R&D Chemist

The Technology Centre at Redditch supports the development improvement and lifecycle management of specialist construction-material technologies including the Ucrete product range. The team works across R&D Operations Quality Procurement and Product Management to turn scientific understanding into robust products well-controlled changes and practical value for customers.

This role provides dedicated scientific and technological capability for the development improvement and lifecycle maintenance of the Ucrete product range. You will combine formulation and materials expertise with disciplined product governance safe laboratory practice and modern data-led R&D. Your work will help convert experimental and product data into sound technical decisions robust products and efficient well-controlled product changes.

Qualifications :

• A degree or equivalent relevant experience in chemistry materials science polymer science chemical engineering or a closely related discipline.
• Practical industrial R&D experience in formulation materials development product development or product maintenance; experience of resin cementitious flooring or construction-material systems would be advantageous.
• Strong experimental skills including safe laboratory working test planning troubleshooting interpretation of results and clear technical reporting.
• The ability to work within product-creation stage-gate change-control quality and compliance processes while building effective relationships across functions.
• Data literacy beyond routine spreadsheet use with the ability to structure clean analyse and visualise technical data and the appetite to learn tools such as Power BI Python statistical software AI or machine-learning platforms.
• Scientific curiosity ownership and integrity with the ability to communicate complex findings clearly adapt quickly and progress work proactively.

Additional Information :

Whats In it for You

• Lead development work from technical concept through formulation testing scale-up support and product introduction responding to customer market performance and sustainability needs.
• Own assigned product-maintenance and lifecycle activities including raw-material changes reformulation quality investigations and technical support using clear risk assessment and validation plans.
• Help shape a modern data culture by creating reliable reusable datasets and applying advanced analytics visualisation artificial intelligence and machine learning where they add genuine scientific and commercial value.

From day one you will have the opportunity to strengthen your product and materials knowledge experimental practice project delivery and data capability. This includes developing your use of advanced Excel Power BI Python statistical tools and responsibly governed AI or machine-learning approaches supported by local development initiatives and the global Sika Business School offering.

You will be rewarded with a competitive salary and a strong package of benefits including:

• 25 days holiday rising to 28 days with service plus bank holidays
• Core-hours working
• Company pension contribution of up to 10%
• Private healthcare for you with the option to add family
• Group life cover at six times your annual salary and Global Income Protection
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Staff discount platform Cycle to Work scheme service awards and selected discounted Sika products

You will join a collaborative cross-functional environment with access to colleagues across R&D Operations Quality Procurement and Product Management. The role offers the scope to build strong internal networks draw on wider Sika expertise and develop practical knowledge of product-creation change-control and decision pathways.

This position can provide a platform for progression into broader specialist project-leadership or R&D leadership roles together with opportunities to develop across a global company and a variety of business areas.

We offer competitive salaries aligned with local market benchmarks and the specific scope and responsibilities of each role. Compensation is determined based skills relevant to the position education and/or training.  We are committed to fair and equitable pay practices in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time