Job Description
We are hiring for several companies currently who are seeking synthesis chemists and are in advanced discussions with others about recruitment projects that will commence in the second quarter of 2017.
This advert is a ‘catch all’ to ask candidates who are looking for an opportunity or planning to in 2017 to send their CV into us, we will be able to keep you posted.
What our clients do:
LiCa Scientific is the recruitment partner for several pharmaceutical and fine chemical companies, who work in development of drugs and intermediate chemicals. They operate from small ‘discovery’ scale of milligrams up to kilo scale and beyond into production. These projects call for synthesis routes to be identified and issues with scale up to be solved via changes to reaction mechanisms as scales are increased from multi gram to kilo. Often these are air/moisture sensitive reactions with high value chemistry being produced to an agreed deadline with a client or internal colleague.
Your background
We are seeking individuals qualified ideally at Masters or PhD level in chemistry. Many of our clients offer opportunities which call for no experience so while industrial experience may be advantageous this is not essential. You will be familiar with a variety of reaction methodologies such as glove boxes, schlenck lines, glassware’s and scale up apparatus. A strong knowledge of HPLC, GC, NMR and other analytical chemistry apparatus pertinent to your field is also essential.
To apply
Please email admin@licasci.com for a discussion about opportunities that are current / upcoming at LiCa Scientifics’ clients. Primarily these opportunities are permanent roles. On this occasion, LiCa Scientific Ltd is acting as an employment agency.