Development Chemist

Are you passionate about chemistry, formulation and developing innovative coating solutions? An exciting opportunity is available for an experienced Development Chemist to join a technical team focused on developing, optimising and improving high-performance industrial coating products.
The successful candidate will play a key role in new product development, formulation optimisation, raw material evaluation and technical troubleshooting, ensuring products meet performance, quality and production requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and optimise industrial and protective coating formulations.
• Drive new product development and adapt existing formulations to meet local market requirements.
• Work with raw materials to identify alternatives, improve product performance and support cost optimisation.
• Conduct product testing, performance evaluations and quality investigations.
• Support production teams with formulation transfers, scale-up, troubleshooting and process improvements.
• Investigate product and customer complaints, identify root causes and implement corrective actions.
• Collaborate with technical, quality, production and commercial teams to deliver product improvements.
• Maintain technical documentation, formulation records and product specifications.
• Ensure products meet relevant quality, safety and performance standards.

Minimum Requirements

• A BSc or equivalent qualification in Chemistry, Polymer Science or a related scientific field.
• Approximately 610 years of relevant experience in industrial or protective coatings development.
• Practical experience with epoxy, polyurethane and zinc-rich coating systems, as well as high-performance protective linings.
• Proven experience in formulation development, product optimisation and raw material evaluation.
• Experience with coating performance testing, quality control and production troubleshooting.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills.

Advantageous Experience

• Exposure to multinational organisations or global R&D teams.
• Experience with coating standards such as ISO, ASTM or AMPP/NACE.
• Experience transferring formulations from development into full-scale production.

Whats on Offer?

• A technically challenging role with opportunities to contribute to product innovation.
• The opportunity to work on industrial coating solutions and formulation improvements.
• A competitive remuneration package, dependent on experience.

Interested in taking the next step in your R&D career? Apply today with your updated CV to be considered for this opportunity.