Job description
As a Senior Chemical Analyst, you are a key link within the Operations Laboratory in Rotterdam. You are responsible for performing and verifying various chemical analyses and also play an active role in the daily guidance and management of the laboratory team. You report directly to the Chief Chemist and work alongside four experienced Chemical Analysts and an intern.
Your role within the chemical laboratory
The Operations Laboratory forms an essential part of the quality assurance of chemical production. With your analytical expertise, you ensure that Operations has access to reliable and timely data regarding the composition, quality, and specifications of raw materials, products, and process flows.
Your duties will include:
- Performing and verifying physical and wet-chemical analyses.
- Analyzing raw materials, intermediate products, and finished products.
- Analysis of samples from complex waste and process streams.
- Performing analyses on process flows from, among others, the ADM plant and acid plant.
- Analyzing ad hoc samples from external parties.
- Checking analysis results and identifying deviations.
- Contribute to process optimization, quality improvement, and an efficient laboratory organization.
- Daily guidance and substantive support to the team of Chemical Analysts.
Working with advanced laboratory techniques
You work with modern and automated chemical analysis equipment. Depending on the type of sample and the desired analysis, you use, among other things:
- AAS / AES – Atomic Absorption and Emission Spectrometry
- ICP – Inductively Coupled Plasma
- Automated titrators
- Spectrophotometers
- Laser diffraction for particle size determination
- Various other specialized analytical systems
Quality, analysis and process optimization
The quality of your analyses directly impacts product quality and process control. You ensure that analyses are performed accurately, reproducibly, and within the agreed timeframe. By interpreting analytical results and identifying deviations in a timely manner, you make a direct contribution to optimizing production processes.
As a Senior Chemical Analyst, you therefore combine in-depth knowledge of chemical analysis with a practical, accurate, and results-oriented approach. You are not only analytically strong but also know how to transfer your knowledge to colleagues and contribute to the further development of the laboratory.
Candidate profile
For this position of Senior Chemical Analyst in Rotterdam, we are looking for a highly analytical professional with experience in a chemical laboratory and the process industry.
This is what you bring with you:
- A completed HBO degree, preferably in Laboratory Technology, Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, or a comparable field.
- At least 5 years of relevant work experience as a Chemical Analyst, preferably within the chemical process industry.
- Experience with chemical analyses, laboratory equipment, and quality control.
- Good command of the Dutch and English language, both oral and written.
- You are available for a full-time position.
- Knowledge and experience with SAP is a plus.
In short: you are an experienced Chemical Analyst who works accurately, is analytically strong, and is accustomed to taking responsibility for reliable analysis results within an industrial production environment.
Terms and conditions of employment;
As a Senior Chemical Analyst, you can count on an attractive and comprehensive benefits package, including:
- 25 vacation days and 13 ADV days per year
- A 13th month
- Pension accrual via PGB
- Fresh fruit at work every day
- €10 net lunch allowance per month
- €25 gross allowance for medical expenses per month
- €125 net temporary energy allowance
- The possibility to exchange a Christian holiday for another holiday
- A consignment fee of 4,88% based on an average of 1 in 4 weekend shifts
These employment conditions make the position of Senior Chemical Analyst in Rotterdam attractive to experienced chemical analysts looking for a full-time job within the chemical process industry, with good primary and secondary employment conditions.
About the organisation
You will be working at an international manufacturing company in the Botlek region of Rotterdam, specializing in the production and processing of a unique metal with diverse industrial applications. Quality, safety, sustainability, and innovation are central to the organization.
As a Senior Chemical Analyst, you will be part of a professional and close-knit laboratory team with experienced chemical analysts. The work atmosphere is open and collegial: we enjoy working together, get to work when necessary, and consider good communication just as important.
You will be given ample opportunity to further develop yourself, share your knowledge, and contribute ideas for improvements within the laboratory and production processes. You will work with experienced specialists who are eager to share their knowledge and expertise with one another.
Working in this chemical production environment means contributing to reliable quality control, safe processes, and sustainable production. In doing so, you combine your expertise as a chemical analyst with a work environment where collaboration, innovation, and personal development are central.
Application procedure
For questions about the position of Senior Chemical Analyst in Rotterdam, please contact:
Leonie van Dongen | Leonie@voltys.nl | +31 6 4346 3878
Or apply directly via the form below.
