Junior Chemist

Job Purpose

At LGC we are dedicated to excellence and our Junior Chemists play a crucial role in our mission. This role offers an outstanding opportunity for ambitious individuals to engage in the synthesis and analysis of final products and intermediates as per our Production Chemistry Schedule. You will experience a collaborative and inclusive environment where your contributions are highly valued and rewarded.

Key Responsibilities

• Complete scheduled work on time within budget and strictly adhering to specifications.
• Understand the underlying chemical and physical principles of all procedures before commencement.
• Monitor all reactions effectively to ensure flawless work-up of complete reactions.
• Report any batch failures or unexpected results immediately to the Senior Chemist II / Chemistry Manager and discuss in the weekly Chemistry Meeting.
• Contribute to writing and revising detailed procedures to ensure high standards.
• Maintain complete and accurate records of all work conducted.
• Align with all environmental health and safety regulations to maintain a safe working environment

Meet key performance indicators including:

• Percentage of scheduled batches per month that are submitted to QC punctually.
• Number of batches meeting specification (yield and QCS specification) as a percentage of scheduled batches per month.
• Timely completion of batches.
• Efficiency tracked by the count of batches/reactions completed by each chemist monthly.

Qualifications :

Person Specification

We are looking for an enthusiastic Chemist with proven communication skills and strong attention to detail. You should be flexible and capable of adapting to changing operating conditions while maintaining a highly organised and methodical approach to your work. An approachable and helpful manner is essential to thrive in our collaborative environment.

Resonate and operate in line with LGCs core value behaviours:

• Passion: Go above and beyond while caring about results.
• Curiosity: Challenge the status quo and think of ways to improve our processes.
• Integrity: Be open and honest with colleagues customers and suppliers.
• Brilliance: Set high standards in everything you do innovate and exceed expectations.
• Respect: Foster cooperation and mutual recognition of expertise within teams to achieve goals and deliverables. Role model our companys values and promote a culture of inclusivity.

Additional Information :

ABOUT LGC: 

LGC is a leading global life science tools company providing mission-critical components and solutions into high-growth application areas across the human healthcare and applied market segments. Its high-quality product portfolio is comprised of mission-critical tools for genomic analysis and for quality assurance applications which are typically embedded and recurring within our customers products and workflows and are valued for their performance quality and range. 

OUR VALUES

• PASSION
• CURIOSITY 
• INTEGRITY
• BRILLIANCE
• RESPECT

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES 

LGC strongly believes that every job applicant and employee should be valued for their individual talents regardless of age disability race color ethnic or national origin sex sexual orientation gender reassignment marital or civil partnership pregnancy or maternity religion or belief. Short listing interviewing and selection will always be carried out without regard to gender sexual orientation marital status color race nationality ethnic or national origins religion or belief age or trade union membership.

For more information about LGC please visit our website

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time