Position:  Senior Carbon Chemist
Location: Sheffield
Salary: £45-55K, commensurate with experience + benefits

Nicholas Associates has an excellent opportunity for a Senior Carbon Chemist to work with an innovative & cutting edge client in Sheffield. 

The Role

We are seeking a talented Senior chemist to lead the development of Carbon materials generated by our client's new technology. The ideal candidate will also have experience in catalyst development and optimisation.

Responsibilities

As part of the technical team, the Senior Chemist’s responsibilities will include:

• Designing routes to generate high value carbon materials from a base Carbon material (e.g. activated Carbon or hard Carbon).
• Evaluating the suitability of upgraded Carbon materials for high value applications.
• Characterising Carbon materials using relevant techniques such as BET, XRD, SEM, etc.
• Optimising processes for generating high value Carbon products to ensure minimal energy/consumables usage for the optimal product.
• Collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to develop practical production methods for the developed Carbon materials.
• Supporting catalyst production operations alongside carbon materials development work.
• Supporting scale-up activities in collaboration with the existing chemistry team.
• Ensuring compliance with safety regulations and maintaining a clean and organised laboratory workspace (e.g. risk assessment and COSHH).

Qualifications, experience and skills

• An advanced degree, preferably a Ph.D. in chemistry
• 5+ years of post-university research in Carbon materials or a related field
• Experience with microwave energy-driven chemical reactions highly desirable.
• Strong knowledge of Characteristics of Carbon materials and routes to generate them (e.g. Carbon activation processes)
• Familiarity with laboratory safety protocols and practices.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to effectively communicate research findings.
• Ability to work independently with a strong emphasis on collaborative working, within a small multi-disciplinary team.

What we can offer you

• Pension - Employers pension contributions of 5% to accompany a 3% employees contribution
• Holiday – 25 days holiday plus UK bank holidays
• Share option scheme
• Relocation assistance
• Confidential counselling service via our Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

Other details

• All applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK.