R&D Analytical Assistant

City: Kingston upon Hull

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

​Research & Development​

In Research and Development, we're full of highly skilled talents that include Scientists, Engineers, Medical, Clinical and Regulatory professionals - all working to create a cleaner, healthier world. With nine Centres of Excellence, we continually seek out new opportunities by using science, our entrepreneurial flare and our fearless innovation to develop and enhance our existing portfolio, never compromising on quality or performance.

We do the right thing, always, by ensuring we act with responsibility and integrity, by complying with regulatory legislation across the globe, whilst ensuring our products are safe for our consumers and are to the highest quality.

The size of our organisation means you'll have the opportunity to learn and work in different functions within R&D, giving you exposure to different disciplines, teams and environments. You will also have access to our Research and Development Academy, designed to develop our team and allow you to grow in our great organisation.

About the role

As an R&D Analytical Assistant in Category GI at Reckitt, you will thrive in our fast-paced environment alongside a team of expert scientists dedicated to ensuring product safety and efficacy. Your meticulous attention to detail, technical curiosity in problem solving and collaborative approach will be crucial in supporting and delivering New and Existing product developments.

While this role is primarily analytical, you will also have the opportunity to support formulation activities when needed. We encourage our team members to develop experience across both areas, providing wider exposure to the product development process and supporting long-term career development within R&D.

Your responsibilities

• Perform day to day analytical testing in conformance with all relevant safety and quality requirements.

• Take ownership of allocated activities and projects within the category innovation pipeline, working in close partnership with R&D capability teams

• Ensure compliance with regulations, quality and health and safety requirements for all analytical activities and team members

• Support the analytical feasibility stage of product development cycle for all agreed projects through to factory scale up working with the cross functional teams

• Communicate issues effectively and appropriately to ensure timely resolution with all relevant parties whilst maintaining the positive image of Reckitt and Category GI team

• Contribute to the development, evaluation, and optimisation of formulations, helping to deliver project milestones to agreed timelines

The experience we're looking for

• Degree level qualification, preferably in a Chemistry, Bio-Chem or Life Sciences discipline

• Knowledge and understanding of HPLC within a laboratory environment.

• Experience of working within a laboratory in an analytical capacity

• Previous experience supporting formulation development activities would be advantageous

• Strong communication skills with the ability to present information in a clear and concise manner

• High level of accuracy in working practices with close attention to detail.

• Fluency in English is essential and fluency in local languages advantageous

• Ability to build strong networks across cross functional teams

• Comfortable working independently and partnering with cross functional teams

The skills for success

R&D, Product Lifecycle Management, Commercial Awareness, Business Partnership, Collaboration, Partnership building, Collaborator, Ability to challenge the status quo, Propose improvement, Accountability, Adaptability, Analytical, Formulation, Science, Chemistry.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.

We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.

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