Science Graduate Development Programme – Innovation Technologist

Salary: £36,000 – £42,000 per year

Are you an inquisitive and ambitious science postgraduate looking for an opportunity to grow and develop your talents in industry?

If you have a background in Materials Science / Engineering, Biochemistry or any related discipline and are looking for an exciting opportunity to enhance your skills working with a global leader in the field we want to hear from you.

Our client, an innovative company based in Leeds, is an international pioneer in materials engineering and product development and is setting up a new Science Graduate Development Programme to support, train and develop recent or upcoming PhD students working in these fields.

Working with a range of customers, many of them large multinationals, they design and develop products for a variety of sectors and applications. With extensive pilot facilities and a state of the art analytical laboratory they fast track innovation; helping clients to grow their business by:

• Developing new products and intellectual property
• Assessing the viability of new products
• Enhancing the performance & reducing the cost of existing products
• Identifying and evaluating new markets for existing products
• Reducing the environmental impact of products

The Accelerated Development Programme

This development programme will involve 3 or 4 months of detailed Material Science training with a senior member of staff for 3 hours per week, lab experience and shadowing Innovation Engineers on live projects. Mentors will be available to help you progress to the next level and guide you through a role with more hands-on testing, analysis, projects, etc. 

About You

• ’ll have completed (or be close to completing) a PhD in Materials Science, Materials Engineering, Biochemistry or a related subject
• You’ll be inquisitive and interested in learning
• You’ll have strong analytical, problem solving, and numerical skills
• You’ll have the ability to write technical reports and present to clients
• You’ll be able to work both independently and, in as part of a team
• You’ll have good laboratory skills and a keen interest in working with state of the art equipment

About the Company

You’ll be working with very supportive colleagues in company that is keen to develop their employees. The company nurtures a collaborative culture where the curious are welcomed; they believe that innovation and idea generation comes from asking questions. A fusion of academia and industry, your colleagues have expertise in all areas of science and knowledge is shared, ensuring there are always new things to learn and possibilities to grow and develop in areas you may not yet be familiar with.

If you are interested in this opportunity and would like to discuss it further, please call Tracy for a confidential discussion.