General information
Company / Establishment
A long-established Specialty chemicals producer with a Platinum Ecovadis rating based in the North East of England, supplying over 400 customers via 2 manufacturing sites with its own R&D facilities
Our 4 key businesses are: Personal Care, Proprietary Reduced Environmental Impact products, Solvent Recovery, Custom Manufacturing to serve sectors including Cosmetics, Oil & Gas, Homecare, Animal Nutrition, Lubricants
What makes the difference?
- We are a top tier COMAH site where Health and Safety is at the core of how we operate, we pride ourselves on an excellent health and safety record and work hard to ensure the safety of all
- Our people are our biggest asset and we have long been a champion of the Better Health at Work programme having gained ‘maintaining excellence' rating for many years. This also extends to a strong ethos of support and opportunity for progression of our staff
Would you like to join an innovative group with a strong entrepreneurial spirit and a culture of excellence?
The Seqens story began in 2003 in the Lyon, France area. Since then, the group has grown steadily to become a major global player in pharmaceutical solutions and specialty ingredients. We offer our customers contract manufacturing services and a broad portfolio of active ingredients and pharmaceutical intermediates. Today, Seqens employs nearly 3,300 people across 3 continents and 9 countries. With 16 production sites and 9 R&D centers, we support over 1,500 customers worldwide
Reference
2024-1409
Position description
Job Family / Sub-family
R&D - R&D Lab
Contract type
Temporary agency worker
Contract duration (Months)
12
Job title
R&D Industrial Placement Student M/F/D
Position Context:
To develop chemical processes on the lab scale and assist or take a lead role in the scale up these processes to the plant at both the Middlesbrough and Billingham sites.
To investigate problems with and identify improvements to existing production processes.
This placement starts summer 2025.
Main tasks :
Work with the team of development chemists and plant personnel to evaluate, develop and improve plant processes and meet business goals
Ensure good housekeeping throughout the lab, maintaining high standards of health and safety and participating in lab inspections, safety meetings and audits
Carry out analysis on new samples and evaluate the work to be done as required by the customer
Support chemists to carry out lab scale experiments with the view to scaling up to plant. Follow any lab work by assisting with the writing of development reports, MOCs and plant trials
Create reports detailing all experimental work carried out on projects, keeping all relevant parties up to date with ongoing work.
Provide support during customer complaint procedures
Provide support during new supplier and raw material assessment and approval processes
Use various suppliers to order equipment and materials for both the R&D laboratory and dispatch.
Required skills :
Expect to achieve a minimum of a 2:1 degree in Chemistry
Position location
Job location
United Kingdom, England, Middlesbrough