Microbiologist

Microbiologist

Location: Enterprise Trading Estate, Manchester (M17) , M17 View map Salary: From 16,000 to 22,000 per annum Date posted: 16/05/2012 11:00 Job type:Permanent Company: Houghton plc Contact: amy reeves Ref: Totaljobs Job ID: 53615984

Background

Houghton International is a privately held company, headquartered in Valley Forge, PA, and maintains manufacturing and research facilities throughout the world. Since 1865, Houghton has been serving the metalworking, automotive, and steel industries and a variety of other markets, with the development and production of specialty chemicals, oils, and lubricants.

Houghton offers a scope and depth of technical services unequalled in the industry. Through their unique FLUIDCARE Chemical Management program, Houghton customers are finding new ways to save on overall process chemical and disposal costs. Since 1865, Houghton International has introduced hundreds of solutions for industry from aqueous technology that combines the safety of water with excellent lubrication to advanced anhydrous synthetics that lower operating costs. Today, they are the foremost provider of rolling fluids, lubricants, cleaners, hydraulic fluids, quenchants, coolants, forming compounds, conversion coatings, rust preventives and other industrial fluids.

Houghtons forward-looking mission is to be the World Leader in the management of chemical processes through strategic partnership with clients and suppliers to maximize shareholder value.

Consistent consumer satisfaction is the measure of Houghtons success as an organization. They will respond with urgency and competence to meet customers' requests for product performance, technical information, and cost effectiveness. Their success in meeting strict quality standards is based upon the dedicated initiative of all employees, who are encouraged and trained to meet their responsibilities as members of the Company's team effort.

This position of Microbiologist has the responsibility to support our research and development in respect of ourwater based metalworking technologies in order to reduce/ minimize the impact of microbial issues in relation to both their performance and life in use. These studies and proposal have to be in line with the latest HSSE legislation ,REACh and all others customers safety requirements

Responsibilities

To establish the European Microbiology Strategy to answer to the Customer/Market demands in line with the CoE R&D Leaders indication (actual needs and future trends),To assure the microbiology support to development in respect of Houghton rules To ensure the acquisition of technical information related to microbiology, and increase the team knowledge (internal and external sources)To align the microbiological CoE to the global Houghton procedures and project managementMaintenance of the culture collection (bacteria and fungi purchased from an outside source that are used for the Circulation tank tests). These cultures are required to be kept in good condition to ensure we are producing meaningful results when testing the bio-resistance of new development fluids Assessment of biocide from alternative suppliers/new biocide chemistry/novel non-biocide methods of treatment Assessment of new microbiological methods e.g. Mycobacterium testing, Endotoxin testing Periodic meetings with Biocide suppliers to discuss new chemistries, current and future legislation (main contact for Biocidal Product Directive issues) Membershipof the International Biodeterioration Research Group Society (IBRG) which is a gathering of academic and industrial scientists who look at industrial microbiological problems with a view to producing new test methods for assessment (numerous biocide manufacturers are members of this organisation, and again it is a good forum for exchanging ideas.Council Membership of the International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation Society (IBBS) due to industrial background (no other microbiologist in our industry has been asked). The Society is a gathering of academic and industrial scientists (a good forum for exchanging ideas on industrial problems of BiodeteriorationAuthoring and co-authoring of papers related to microbiology in our industry

Education, Training & Experience

Microbiology Chemistry college degree;Very good communication skills;Very good understanding of company processes, work flows and procedures;Attention to detail whilst being able to prioritise key issues;Able to work to tight deadlines under pressure;Able to use standard laboratory equipment;Able to work both independently and as part of a team;Developed analytical and problem solving skills

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