Instrument Scientist (Gas Chromatography)

INSTRUMENT SCIENTIST (GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY)
BASED LIVINGSTON (HYBRID WORKING) – SALARY EXCELLENT PLUS BENS

Based in Livingston, ESS Recruit’s client comprises of a group of European companies engaged in the design, development, manufacture and distribution of analytical systems, life science equipment and laboratory instruments with operations dating back to 1920.  They design, develop, supply and support Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry product lines for a range of markets including forensics, food quality, environmental, pharma and life sciences.  The company maintains a global infrastructure to support sales around the world and they currently need to recruit a Scientist / Project Manager with a focus on Gas Chromatography.

The Instrument Scientist – GC will work as part of the highly ambitious and skilled R&D team. Key responsibilities include:

• Building in depth knowledge of the GC product lines.
• Planning and executing R&D projects from concept through to product release.
• Delivering projects on time and within a budget.
• Managing project work and effort across a multi-discipline engineering team.
• Engaging all key stakeholders, including external suppliers.
• Occasional travel within the UK and abroad, including to the facilities in The Netherlands  

Experience Required:

• Degree or higher in a Physical Science (Chemistry. Physics etc).
• Strong scientific and technical background, perhaps with some experience developing scientific instrumentation.
• An understanding on the fundamental theoretical principles of scientific analytical instrumentation.
• Hands on experience with operating and/or testing scientific instrumentation.
• Ideally some involvement within a project-based environment, with some project management experience.
• Experience of working within multi-discipline teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including writing of technical documentation.
• Ability to concisely summarise work into monthly updates to the R&D Manager.  

This role would be best suited to someone who has developed instrumentation in the past. Knowledge of GC or other chromatography products would be a significant advantage, but demonstrating that ability to acquire in-depth technical knowledge of how an instrument works is key.  Also desirable would be some proficiency with chromatography instruments, especially GC or GC/MS as would some Project management training/qualification (e.g. AMP, PRINCE2).  An understanding of the patent filing process and a record of IP generation would also be useful and a knowledge of quality management systems (e.g. ISO 9001).  You should be able to speak with customers and end users to understand their requirements. 

The scale and variety of opportunities and technology to work on makes an exciting opportunity in Central Scotland.  A highly competitive salary and benefits / bonus package tailored to your experience is on offer for the right candidate.  Hours of work 37.5 hours per week. The Company operates a flexible working week with hybrid working also possible.  The chance to be part of something truly unique makes this too good to refuse.    Please send your CV to our retained recruitment partner Katie Hydes at ESS Recruit.