Job Reference: HCC618790
Salary Range: £39,382 – £43,679 per annum
Work Location: Hampshire Scientific Service, Portsmouth
Hours per week: 37
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 6 November 2024
Interview Date: w/c 18 November 2024
Hampshire Scientific Service is a Public Analyst and Official Food and Feed Control Laboratory providing testing and consultancy services to Trading Standards and Port Health Authorities across the country for enforcement purposes. Hampshire Scientific Service is a UKAS accredited testing laboratory, No.0024.
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced analytical chemist to be a senior member of our Food Chemistry Team. Based in our laboratory in Southsea you will be planning and organising the day-to-day work of the food team prioritising workloads to meet client requirements, particularly turnaround times, as well as undertaking a wide range of analytical food testing.
Having a in depth knowledge of analytical techniques such as High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Gas Chromatography (GC), Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) as well as classical wet chemistry techniques, it is also essential that you have the knowledge to be able to troubleshoot, develop methods and validate them to meet the requirements of appropriate legislation and add them to the scope of accreditation. You will also need excellent communication and strong organisational skills.
Our food team is expanding, and a key part of this role will be training and developing team members to ensure that we maintain high standards of quality and accuracy. This role will provide plenty of opportunities to use your knowledge and experience of analytical chemistry to really make a difference to the people of Hampshire and to contribute to the development of the Food Chemistry team and Hampshire Scientific Service.
We offer a flexible, motivating and inclusive workplace, where talent is truly recognised and developed. We have created an environment that you can look forward to being a part of and where you are empowered to be your best and believe in creating a workplace built on teamwork where people can grow and develop in their roles.
If you think you have what it takes to make a real difference in Hampshire, get in touch!
To find out more about what we can offer you in return, please see our benefits package.
Senior Analytical Chemist - Food Chemistry Job Description and Person Specification
This post is subject to Non-Police Personnel Vetting. Further information about this process will be provided to successful candidates. Candidates must have resided in the UK for a minimum of 3 years in order for clearance to be obtained.
Heather Thomas, Team Leader on 0370 779 0001 or heather.thomas@hants.gov.uk
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