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About You\n Are you a safety-focused and self-motivated chemistry professional? If you have experience in scientific or offshore environments, we want to hear from you! With your strong analytical, reporting, and communication skills, you excel at working independently while building effective client relationships and delivering high-quality results. Your commitment to continuous professional development and your attention to detail make you a perfect fit for this role. Required Skills and Experience\n\n • Education: Degree or HNC in Chemical Sciences (or a relevant scientific discipline), or equivalent offshore experience in chemistry-related duties.\n, • Laboratory Experience: Proven experience conducting analytical testing and general laboratory activities.\n, • Technical Reporting: Strong skills in producing reports suitable for both internal review and client distribution.\n, • Communication: Ability to effectively communicate and build positive relationships with stakeholders.\n, • Continuous Learning: Commitment to ongoing training and professional development.\n, • Technical Proficiency: Proficient in Microsoft Office applications and data recording/reporting systems.\n, • Field Experience: Experience in sampling and analysis at client sites, including high-pressure sampling and chemical management.\n, • Specialized Knowledge: Familiarity with Oil in Water analysis, pressurized sampling, and fiscal analysis.\n, • Certifications: Offshore Survival and MIST certification, a valid OEUK medical, and IOSH Managing Safely qualification are desirable.\n, • Additional Training: Completion of OPITO Petroleum Open Learning (POL) modules is advantageous.\n, • Safety Focus: Organized and methodical with a proactive approach to continuous improvement.\n, • Interpersonal Skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.\n, • Flexibility: Self-motivated and committed to maintaining high standards of professionalism and integrity.\nAbout the Opportunity\n Join us as a Zero Hours Offshore Chemist at Intertek! This is an exciting chance to provide specialist field service support across offshore and onshore client locations. Working on a flexible, ad hoc basis, you will engage in a variety of sampling, analytical, and project activities while representing Intertek on client sites. This role allows you to work autonomously, develop your technical expertise, and contribute to the delivery of safe, high-quality services within a leading global organization. Key Activities\n\n • Deliver offshore field service projects, including planning, sampling, analysis, and sample preservation.\n, • Maintain all equipment and consumables to support safe and effective project delivery.\n, • Complete project documentation accurately and on time, including reports and feedback records.\n, • Keep all mandatory training and development requirements up to date.\n, • Represent Intertek professionally at client sites, building strong relationships and delivering exceptional customer service.\n, • Promote a culture of safety, quality, and continuous improvement across all activities.\n, • Provide operational support between field assignments as needed.\n, • Comply with all company and client QHSE requirements, including incident reporting.\n, • Ensure risk assessments and control measures are in place and followed at all times.\n, • Identify opportunities for business growth and communicate potential leads to relevant stakeholders.\n, • Collaborate effectively with Field Projects Coordinators and colleagues to ensure successful project delivery.\n, • Act as an ambassador for Intertek, supporting strong client partnerships and reinforcing positive safety and performance cultures.\nWhat We Offer\n Join Intertek and become part of our global network! We are a family that values diversity and thrives on working together with precision, pace, and passion. Our mission is to make the world Ever Better, ensuring the quality, safety, and sustainability of products and services used by millions. \n\n • Competitive salary and benefits\n, • Development and career opportunities around the globe\n, • Work in a highly motivated team and dynamic environment\n\n We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to creating an inclusive workplace. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. \n We are proud to be a Real Living Wage employer, ensuring fair compensation in line with independently assessed living standards. We also provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and employment to support candidates and employees with disabilities or special needs. \n Intertek operates a preferred supplier arrangement and does not accept unsolicited approaches from agencies.

A leading global company in the UK is seeking a Rotational Offshore Chemist to support production by delivering analytical data and ensuring correct chemical treatments. The role requires a degree in Chemical Sciences and experience in Oil-in-Water analysis. You will maintain laboratory equipment, ensure compliance with procedures, and collaborate with colleagues to optimize production. Excellent interpersonal skills and a strong work ethic are essential. Join a motivated team committed to quality and sustainability. #J-18808-Ljbffr

A leading offshore services company is seeking experienced Production Chemists for ad-hoc call-out jobs for production operations in the UK. Candidates must have relevant offshore training and a background in chemistry.

We seek experienced Production Chemists for adhoc/call out jobs for production/process operations offshore UK • Demonstrate compliance to all test methods, procedures and quality systems essential for best practice, • Liaise with appropriate Client support if a problem with equipment, methods or samples occurs and initiate corrective actions to ensure continuity of service, • Identify and implement improvements to current laboratory operation/infrastructure in order to maximise equipment availability and effective operations, • Ensure technical standards competence standards are maintained and continually improved, • Ensure compliance with client equipment management requirements, • Ensure adequate stock of consumables to ensure continuous productivity, • Ensure testing equipment is calibrated and safe/ suitable for use, • Completion of daily, weekly and monthly routine sampling, analysis and reporting as per platform procedures/sampling schedule, • Maintain organised and auditable systems of work to permit traceability and ensure compliance, • Comprehensive understanding, knowledge of laboratory and analytical techniques and equipment to promote continuous improvement and provision of quality service to client, • Resolution of adhoc requests in a timely and effective manner to ensure effective operations, • Provision of end of trip handover reports and additional reports as required to Client personnel, • Provide training and mentoring of additional team members as required, • Experience of Off-shore Oil Industry related analysis encompassing a broad spectrum of methods and analysis to meet exacting process and client demands, • Oil in water training, • Oil in sand training, • Chemical Injection training on pumps, • Must be computer literate in use of word and excel, • Must have and maintain knowledge of chemistry, analytical equipment and methods, • Must have detailed knowledge of international analytical standards and operational procedures, understanding there-in and ensure laboratory processes adhere to said standards, • HND Degree level in chemistry or related science based subject, or equivalent, • Full Offshore industry standard training package, • OPTIO/NOGEPA or OLF Offshore survival, • OGUK, NOGEPA or Norwegian Offshore Medical, • Shoulder Measurements, • Not Applicable, • Contract, • Production, Science, and Other, • Industries, • Oil and Gas #J-18808-Ljbffr

We are seeking someone who holds a degree in Chemical Sciences or another relevant scientific discipline and brings hands-on experience working in laboratory and offshore environments. You will have proven experience carrying out Oil-in-Water analysis at offshore installations. You have previously worked as a chemist in a rotational role or have experience covering a rotation chemist position. Degree in chemical sciences or another scientific discipline Experience in carrying out Oil in Water analysis at an offshore installation Knowledge in providing support to a scale squeeze campaign Previous knowledge working as a chemist in a rotation position or covering a rotation chemist position Aware of the hazards associated with online processes, sampling and analysis Analytical and general activities performed in a laboratory under a chemical or another scientific discipline Strong business skills Strong work ethic IT support systems used within the Company which are relevant to the scope of the position Organised and methodical in approach to work Maintains high personal integrity when dealing with all aspects of company business Excellent interpersonal skills - being able to work well with colleagues as part of a team Sound communication skills, both written and oral As a Rotational Offshore Chemist, you’ll play a key role in supporting offshore production by delivering accurate analytical data and ensuring chemical treatments are correctly applied. Your work will help maximise production efficiency, protect vessels and pipework, and minimise environmental impact. Responsibilities will vary by rotation, reflecting the needs of each site and operating company. You’ll work in full compliance with site-specific procedures while consistently upholding Intertek’s best practices for health, safety, and operational integrity. Carry out platform duties as determined by the routine and ad-hoc work requests on the asset, adhering to expected QHSE standards and behaviours Maintain and operate all laboratory equipment as per operating procedures and calibration requirements Ensure compliance with regulatory bodies, as well as with platform procedures and policies Expeditious submission of Intertek trip documentation such as timesheet(s), report(s) and feedback forms Ensure process systems are correctly analysed and treated Ensure adequate stocks of chemicals are maintained. Ensure laboratory equipment calibration certifications are current Operate all laboratory equipment as per the laid down operating practices and procedures Consult daily with the platform Production Supervisor (or equivalent) Co-ordinate and plan with other platform work groups to ensure safe and efficient use of resources with the minimum negative impact on production Maintain records and data inputs to the production management systems (e.g. SAP) and other systems. Analyse data output. Report findings as appropriate Monitor the work environment and maintain good communication with both offshore and onshore Join Intertek and become part of our global network of inspiring and entrepreneurial colleagues. We are a global family that values diversity, and we thrive working together with precision, pace, and passion. We are working to make the world Ever Better, ensuring the quality, safety and sustainability of products and services used by millions of people around the world. • Development and career opportunities around the Globe, • Working in a highly motivated team and dynamic working environment We are an Equal Opportunity Employer who do not discriminate against applicants. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex or national origin. Intertek operates a preferred supplier arrangement, and we do not accept unsolicited approaches from agencies. #J-18808-Ljbffr