Process Chemist Specialist

If youre a chemist who gets genuine satisfaction from seeing lab work translate into real-world impact this role is worth a closer look. At Syngentas Grangemouth site our Process Technology team works at the heart of active ingredient manufacturing - and were looking for a Process Chemist Specialist to help us make those processes safer leaner and more robust.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and execute experiments to improve the safety cost environmental impact and robustness of manufacturing processes
• Supporting manufacturing plants by resolving day-to-day chemistry issues
• Apply your understanding of organic and physical-organic chemistry to analyse complex problems and implement solutions at scale
• Plan and lead focussed programmes of practical work record results and share findings across functions
• Collaborate with colleagues in operations engineering and beyond to translate lab insights into manufacturing improvements
• Coach and support others to develop their practical and theoretical chemistry skills

Qualifications :

• Degree in Chemistry with hands-on experience in process development fine chemical pharmaceutical or agrochemical manufacturing
• Skilled across a wide range of practical techniques - including air/moisture sensitive chemistry distillations crystallisations and in-process monitoring
• Strong theoretical grounding in organic and physical-organic chemistry
• Ability to risk-assess your own work and develop creative evidence-based solutions
• Clear communicator with a track record of influencing peers and senior stakeholders
• A PhD in Chemistry is a plus as is experience with process scale-up HPLC/GC method development or statistical analysis tools.

Additional Information :

Site Details 

Syngentas Grangemouth Manufacturing Centre is one of our two award-winning manufacturing sites in the UK. The site was founded in 1919 and today employs nearly 400 skilled people in a variety of roles that include manufacturing engineering scientific and production support. Our goal is to operate safely reliably and cost effectively and to help growers protect their crops and increase their yield. 

At Syngenta Grangemouth we have four plants dedicated to active ingredient (AI) manufacture and one formulation and packaging plant. Our Seedcare asset is due to open in 2026.

What we offer 

• Extensive benefits package including a generous pension scheme bonus scheme private medical & life insurance.  
• Up to 31.5 days annual holiday. 
• We offer a position which contributes to valuable and impactful work in a stimulating and international environment.    
• The opportunity to develop and apply your science within the chemical industry.
• A highly collaborative diverse and friendly work environment.
• Learning culture and wide range of training options. 

Syngenta has been ranked as a top 5 employer and number 1 in agriculture by Science Journal.  

Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment hiring training promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race color religion gender national origin age sexual orientation marital or veteran status disability or any other legally protected status. Learn more about our D&I initiatives here: Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time