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Matthew Rollinson

Founder of LiCa Scientific and hands-on Recruiter working with the team.

I'm responsible for LiCa Scientific overall and spend a lot of my working week working on the projects in the business, interviewing candidates and discussing recruitment needs with clients.

My additional areas are in academic engagement, I work on helping people to access the scientific jobs market especially if seeking a first role in industry. I also work on helping with career advice, and general educational engagement.

I am open to discussions both short and long term about working with LiCa Scientific. Some of the clients we work with we spend many months briefing and discussing with before taking on their opportunities.

Finally, I am continuously working on improvement projects at LiCa Scientific. Recently this has been the roll-out of major changes across our temporary business, partnering up with Bright HR and Quickbooks and we are using technology across other areas of the business to support the scaling-up of this company.

This allows us to invest time in the most important thing we do, finding the best candidates for your company or the best job for you if you are seeking.

Finally, for the German speakers I have been learning your language for 5 years, fulfilling a lifelong ambition to be multilingual. While I did this for many reasons, as I progress in my language skills I'm more and more able to work in German, and as time goes on you may see more content and activities from me in the German markets!

My latest Jobs

Development Chemist - Polymers

Greater Manchester

Grater Manchester

We are working with an established manufacturer of polymeric products. The company is the sole operator in their market and uses a patented set of processes and chemistries to produce their products. They are seeking a Development Chemist to work in the formulation and development (NPD) of products and technical support of their production for end users.

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Senior R&D Scientist

North Yorkshire

Middlesbrough

We are working with a fine chemical company working in synthesis of natural fragrance and sensory products. These products go into a range of FMCG products, and it’s likely you’ll have some in your house right now as ingredients in shower gels, cleaning sprays, air fresheners etc! The company is a leading business in their field and the role will be to carry out the synthetic chemical activiti...

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Research and Development Chemist

Durham

Hartlepool

£30-£32k

We are working with a multinational fine chemical company specialising in fragrances and flavours who are hiring for a Research and Development Chemist. The role will be focussed onto synthetic processes, working on organic compounds, used in the manufacture of fragrances and flavours, which are then used in a global range of products and environments.

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New Product Development Chemist

Greater Manchester

Manchester

£30,000

We are working with an established chemical company in Manchester who are seeking a chemist to work primarily as kilo scale in synthesis chemistry activities. This is an organic chemistry role, which will be suitable for someone who is a graduate in chemistry with a bit of experience (or equivalently qualified).

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Sales Executive - Chemicals Glasgow

Glasgow City

Glasgow

We are working with an onshore and offshore fine chemicals company. Their chemical products serve the oil and gas, transport, marine and hygiene markets. They are seeking a Sales Executive for a field-based role. This role will cover a territory in Glasgow and the surrounding area. You will work primarily with the onshore customers. The role holder will be mobile and travel regularly to customer...

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Quality Engineer

Lancashire

Preston

Sitting within the R&D function, the UK Quality team contributes to ensuring the quality of products; maintaining the standards and certifications that we have worked hard to achieve. This is an exciting opportunity to join a team leading the way, with goals of striving towards Quality 4.0. The Quality Engineer will provide continuous improvement for all departments and directly support ...

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My latest Candidates

MChem + Analytical and Synthesis Experience 10993 -

Willing to Relocate

£30,000

Has recently graduated from York University where he’s received a 1st class grade for his Masters in Chemistry. During his studies he has worked for SAI Life Sciences as an Analytical R&D Scientist on a 1 year placement, this involved analytical chemistry alongside multi gram to kilo scale synthesis work, including him working on multiple pilot plant scale projects and supporting colleagues with tech transfer work to plant scale chemistry and supporting chemistry activities at reactor vessel stage. He has had a secondment to Process Research and Development during his placement and on these projects carried out analytical method development activities using HPLC, GC GC-MS as a focus of the role. He is immediately available to interview or start.

PhD Process and Scale Up Chemistry ref 10985 -

Willing to Relocate

£35,000+

Candidate ref 10985 Will relocate to the area Available for February start Seeking c£35,000 PhD Process Research and Development will be completed in February 2025. Her PhD programme was sponsored by a multinational fine chemicals company which developed skills in Flow Chemistry, Biocatalysis, Process Chemistry, Synthetic Chemistry, Research and Development, Process Development, Analytical Techniques, Communication, Problem Solving and Teamwork. The PhD worked on synthesis of chiral amines and amides in flow using immobilised enzymes, continuous purification of complex reaction mixtures using novel separation techniques and using whole-cell systems to perform asymmetric ketone reductions with integrated continuous separations and scale-up (20 L scale), to improve current batch processes. Is currently in write-up and keen to attend interviews during this time with a view to starting in February/March 2025.

Synthesis and Analytical Chemist Candidate ref 10993 -

Willing to Relocate

£30,000

Candidate ref 10993 Will relocate to the area Available for January start Seeking c£30,000 Has recently graduated from a leading UK University where he’s received a 1st class grade for his Masters in Chemistry. During his studies he has worked for a multinational Life Sciences CRO as an R&D Scientist on a 1 year placement, this involved multi gram to kilo scale synthesis work, including him working on multiple pilot plant scale projects and supporting colleagues with tech transfer work to plant scale chemistry and supporting chemistry activities at reactor vessel stage. The role was centred on analytical chemistry and involved regular use of 2D NMR, chiral-LC, HRMS, GC-MS, GC-HS, FTIR, UV-Vis, KF and Auto titrators, ROI, TGA and DSC. He has had a secondment to Process Research and Development during his placement and on his projects carries out analytical method development activities.