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Evesham, England, United Kingdom

Elland, England, United Kingdom

Main Duties:• Managing and overseeing the development of new products from initial idea to market. Including product formulation, meeting regulatory approval, scale-up to production, writing SOP’s and technical datasheets, as well as overseeing trial production and initial quality control. • Liaising with raw material suppliers for new novel products and alternative raw materials to reduce cost of current product formulations.• Dealing with customer complaints and technical… Show more Main Duties:• Managing and overseeing the development of new products from initial idea to market. Including product formulation, meeting regulatory approval, scale-up to production, writing SOP’s and technical datasheets, as well as overseeing trial production and initial quality control. • Liaising with raw material suppliers for new novel products and alternative raw materials to reduce cost of current product formulations.• Dealing with customer complaints and technical enquiries via telephone, email and site-visits.• Solving quality issues, modifying or re-purposing off-spec products to minimise losses.• Scheduled testing of production batches to ensure they meet stated CE (UKCA) marking, including EN15651, EN13813, EN12004, EN934 among others.• Working to ISO standards; 9001, 14001 and 45001. As well as SGS independent testing audits. Show less

Hull, England, United Kingdom

Main Duties: • Climatic stability testing for novel aerosol formulations. Focusing on corrosion testing of products to ensure formulation changes have no impact on shelf-stability and product safety.• Quality control testing of polishes, including physical properties (density, viscosity, ph. Etc) as well as determining product performance via testing such as water-resistance tests, abrasion tests and gloss recovery.• Re-formulating aerosol products to reduce cost without… Show more Main Duties: • Climatic stability testing for novel aerosol formulations. Focusing on corrosion testing of products to ensure formulation changes have no impact on shelf-stability and product safety.• Quality control testing of polishes, including physical properties (density, viscosity, ph. Etc) as well as determining product performance via testing such as water-resistance tests, abrasion tests and gloss recovery.• Re-formulating aerosol products to reduce cost without compromising quality. Testing re-formulated products to ensure no noticeable loss of performance via fragrance life-time tests, spray pattern determination, residue on exhaustion testing and droplet fallout tests, among others.• Writing claims-support documents for TV advertising claims of Air-wick products for Clearcast approval, as well as developing and performing tests that best show the accuracy of these claims.• Performing testing to determine the legitimacy of customer complaints and relaying the findings to the customer support team. Show less

Durham, England, United Kingdom

Main Duties: • Investigating commercial silicone-based marine antifouling coatings at the nanoscale.• Using Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) to analyse the structure and adhesion properties of coatings.• Attending lecture courses on soft matter related topics (e.g. polymer science, rheology, colloidal materials).

Derby, United Kingdom

Main duties:• Rheological testing of novel viscosity modifiers for use in engine oil formulations.• Determining the mode of action of surfactant molecules for use of dispersants in diesel fuel formulations. This included surface adsorption experiments as well as the utilisation of small-angle neutron scattering to determine the size and shape of self-assembled micellar structures of the dispersant.• Neutralisation rate screening tests for novel overbased detergents for use… Show more Main duties:• Rheological testing of novel viscosity modifiers for use in engine oil formulations.• Determining the mode of action of surfactant molecules for use of dispersants in diesel fuel formulations. This included surface adsorption experiments as well as the utilisation of small-angle neutron scattering to determine the size and shape of self-assembled micellar structures of the dispersant.• Neutralisation rate screening tests for novel overbased detergents for use as additives in engine oils.• Designing new test methods to screen and analyse the efficacy of potential candidate materials for use as additives in engine oils. Show less