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Physical Characterisation Team Leader and Rheology Specialist – Material Characterisation Section

This new role within our UKAS-accredited Material Characterisation Section (MCS) will enable you to become a coatings rheology expert and gain significant knowledge in the areas of microscopy and thermal analysis.

With the merger of ICI Paints and AkzoNobel in 2008, AkzoNobel has become a business whose brands are recognised across the world and used everywhere from Wembley Stadium and Sydney Harbour Bridge to your front door. A Global 500 company and listed on the FTSE4Good and Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes, we are the world’s largest coatings manufacturer, the leading supplier of specialty chemicals and the number one in decorative paints.

The Materials Characterisation Section provides enabling services to a wide spectrum of technical activities from applied research projects with international impact to new product development, cost saving, production, after sales service and complaint settlement. Rheology is instrumental in providing information on application, flow and storage stability of coating compositions for the Decorative and Packaging businesses (and in future for an Expert Capability Group in complex cluids and colloids). Your role will be to assist the MCS Manager in maintaining and improving capability in rheology, thermal, mechanical and microscopy services.

This challenging role calls for a good degree, and ideally a PhD, in Physics or Physical Chemistry and in-depth knowledge of rheology theory complemented by extensive practical experience in dispersion systems, working knowledge of related areas of physical characterisation techniques such as thermal analysis and microscopy as well as a broad understanding of the capabilities of other characterisation and analytical techniques and proven capability in leading a characterisation team.

Closing date: 20th November 2009.

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