JOB DESCRIPTION

Department: Manufacturing and R&D
Location: Southampton
Post Title: Sensor Chemist
Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week
Guide salary: £29k-£39k Pro-rata, depending on experience with pension plan, 8 public holidays + 25 days annual leave
Posts responsible to: Head of Production

EXPECTATIONS OF ALL STAFF:

· At all times comply with and ensure that duties are carried out in accordance with, relevant Clearwater Sensors ltd. business aims, contracts, service agreements, policies, procedures and guidance.
· Promote and demonstrate a personal commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, teamwork, and working with respect.
· Attend relevant training, maximise learning opportunities and maintain professional development by completing continuous professional development appropriate to the role.
· Maintain a safe working environment by attending Health and Safety training as required and follow local codes of safe working practices and actively contribute to embedding a safety culture across Clearwater Sensors ltd.
· Adopt and promote awareness of Clearwater Sensors ltd.’s ethical and environmental aims and other initiatives.
· Carry out other duties within the scope, spirit and general purpose of the post and adopt a flexible approach to work.
· As duties and responsibilities change this job description will be reviewed and revised in consultation with the post holder.
· Undertake such other duties within the scope of the post as may be reasonably requested by your manager.

QUALIFICATIONS AND KNOWLEDGE:

Essential
Degree or equivalent qualifications / experience in relevant discipline including metrology, measurement systems, chemical engineering, chemistry, analytical chemistry, environmental chemistry, measurement systems engineering or related scientific or analytical discipline.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES/PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES: % TIME

Note: This is an indication of the typical work/time expectation, but not limited to this, as flexibility will be required.
R&D of assays and sensors 25%
Calibration testing and fault remedy 20%
Preparation of re-agents and metrology standards 20%
Deployment and fieldwork support 10%
Customer and sales technical queries / support 10%
H&S procedures and documentation 10%
Stock, Equipment & tool maintenance, housekeeping 5%

THE CANDIDATE WILL GET THE BEST FROM THE ROLE IF THEY ARE ABLE TO:

· Maintain an accurate, methodical and documented work practice
· Integrate with and support a multidisciplinary team
· Become expert in sensor analysis and assist others with this knowledge through training
· Communicate openly with customers and use feedback to improve practice and products

CHARACTER AND APPROACH EXPECTATIONS OF THE ROLE:

· Very reliable, committed and able to work to timelines
· Works in an organised and tidy fashion
· Works in a safe manner abiding by COSHH and Health and Safety Guidelines
· Takes personal responsibility for the work assigned to them.
· Always looks for high quality, robust and novel solutions to optimise product and company competitiveness.
· Willingly creates documentation and provides training on analytical approaches.
· Keeps a detailed logbook documenting analytical contributions, procedures guides, and user manuals
· Works with users to develop analytical and operational requirements.
· Performs sound experiments / tests using data to demonstrate the suitability of the developed solution.
· The post holder will be self-motivated and able to tackle complex problems independently as well as excelling in a multidisciplinary team. They will be enthusiastic to learn new skills in a range of engineering and science disciplines and willing to make the extra effort to ensure they quickly become an expert.
· They will have excellent analytical chemistry laboratory technique, as well as computer skills including Windows and MS Office as well as analytical software such as Matlab.