Formulation Chemist

**Formulation Chemist**

Role: Formulation Chemist

Department: Quality Assurance

Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent

Role Category: Production, Manufacturing and Research & Development.

**Job description**

**Role Purpose**:
This role requires experience of working in the areas of Pesticide / agrochemical, Biopesticides and customized pesticide formulation development and able to work in the formulation lab.
- To formulate, generate scientific / technical data under supervision, using established systems, procedures, and protocols.
- Identifies practical problems and works with the supervisor to solve them.
- Will be involved in developing new product formulations for CIB - Product with a focus on the development of formulations involving technical formulations.
- Will take the lead on development and optimization of formulations, product development, formulating scientific data, developing analysis methods including complete responsibility of manufacturing unit QA/QC Lab/Department.
- Main focus of this will be focusing on formulations, analysis of production batch work out.
- Additionally, May have responsibility for providing other individuals with instructions and guidance to complete tasks, which have been assigned

**Key responsibilities**:

- To carry out the timely preparation of formulations at all scales to provide samples for testing within Formulation Development or at external functions.
- To interpret experimental data and report results and conclusions obtained both orally and written form to allow cogent and timely project decisions, Regulatory submissions and accurate information archiving and transfer for future commercial manufacturing activities.
- Providing technical Expertise in formulation technology for Agrochemicals, CIB products and developing new form utilizations that enable commercialization.
- Designing and conducting formulation and processing experiments toward optimizing production batch work, lab activity QA/QC, physical properties, and stability of formulation
- Creating scalable formulation processes and specifications for product manufacturing.
- Providing high quality technical activities and technical formulation
- Preparation and delivery of reports, SOPs, and technical presentations for project meetings.

**Critical Knowledge and experience**:

- Bachelors/ Master’s degree in Pesticides/Agrochemicals chemistry must/preferable from reputed universities with strong academic records and excellent communication skills with 2-3 years of industrial experience as a pesticide/agrochemical formulation development chemist is preferred.
- Good experimental skills in the areas of formulation development and Physio -chem testing and handling of equipment’s used in pesticide/agrochemical formulations.
- Sound understanding of agrochemical formulations / Coformulations / Fillers
- IT literate relevant to work
- Flexible and resourceful to meet assigned targets

**Critical Skills**:

- Good experimental skills with aptitude for learning
- Excellent operational, organizational, interpersonal and computer skills
- Self-motivating
- Attention to detail of the given task.
- Ability to communicate with multi-functional team with credibility and empathy, maintaining a balance between local needs

**Other Behaviours critical for the role**:

- Team-Oriented
- Demonstrates personal commitment to the team
- Values and uses individual differences and talents
- Results-Oriented
- Works tenaciously to deliver agreed goals
- Self-disciplined to achieve results
- Communicative
- Ensures structure and clarity in both verbal and written messages
- Provides timely communications and feedback to stakeholders

**Critical Success Factors and Key Challenges**
- This role will be a predominantly manufacturing floor and lab-based job associated with the preparation and testing of potential development formulations at a range of different scales of operation.
- The job holder will be expected to become familiar with a range of standard preparation processes and both physical and chemical characterization techniques.
- This will require an ability to learn quickly and to work safely, efficiently, and accurately, maintaining high quality standards.
- To deliver highest quality results in optimal time.
- To maintain highest standards of Integrity towards organization.

Pay: ₹13,000.00 - ₹25,000.00 per month

Schedule:

- Day shift

**Education**:

- Bachelor's (preferred)

**Experience**:

- total work: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person