Plant Chemist- Bolton
- Post Date:12th August 2024
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Job Description
About the job
The role of our Plant Chemist is an excellent opportunity for a degree qualified chemical or chemistry graduate / post graduate with some experience working within a similar environment. Equally someone with a HND in Chemistry and some onsite experience. Our site at Bolton is a Top Tier Comah site and we produce specialty paint and paint coatings. We offer attractive salaries, bonus, company contributed pensions, career growth and ongoing support, learning and development within a global organization.
The Plant Chemist is accountable for ensuring and improving product quality and production efficiency.
In this role you will….
- Monitor all new production and communicates potential problems to Operations and Control Lab.
- Ensure manufacturability through lab batches and following production batches as needed.
- Identify process and formula changes needed for successful manufacturing of existing formulas.
- Identify process and quality problems to determine systematic root cause and follows through with corrective action.
- Coordinate test batches with production and scheduling.
- Maintain local formulas in formulation system.
- Drive improvements around primary metric OTMIS, distressed, and recall goals.
- Lead and or participate in quality investigations to determine root cause.
- Develop standard operating procedures and provide training to QC personnel to ensure procedures are followed.
- Manage new formula introduction and plant manufacturability acceptance
- Manage in raw material acceptance/rejection based on raw material specification
- Ensure timely resolution of distressed batches and rework/returned goods.
What we are ideally looking for…
- Bachelors Degree / Chemistry or Chemistry Engineering or HND qualifications
- Experience in Operations, Quality, or Technical in a similar role desirable
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Proficient continuous improvement knowledge – Competent in basic and advanced stats.
- Expert in ARC – Comprehensive knowledge of the Accelerated Root Cause process to resolve moderately complex issues.
- ISO knowledge
- Program knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, and Access, Minitab, and Business Objects
Our offer…
- Work life balance
- Competitive compensation programme
- Bonus plan
- Career growth opportunities in a truly international environment
- Innovation leaders in the protective coatings industry
- Sherwin Academy offers continuous training programmes for all seniority levels
- Attractive wellbeing, mental health, women & inclusion and ID&E programmes
About Us
Here, we believe there’s not one path to success, we believe in careers that grow with you. Whoever you are or wherever you come from in the world, there’s a place for you at Sherwin-Williams. We provide you with the opportunity to explore your curiosity and drive us forward. We’ll give you the space to share your strengths and we want you to show us what you can do. You can innovate, grow and discover in a place where you can thrive!
Eligibility to Work
You will need to provide proof of right to work. It is a condition of any offer of employment we make to you that you have the permission to work in the country for the role for which you are applying for.
Equal Opportunity Employer
An equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on race, colour, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnic or national origin, disability, age pregnancy or maternity, marital or civil partner status, or any other protected characteristic prohibited by law.