Total 2 Senior Executive level Science / R&D / Research job vacancies in Birmingham, B4 6NH

WAVERLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION TRUSTAcademy Trust Senior Science Technician
Grade 3 Scale point 9 – 22 (Full Time, Term Time Only) Salary £26,409- £32,654
Actual salary based on scale point 9 approximately £23,089
Waverley Education Foundation (WEF) is a Multi Academy Trust, which operates both Waverley School and Waverley Studio College. WEF has over 1900 students on roll across the trust. It develops, brokers and delivers a range of services which support learning and leadership & management and improve outcomes for children and young people.
Waverley School is an all through school for students aged 4-19. It also has a Resource Base for students with cognition and learning difficulties. In its recent Ofsted inspection in September 2021, Waverley School was graded as a ‘Good’ School. We have state of the art facilities for learning, teaching and training and a strong staff team that are committed to the learning and development of all our students.
Our core values of Humanity, Equality, Aspiration and Respect support our vision to create a learning community where we work together to achieve excellence in everything we do.
 “Pupils have a strong understanding of diversity, respect and tolerance, including for different family lifestyles” – Ofsted 2021
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join Waverley Education Foundation Trust to work across both Waverley School and Waverly Studio College.
The ideal candidate will be responsible for preparing and clearing away all equipment and materials for lessons. They will be required to support teachers in practical lessons as required and be confident to work with Science equipment, safely following all Health & Safety Regulations as necessary. The ability to use own initiative and work efficiently and effectively to tight deadlines would be very helpful. They must have excellent knowledge of Health & Safety/COSHH Regulations for all Science equipment/materials. Applicants must also have a good general standard of education – A* - C in English, Maths and Science or equivalent.
The successful candidate will need to meet the requirements of the person specification in order to be offered the post and will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Shortlisted candidates will be subject to online checks in line with ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’

Senior R&D Chemist - Birmingham - Chemical Manufacturing

About The Role / Company

Our client, an established Chemicals manufacturing company, are currently looking to recruit an experienced R&D Chemist with a strong interest and passion for Organic Chemistry. Working within New Product Introduction, your main responsibility will be hands on organic synthesis at bench scale.

This role will work closely with all areas of the business including Chemical Engineers, Process Safety Team, Analytical Team, Sales & Marketing and Operations, therefore excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential

Senior R&D Chemist - Package Details

• £35,000 to £45,000 DOE
• Days Based Position (Monday to Friday)
• 25 Days Holiday + Statutory
• Life Assurance & Access to Pension Scheme

Senior R&D Chemist - Requirements

• Hold a 1st Class bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering (Essential)
• MSc or PhD level qualification in a relevant discipline would be highly desirable
• Strong Project Management skills with a minimum of 3 years' scale up experience

Senior R&D Chemist - Responsibilities

• Hands on organic synthesis of products at bench scale
• Evaluate and cost initial customer enquiries
• Develop robust processes suitable for scale up and to produce small scale samples for internal & external evaluation and to scale up to pilot plant and production

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