Research Chemist @ American Engineering

Job Description

Research chemists (also known as research and development chemists) apply their academic and practical knowledge of chemical compounds to create and improve products from new drugs and medical treatments to consumer goods and the processes used to manufacture them. Many roles focus on exploring the environmental impacts of products and processes, and on ensuring they are minimised.

You can also be a research scientist in other areas, such as biology and physics.

Typical duties include:

• setting up laboratory equipment
• conducting tests and experiments
• manufacturing chemicals
• planning and running projects
• following protocols to ensure research is conducted rigorously
• ensuring experiments are carried out safely for example, by carrying out risk assessments
• recording and analysing data
• presenting results to senior research staff and clients
• researching and writing papers, reports and reviews
• supervising junior staff, including laboratory technicians
• keeping up to date with relevant scientific and technical developments.

The nature of the role means that work is likely to be laboratory based. Jobs tend to be centred around areas that are hubs of science-based industry, such as Cambridge.

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Keyskills:   analytical skills qualitative research pharmaceutical quality control market research research analysis research development