Job Description

Vilafranca del Penedès (Spain)

Analytical Chemist

Are you an expert in analytical chemistry with a passion for precision and problem-solving? Join our R&D team as an Analytical Chemist, where you’ll play a key role in supporting and improving our packaging coatings portfolio through advanced testing, data analysis, and collaboration with commercial and technical teams.

About the role

• Ensure Lab Safety: Maintain a safe and compliant laboratory environment, following all safety protocols.
• Perform Advanced Testing: Conduct detailed chemical, physical, and performance analyses of packaging coatings using a range of analytical techniques (e.g., spectroscopy, chromatography, microscopy).
• Support Product Stewardship: Investigate product performance issues, raw material changes, and customer complaints through analytical testing and root cause analysis.
• Interpret & Report Data: Analyse complex datasets, generate clear reports, and provide actionable insights to internal stakeholders.
• Collaborate Across Functions: Work closely with R&D, Technical Service, Sales, and Marketing to support customer needs and ensure product quality and compliance.
• Drive Continuous Improvement: Recommend improvements to testing protocols, lab practices, and product formulations based on analytical findings.
• Applies relevant analytical approaches and techniques such as FTIR, GCMS, LCMS, GPC and optical microscopy

About you

• A degree in Chemistry or a related scientific field, with specialization in analytical techniques.
• 3+ years of experience in a laboratory setting, preferably in coatings or packaging.
• Hands-on experience with analytical instruments and methods (e.g., FTIR, GC-MS, SEM, DSC).
• Strong communication skills in English and Spanish.
• Ability to translate technical data into meaningful recommendations for non-technical stakeholders.
• Availability to travel internationally during the training period is required.
• Personal vehicle to access the Site (in an industrial area)

What we offer

• Join a growing multinational company.
• Permanent project.
• Professional and personal development in a dynamic environment.
• On-site modality.
• Dining room benefits.
• Flexible remuneration.
• Access to training platform.
• Free parking