Coatings Specialist - Chemical manufacturing - South East

Are you a chemist or engineer with a background in coatings development? How about rounding out your R&D experience in this area with training towards being the technical expert in this area for your employer? An experienced Coatings Specialist is sought for this position at a large speciality chemicals company with a brilliant benefits package based in the South East region. Your day to day duties as a Coatings Specialist will be: Executing practical R&D projects within the coatings and additives area Technical liaison with R&D & procurement staff Maintenance of testing equipment where required Travelling frequently to represent business interests You will be an ideal candidate with this background: 5 years in the chemicals manufacturing (or similar) industry A degree, or higher, in a chemistry or engineering-related field Knowledge of the underlying properties of chemical products like paints or additives Please click to apply immediately with a CV (Word document format, 2 pages maximum) so as to not miss out on the opportunity. Note my client is unable to sponsor visas for those without eligibility to work in the UK. Why should you work with Dr Paul Mears as your scientific specialist recruiter at Science Solutions? I focus solely on matching scientists to positions in the UK speciality chemical industry, which is where my own experience and network position me best given a background working in the speciality chemicals and fragrance and flavours sectors. I completed academic studies with a PhD in organic chemistry at the University of Manchester, which followed a BSc in the University of Leeds' famous Colour & Polymer Chemistry department. Following a short post-doctoral research post I built up three years' experience in recruiting scientists into new jobs. Full references and testimonials of successful assignments such as Technical Directors, Heads of Operations and quick turnarounds for urgent laboratory needs can be found on my LinkedIn profile - search Paul Mears. This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/89888481