Job Description
LANXESS UK is now recruiting a QA/QC Analyst to work in our Widnes site! About the role! As an Analyst in our Quality Assurance department, you will be working to ensure the quality of our products pass testing, are properly documented and pass quality approval. You will be responsible for providing blend approval, final product testing and odour approval of finished products and participation in evaluation of competitor and development samples. Main Responsibilities: Method development for new process and products. Equipment maintenance and repair in the laboratory. Ensure process control monitoring is performed. Ensure the analysis for effluents, borehole and cooling tower is performed. Provide support for the production team with troubleshooting. Ensure compliance with Health, Safety and Environmental procedures including the reporting of all accidents, near misses and incidents to the site management. Control of activities within operational boundary ensuring potential of hazards are assessed and associated risk minimised. Conduct risk and COSHH assessments. Provide raw materials analysis, assessment, and results documentation. Documenting and reporting non-conforming product / blend failures. Documenting and reporting turnovers / extensions. About You! Ideally, you will have a background in the chemical industry or related process industries with a relevant apprenticeship or degree. The role will require a keen sense of smell and you need to be confident handling chemicals and equipment. You will have knowledge of GC, GCMS and HPLC operation including equipment maintenance and wet chemistry techniques either from previous work experience or from education. You must have good communication skills confident working closely with personnel across a range of departments and levels of seniority. We have just won our second CIA Skills award for our training and development so if you’re looking for a role that will allow you and support you to grow and develop in your career, this is for you. Once you are fully competent and have completed the required training and can demonstrate suitable competence and experience to deal with out of hour troubleshooting, you will transition to being on-call. On-call involves being available from 06:00 – 20:00, 7 day’s a week every third week. This involves a salary increase and additional on-call payment. What we offer you: Compensation: We offer competitive compensation packages, inclusive of a global bonus program and an individual performance bonus program. Comprehensive Benefits: We provide a mixture of various benefits to support your financial security, health and wellbeing including retirement plans, health programs, life insurance and medical care. Work-Life & Flexibility : We support you in maintaining a balance between working hours and personal life. With our global “Xwork” program, we offer flexible working arrangements in all countries in which we operate. Training & Development: We are committed to your professional and personal development and encourage you in the ongoing pursuit of education, training and knowledge through both formal and informal learning . For us, talent matters, we welcome everyone who commits to our values. We strongly believe that including diverse perspectives makes us more innovative and enhances our competitiveness. Therefore, we embrace the uniqueness of every single individual and are truly committed to supporting our people in developing their individual potential. Lanxess UK is an equal opportunities employer. **NO AGENCY APPROACHES** Our recruitment is managed by a central Talent team and any approaches to hiring managers will not be accepted or be eligible for payment.