Our client is seeking a qualified and experienced Chemical Technologist to join their team.

The purpose of this role is to ensure quality, compliance, and continuous improvement. 

Requirement: 

• Grade 12.
• BSc or Btech in Chemistry or related field.
• 5 years’ industry-related experience (Quality Assurance and R&D).

Responsibilities: 

• Lead a team of lab technicians, ensuring staff engagement, performance, and teamwork.
• Quality assurance: conducting chemical analysis, implementing and maintaining analytical testing methods, and collaborating with labs and the R and D team to optimize product formulations.
• New product development: active participation in the development of new products (feasibility studies, process optimization, formulation improvements), assist in pilot-scale trials and evaluate performance of new formulations, and provide technical expertise to support product development projects.
• New product registrations.
• Generate and maintain technical documentation.
• Customer complaints: investigation, analysis of root cause and implement corrective actions.

Salary: 
Market-related.