Scale-Up Chemist

About us

We are FluoRok, a fast-growing VC-backed start-up that is reinventing the way fluorochemicals are produced. Spun-out of the University of Oxford in 2022, FluoRok is developing safe, sustainable, and lower-cost routes towards key fluorinated materials that are fundamental to our daily life and energy transition, e.g. agrochemicals & Li-ion battery electrolyte salts. FluoRok’s mission is to find new solutions to improve people’s health and food security, all while reducing our impact on the planet. We are based at leading innovation campus, ARC Oxford, and the role will be based across our state-of-the-art R&D and pilot facility.

For more information www.fluorok.com

We are recruiting a target-oriented scientist working at the forefront of science, engineering, and technology. As a member of our technical team, you will be responsible for contributing to the process development of our new, safe, and disruptive fluorinating processes and scaling-up our technology. You will be part of a growing team of inspiring and supportive the scientific and operation development of FluoRok – contributing to the revolution of fluorination chemistry worldwide. CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS MONDAY 04 MAY 2026.

Key Responsibilities

• First-hand opportunity to scale-up a range of technologies to industry-relevant kilogram-plus scales
• Deliver high purity materials for customer sampling, analysis and testing
• Design and execute process improvements
• Play a considerable role in technology transfer documentation for plant production
• Contribute to health and safety studies such as HAZID and HAZOP
• On-site visits and troubleshooting at FluoRok’s demonstrator facilities in the north of England
• Routinely conduct quality control (QC) and stage-gate analysis of materials
• Work at the interface of the engineering team at FluoRok
  

Essential

• Degree (BSc/BEng/MChem/MSc/MEng or equivalent) in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering and 6 years’ + experience in a relevant industrial setting such as a process chemist/scale-up role
• Experience in working on scale using jacketed reactor vessels (>10 L) or equivalent
• Experience of high containment / high purity target synthesis such as pharmaceuticals or battery materials
• Analytical mindset with experience of tracking materials/impurities throughout process
• Experience in carrying out safety and risk assessment of scale-up processes
• Demonstrable ability to work efficiently on your own or as part of a team
• Excellent verbal and written communication in English and interpersonal skills
• Right to live and work in the UK

Desirable

• Experience of pilot plant production
• Experience of process analytical technology
• Scale-up experience in both batch and continuous regimes

Salary range £45,000-£55,000 per annum

We offer a competitive benefits package with private pension, private health insurance, group life insurance and share options plan.