Formulation Assistant

Location
Kingston upon Hull
Workplace
On-site

About this role

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Research & Development

In Research and Development, we're full of highly skilled talents that include Scientists, Engineers, Medical, Clinical and Regulatory professionals - all working to create a cleaner, healthier world. With nine Centres of Excellence, we continually seek out new opportunities by using science, our entrepreneurial flare and our fearless innovation to develop and enhance our existing portfolio, never compromising on quality or performance.

We do the right thing, always, by ensuring we act with responsibility and integrity, by complying with regulatory legislation across the globe, whilst ensuring our products are safe for our consumers and are to the highest quality.

The size of our organisation means you'll have the opportunity to learn and work in different functions within R&D, giving you exposure to different disciplines, teams and environments. You will also have access to our Research and Development Academy, designed to develop our team and allow you to grow in our great organisation.

About the role

As an R&D Formulation Assistant, you will support the development and delivery of innovation projects across the category pipeline. Working closely with cross-functional teams, you will contribute to formulation development, technical risk assessment and product scale-up activities, helping bring high-quality, compliant products to market.

Your responsibilities

  • Support analytical and formulation development activities across innovation projects from lab scale through to factory scale-up.
  • Contribute to product feasibility assessments and delivery of key development milestones.
  • Partner with R&D, CTSG and cross-functional teams to support product development from concept to launch.
  • Identify technical risks and support the development of mitigation plans.
  • Assist in defining product specifications and desired product attributes in line with project requirements.
  • Support technology transfer, product scale-up and application of QbD/DoE principles.
  • Prepare and maintain technical documentation, including formulation reports, stability reports and regulatory documentation.
  • Conduct technical evaluations, benchmarking and due diligence activities where required.
  • Ensure compliance with quality, regulatory, laboratory and safety standards.

The experience we're looking for

  • Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics or a related field.
  • Understanding of analytical techniques, including chromatography and laboratory-based testing.
  • Knowledge of product development processes within a laboratory or regulated environment.
  • Understanding of technical risk assessment and mitigation approaches.
  • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
  • Results-oriented and self-motivated, with the ability to manage priorities effectively.
  • Strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively across functions.
  • Comfortable working independently in a cross-functional environment.

The skills for success

R&D, Product Lifecycle Management, Commercial Awareness, Business Partnership, Collaboration, Partnership building, Collaborator, Ability to challenge the status quo, Propose improvement, Accountability, Adaptability, Analytical, Formulation, Science, Chemistry.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.

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Top Benefits

  • Parental benefits
  • Employee assistance program
  • Life insurance
  • Global share plans
  • Short-term incentives