🚀 Internship
Chemistry Student Industrial Placement
Johnson Matthey
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24d ago
🚀 Placement Program
Cambridge
Rolling basis
Description
- As the Chemistry Intern, you will work primarily in the laboratory, in close collaboration with colleagues. Your goal will be the development, testing and synthetic industrial application of chemo-catalysts for redox transformations. Your success will contribute to the Life Science Technologies business’ focus on translating the customer’s needs into a technical process.
- Life Science Technologies (LST) is a product and service business that develops and optimizes homogeneous, heterogeneous, and enzymic catalysts and catalytic processes for internal and external clients in the pharmaceutical, agrochemical and fine chemical industries
Area of Responsibilities
Science
Responsibilities
- Evaluating homogeneous catalytic reduction processes including small scale catalyst screening, optimisation of reaction conditions and demonstration of the reaction on a laboratory scale
- Independently preparing and performing analysis (NMR, HPLC, GC) and developing analytical methods with support from the analytical team
- Ensuring compliance with EHS standards and actively identifying opportunities for continual EHS improvements
- Testing technology developed in house or licenced from third parties
- Investigating a number of reaction variables to identify acceptable or best conditions for reactions to achieve clear and specific project results
- Collating results to prepare reports for internal review by line manager
Requirements
- Completed 2 years of a Bachelors or Masters degree in Chemistry where an Industrial Placement year is an essential requirement of the course
- Knowledge of the techniques of synthetic organic chemistry and catalytic synthesis
- An understanding of standard analytical techniques: NMR, GC, HPLC
- An understanding of Organometallic synthesis
- Active awareness of safety standards
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
Education requirements
Bachelors
Masters
Benefits
- We offer a competitive compensation and JM Elements benefits package including bonus, excellent pension contributions and 25 days annual leave (varies for shift-based roles). Our JM Elements Benefits programme helps our employees understand and manage the JM benefits, as well as helping you focus on your overall wellbeing – for you and your family.