Laboratory Chemist

Our prestigious client based in Middelburg (Mpumalanga) is looking for an experienced Laboratory Chemist.

Requirements:

• Hold a B.Sc. degree in Chemistry or preferably MSc Degree in Chemistry. 
• 5 – 8 years’ experience.
• Must be pro-active, innovative and demonstrate high levels of flexibility.
• Must be able to work under pressure.
• Must be able to work without direct supervision, be a self-starter and use own initiative to make decisions.
• Excellent planning and organizing skills are essential.
• Excellent planning and organizing and administrative skills are essential.
• Experience with method development, calibration, optimization, validation and analytical problem solving on XRF, OES or ICP (minimum of 3 years of experience).
• XRF experience can be excused if they have method validation experience and method development especially on ICP on more than 1 type of material (not just water or coal for example).
• Must be willing to work standby and overtime.

Job Responsibilities: 

• Development and validation of new and existing analytical methods.
• Optimization of current methods.
• Calibration of XRF, OES and LECO instrumentation.
• Analyses of non-routine sample to ensure accurate results are reported.
• Ensure all equipment requiring external calibration is calibrated and fit for purpose
• Trouble shooting and problem solving.
• Development and maintenance of quality assurance system and administration thereof.
• Commissioning of new equipment.
• Develop methods with current equipment meeting the criteria, quality controls and to test correctly, also to maintain quality even on old equipment.
• This is a specialist role and not a management or team manager role.

Please consider your application unsuccessful if you have not heard back from us within two weeks of applying.