Shift Chemist

At CF Industries, our mission is to provide clean energy to feed and fuel the world sustainably. Our employees are focused on safe and reliable operations, environmental stewardship, and disciplined capital and corporate management. By joining CF, you will be part of a team that brings their varied experiences, wide-ranging knowledge and diverse talents together to deliver important work and you’ll be able to pursue complex, exciting opportunities that help you continue to grow and achieve your potential in different areas. You’ll take pride in working for a company that lives its values and where you can be yourself at work, as part of an authentic team that encourages you to share your views and opinions.

Function

Operations Shift Chemist – CF Fertilisers UK Limited

Job Summary

CF Fertilisers UK Limited, a subsidiary of the multinational group CF Holdings, a leading Fortune 500 Company, and recognised in 2024 by Forbes in the World’s Best Employer directory, is looking to recruit a highly motivated and enthusiastic Shift Chemist. This is an exceptional opportunity to join our dynamic Laboratory team where you will play a key part in generating critical data to support process optimization, product integrity, and environmental compliance, while upholding our legal and quality assurance standards.

Job Description

In this role you are accountable for:

• Ensure all analytical work is carried out in accordance with operating procedures and quality standards.
• Prioritise and ensure the completion of a changing analytical workload to meet legal and quality requirements.
• Work responsibly and with integrity while lone working as a single person shift team.
• Carry out, validate and report analyses in compliance with analytical schedules and quality standards.
• Provide process chemistry and technical knowledge to advise the production areas in the interpretation of laboratory data.
• Initiate and carry out troubleshooting, repair and calibration of a wide range of technical equipment, within the central laboratory and plant laboratories to ensure a reliable service.
• Implement improvements to systems and measurement techniques to continually enhance the service provided by the department.
• Train and validate less experienced staff and process technicians to achieve the required level of competency in analytical techniques.
• Resolve queries from production areas or customers on analytical results to satisfy business requirements.
• Perform all work to required safety standards to prevent accidents and personal injury.
• Report and action non‑conformances/deficiencies in systems of work or in the workplace to improve effectiveness of the laboratory.

CF Fertilisers UK Limited is an Equal Opportunities, Affrimumative Action employer and embraces a diverse and inclusive culture. We support and enable each other to deliver and succeed, placing equal value on all individual perspectives.

We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package that includes a bonus scheme, exceptional pension scheme contribution, life assurance, employee assistance programme, and multiple high‑quality health care schemes.

If you need any assistance seeking a job opportunity at CF Industries, or if you need a reasonable accommodation with the application process, please contact us at talentacquisition@cfindustries.com.

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