Measurement Scientist

Job description

Job Title : Measurement Scientist

Salary: up to £32,288 depending on experience
Primary Location : United Kingdom-United Kingdom (County level)-Bebington-Port Sunlight Research Lab and Materials Innovation Factory (MIF), Liverpool
Relocation: Local Terms Only

Main Job Purpose

The role of the Science and Technology (S&T) pillar in Unilever is to deliver breakthrough technologies and differentiated innovations to meet the needs and preferences of our consumers around the world. We are developing new materials to provide functional benefits that out-perform the competition and build equity for our leading brands.

Surface Engineering (SE) is a Beauty and Personal Care S&T Platform, employing materials chemistry and physics to cosmetically modify, repair or enhance the body's substrates. Increasingly, these materials are sourced from sustainable feedstocks and produced via green chemistry or biotechnology. An opportunity has arisen for a degree-qualified chemist to join our team at Port Sunlight. The role is to contribute to the characterisation of materials performance in formulation, including deposition to surfaces from colloidal systems.

The role is ideally suited to an energetic, self-motivated, resourceful research scientist with strong people skills and good practical laboratory skills. Previous experience of working in a research team, either in academia or industry, would be beneficial. The role will also require identifying and working with external partners to help deliver new insights and build our deposition science capabilities.

The role requires working across multi-disciplinary project teams where members contribute to achieving a common goal; an ideal candidate would have excellent people and communication skills. A candidate should be able to demonstrate the ability to work on their own initiative and a desire to continually develop their scientific skills.

Key Accountabilities:
· To design and conduct experiments to understand the material design rules that drive performance of active ingredients, including the effect formulation has on deposition to relevant surfaces.
· To source and formulate technology leads for the deposition/delivery of active ingredients, including complete characterisation of the system's physical properties.
· To translate business need into technical hypotheses and integrate them into the activities of the research team.
· Contribute to designing and executing experimental plans to agreed timings, building and leveraging both external, as well as internal networks, where appropriate.
· Keep accurate records of experimental data and analysis of results.
· Deliver verbal and written communication of results, key insights, developments and observations to project teams.
· The role will require regular working at the Materials Innovation Factory in Liverpool.
Skills/ Experience/ Qualifications:
· Minimum of a degree or above in chemistry, or other suitable science.
· Experience of working in colloid and interface science, physical chemistry or materials science, ideally with experience of applying this expertise to the challenges of colloid or polymer deposition.
· Other desirable skills, although not compulsory, are knowledge of green chemistry and experience in synthesising materials. Knowledge of experimental techniques and materials selection relevant to the design and characterisation of fast-moving consumer goods formulations would be beneficial.
· Rigorous attention to detail and good data analysis skills.
· A demonstrable track record of collaborative and independent working.
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills and an ability to convey scientific and project findings to audiences with varied backgrounds.

Standards of Leadership

· Purpose & Service
· Personal Mastery
· Agility
· Business Acumen
· Talent Catalyst
· Consumer Love
· Passion for high performance