Joining the team at SC Johnson Professional® makes you part of a family company with a deep history in the professional market as a leading manufacturer of skincare, cleaning and hygiene products, and smart technologies. We provide solutions to Healthcare, Clean Industrial, Industrial, Office & Institutional, Hospitality & Travel, and Retail & Entertainment markets.

SC Johnson Professional® is a business unit within SC Johnson, a family-owned and led company and leading manufacturer of quality, trusted products since 1886.

Location: Denby, Derbyshire

Function: Research and Development

Internal Job Title: Senior Associate, Chemistry

• Competitive salary plus bonus
• Company pension scheme (up to 6% employer contributions)
• Life assurance (4× your salary)
• Free access to a healthcare platform offering nutritional advice, wellbeing support, and more
• Enhanced parental leave policy
• Free optical & hearing test vouchers
• 25 days annual leave plus statutory bank holidays
• Remote work available once a week for eligible employees
• Summer office hours: early Friday finish at 1:00 PM
• Employee benefits platform with discounts & wellbeing perks
• Access to employee assistance programmes
• Complimentary fresh fruit & hot drinks
• Subsidised on-site canteen
• Discounted products at our staff shop
• Free parking
• EV charging points at our Denby site (powered by our own renewable electricity!)
• Cycle-to-work scheme plus bicycle storage area
• “Save a Space” £200 monthly prize draw (earn a ticket every day you car share or don’t use a parking space!)
• And so much more!

About the Role:

Responsibilities:

• Lead and execute projects, managing assignments within large initiatives and driving smaller projects to meet milestones and deadlines.
• Develop and optimise formulations, creating new products, enhancing existing ones, and applying best practices for safety, accuracy, and sustainability.
• Drive innovation by exploring new materials and technologies, evaluating competitive products, and developing IP‑protected solutions.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with R&D, Marketing, Design, Procurement, and Product Supply to accelerate product development and launches.
• Ensure quality and compliance through lab to production scale‑up, regulatory awareness, and strong safety and documentation standards.
• Engage with suppliers and stakeholders to evaluate novel materials and support sales teams with technical data and performance insights.
• Analyse and apply consumer insights, using test results to recommend improvements and translate user needs into preferred solutions.
• Use data driven decision making through experimental design and statistical methods

Experience you’ll bring:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher/equivalence in chemistry, biochemistry, or other related science.
• Scientific curiosity and the ability to solve technical problems related to formulation and manufacturing

Behaviors you’ll need:

• Effective cross‑functional collaboration skills to work seamlessly across internal teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication abilities,
• Proactive and results‑driven approach.

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Inclusion & Diversity 

We believe Inclusion and Diversity is more than a program. We embed inclusive practices in our day-to-day work, the way we relate to our colleagues, collaborate and make decisions.

We value the collective richness of the differences people bring to the organization, including style, personality, thoughts, race, ethnicity, culture, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, and disability – that enables all to bring their full contributions to the organization.