Syngenta Formulation Development Chemistry Research Scientist Job
Syngenta is one of the world’s leading agriculture companies. Our ambition is to help safely feed the world while taking care of the planet. We aim to improve the sustainability, quality, and safety of agriculture with world-class science and innovative crop solutions. Our technologies enable millions of farmers around the world to make better use of limited agricultural resources. With 28,000 people in more than 90 countries, we are working to transform how crops are grown.
Job Title: Research Scientist – Formulation Development
Job Function Research & Development (R&D)
Job Reference 18038789
Contract Type Full-time
Critical knowledge and experience
- PhD or Master’s degree in Chemistry or related field from the reputed universities with strong academic records and good communication skills with > 5 years of industrial experience as a formulation development chemist is preferred.
Sound understanding of agrochemical formulations / Coformulations is a must
Critical technical, professional, and personal capabilities
- Ability to work effectively with the hub, regional, and global F&P organization
- Excellent operational, organizational, interpersonal, and computer skills
- Sensitive to different cultural environments
- Self-motivating
- Critical leadership capabilities
Communicative
- We deliver clear messages to our stakeholders
- We are keen to listen and learn
- Team Oriented
- We model commitment
- We support team process improvement
- We collaborate effectively across organizational and functional boundaries
Results-Oriented
- We focus on goal achievement
- We stay focused
- Customer Focused
- We seek to understand our customers
- We build collaborative relationships
- Trusted
- We demonstrate support for others
- Critical success factors and key challenges
This role will involve the development of new formulations by helping to generate potential formulation options through the design of appropriate experimental work programs to thoroughly optimize and test these according to the formulation development process.
- This will include the analysis of experimental data in order to make inputs to the decisions on the direction of the work programs within the project.
- The job holder will need to have experience of different formulation types as well as a full range of broader requirements in formulation development such as product application, manufacturing processes, etc.
- To deliver the highest quality results in optimal time and maintain the highest standards of HSE
Role Purpose:
- To generate scientific/technical data using established systems, procedures, and protocols in an area f work delegated by the manager.
- Defines the experimental program that may include the development of new procedures/standards.
- To interpret data in order to make contributions to decisions in the work program content, procedures, or problem solution.
- Report on work, including recommendations to project team or sub-project team leader.
ACCOUNTABILITIES:
- To plan, organise and carry out the work programs at the laboratory, semi-technical, pilot plant or manufacturing scale to design novel formulation options in order to:
- prove the suitability for progression through Stage C and D Evaluation and Development
- provide Product Chemistry type and or supporting data, and
- provide the formulation design input required to define the process equipment and quality assurance requirements to timescales and specifications agreed with the Team or Group Leader.
- To invest in personal and professional development and growth, undertaking, where appropriate, training and development activities and ensuring familiarity with new research and literature.
- Ensure the quality of Evaluation and Development formulations by arranging for biological efficacy, toxicology, and hazard assessment studies to be carried out in other Functions.
- Provide advice and recommendations to allow appropriate selection of formulation manufacturing sites for individual products, together with the product design inputs required to define the process equipment and quality assurance requirements.
- To interpret and represent to project members external to the function, experimental data and report results and conclusions obtained both orally and in written form to allow cogent and timely Stage C and D project decisions, Regulatory submissions and accurate information archiving and transfer for future commercial manufacturing activities.
- To ensure that work by the job holder and subordinate staff comply with Syngenta standard operating procedures and statutory regulations (e.g. GLP or similar).
- To ensure that the jobholder and subordinate staff work safely and healthy with due care for others, so that compliance with Syngenta’s HSE Policy is achieved.
- Ensure maintaining complete confidentiality of all Syngenta intellectual property.
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