasking, prioritisation and time-management skills
  • Capable of drawing technically sound conclusions from data, summarise, document and present results clearly on his / her work
  • Able to interact and communicate proactively and harmoniously in the team and with the wider technical community
  • Able and willing to take on wider responsibilities to enhance skill set and strive to become a senior member of technical community
  • Ability to work independently or as part of a team, with general guidance from supervisor
  • Competent user of data analysis packages and word processing software
  • Strong scientific background with extensive experience of working in a laboratory is preferred