Senior Chemist Lab

Roles and responsibilities

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• Consistently achieve all delivery targets (e.g. tons, products, services)
• Ensure all work is met through quality results (agreed standards, quality, quantity and due dates)
• Cost awareness and control
• Resources utilization and efficiency through optimizing available resources and contained cost
• Consistently achieve all HSE targets
• Conduct routine and non-routine analyses of raw materials, in-process materials, environmental samples, finished goods, or stability samples
• Interpret test results, compare them to established specifications and control limits
• Perform visual inspections of equipment and tools for any defects
• Monitor testing procedures to ensure that all tests are performed according to established item specifications, standard test methods, or protocols
• Compile laboratory test data
• Complete documentation needed to support testing procedures, including data capture, equipment logbooks, or inventory forms
• Calibrate, validate or maintain laboratory equipment
• Participate in out-of-specification and failure investigations
• Assist to supply quality control data necessary for regulatory submissions
• Receive, inspect and record raw materials
• Report questionable test results and assist with investigation
• Assist to perform validations or transfers of analytical methods in accordance with applicable policies or guidelines
• Ensure lab cleanliness and maintaining safety standards
• Identify quality problems and recommend potential solutions
• Assist to monitor testing procedures to ensure that all tests are performed according to established item specifications, standard test methods, or protocols
• Train other analysts to perform laboratory procedures and assays
• Identify and troubleshoot equipment problems
• Participate in internal assessments and audits as required
• Assist with evaluation of analytical methods and procedures to determine how they might be improved
• Assist with writing technical reports or documentation (e.g. deviation reports, testing protocols, and trend analyses, etc)
• Assist with revision of data from contract laboratories to ensure accuracy and regulatory compliance
• Identify and report and take corrective action to any defects or unsafe equipment
• Strict adherence to safety rules and procedures
  

Leadership

• Understand, support and live the Ma'aden vision, values and goals
• Takes accountability for personal improvement, personal development, skills development and effectiveness
• Takes responsibility, agree on and review personal performance goals and achievement of high performance goals
• Plan, organize, control and report own work and consistently ensure that work is completed to plan
• Regularly achieves the application/compliance of policies, practices, standards, procedures and methods
• Resolve work obstacles and issues positively through problem solving and decision making
• Provide on-the-job-training and coaching to less experienced peers, colleagues and new incumbents
• Contribute to the smooth running of laboratory
• Identify and implement value adding initiatives (new ideas, thinking and approaches adopted and supported by the business)
• Display a positive attitude to work and add value to team, partners and other areas of the business
• Continuously improve own work processes and that of team
• Establish and maintain professional standards of service provision and contribution
• Seek opportunities to participate in (special) projects
  

Relationships

• Fully understand and deliver on customers/partner needs and expectations through positive working relationships with all related stakeholders (internal and external)
• Consistently maintain constructive relationships within the team and with all stakeholders through relationships and collaboration
• Team and customer communication
• Continuous improvement through sharing new ideas and implementing them
• Providing information to supervisors and co-workers
• Network and collaborate with colleagues and other teams
  

'* Interdependent working relations with external and internal partners and co-ordination of actions

• Establish and maintain a professional working relationship with customers
• Build effective working relationship with manager, peers and lab colleagues, and production staff
• COMPETENCIES:

Desired candidate profile

High school certificate with Maths and Science

Experience

2 Years

Skills

• Acute safety awareness and attitude
• Ability to understand and follow instructions
• Sound knowledge of laboratory equipment and laboratory skills
• Sound knowledge of applicable software
• Advanced knowledge of safety regulations, rules and procedures
• Innovative and taking initiative
• Proficient attention to detail
• Advanced analytical skills
• Problem sensitivity and problem solving ability
• Deductive reasoning
• Teamwork
• Ability to handle pressure and setbacks
• Sound competence in using applicable technology software and/or systems
• Critical thinking
• Sound self time management, planning and organising skills
• Basic knowledge of production/plant value chain
• Subject matter expert on specific (more than one) routine analysis
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to handle pressure and setbacks
• Basic understanding of fundamentals of business processes
• Sound ability to gather information and accumulate data
• Ability to adapt and respond to change
• KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES: