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A long established manufacturer of personal care products has partnered with Woodstock Recruitment to assist in the hire of a new R&D Lab technician to their team.
Joining an existing, long serving and collaborative team of chemists and technicians, you will join the business, bringing with you a relevant qualification in cosmetic science or chemistry and/or some experience within the cosmetic and personal care manufacturing industry.
Key responsibilities:
* Assist the Development Chemists with the formulation of products in line with concept briefs.
* Manufacture of cosmetic products in the laboratory
* Process customer sample requests
* Conduct benchmark tear-ups using analytical techniques
* Conduct sufficient stability work so that product quality is guaranteed throughout the shelf life, including product and packaging stability
* Investigate manufacturing, stability and preservation issues through experimental testing
* To assist with development administration tasks, ensuring key records are kept up to date and accurate
* Calibration of laboratory equipment
* Sampling and ordering of raw materials ensuring sufficient stock is available throughout the development process
* Monitor stocks of laboratory consumables and raise the relevant orders as required
* Assist and participate in the technology transfer from laboratory scale to full production when required
Skills and experience:
* A good level of education at GCSE level or above, ideally in chemistry/sciences
* Ideally a cosmetic science related qualification
* Ideally some experience in a lab setting within the cosmetic, personal care or homecare manufacturing industries.
On this occasion, applicants will need to have the right to live and work in the UK unrestricted on a permanent basis, without the need for sponsorship from an employer