Lab Chemist-Assistant Manager

Role & responsibilities:

• Manage laboratory testing for plastic feedstock, pyrolysis oil, char and by-products.
• Analyze feedstock for polymer composition, moisture, ash, chlorine, sulfur, metals and contaminants.
• Conduct pyrolysis oil testing for density, viscosity, flash point, calorific value, distillation, sulfur, chlorine, nitrogen, bromine number and hydrocarbon composition.
• Perform char analysis for carbon, ash, fixed carbon and heavy metals.
• Operate and manage analytical instruments including GC/GC-MS, XRF, ICP-OES/ICP-MS, FTIR, CHNS/O Analyzer, Karl Fischer, Bomb Calorimeter, Viscometer, Flash Point Tester and Distillation Analyzer.
• Develop SOPs, testing methods, calibration and QA/QC procedures as per ASTM/ISO standards.
• Investigate OOS results, quality deviations and root causes and support process improvement.
• Release product batches and prepare Certificates of Analysis (CoA).
• Support refinery qualification, customer audits and quality assessments.

Education: M.Sc./M.Tech./B.Tech./B.E. in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Polymer, Petroleum or related field.

Experience: 7-10 Years

Preferred Background: Plastic Pyrolysis, Chemical Recycling, Plastic Recycling, Refinery, Petrochemical, Petroleum/Fuel Testing, Polymer or Analytical Laboratory.