Analytical Chemist

The Role:

Undertake the analysis of materials used in consumer products inclusive of (but limited to) leathers, textiles, polymers, metal hardware, jewellery, etc., for a wide range of restricted substances at low concentrations, according to international test methods. This will involve using various solvent extraction and matrix clean-up procedures, to prepare the test samples, followed by their analysis using advanced analytical laboratory instrumentation.  

Main Duties:

• Preparing liquid extracts from the samples using standardised solvent extraction and solid-phase extraction (SPE) clean-up procedures.
• Identifying and quantifying the specific restricted substances in the sample extracts using advanced analytical instrumentation such as, gas chromatography with mass spectroscopy and electron capture (GC-MS and GC-ECD), liquid chromatography (HPLC, LC-MS, LC-DAD), ion chromatography (IC), Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) and UV-visible spectrophotometry.
• Processing the raw analytical data and maintaining analytical quality control charts.
• Maintaining instrumentation and a clean and tidy laboratory.
• Support the quality team within the laboratory functions, to maintain and add to the laboratory’s ISO 17025 accreditation including (but not limited) to: method validation, calibrations, controlled document reviews etc.
• Support sample preparation as needed with the deconstruction of product into individual components as well as accurately weighing and labelling for traceability, to enable testing to commence.
• Performing any other reasonable duties to assist the analytical testing team and the business.