IT&D Senior Analyst, Digital Physics - Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire

We are Reckitt, home to the world’s best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

In IT&D, you’ll be a force for good, whether you’re championing cyber security, defining how we harness the power of technology to improve our business, or working with data to guide the innovation of consumer loved products. Working globally across functions, you’ll own your projects and process from start to finish, with the influence and visibility to achieve what needs to be done. And if you’re willing to bring your ideas to the table, you’ll get the support and investment to make them happen.

Your potential will never be wasted. You’ll get the space and support to take your development to the next level. Every day, there will be opportunities to learn from peers and leaders through working on exciting, varied projects with real impact. And because our work spans so many different businesses, from Research and Product Development to Sales, you’ll keep learning exciting new approaches.

About the role: Dive into a role that buzzes with innovation at Reckitt, a global leader in consumer goods. As an IT & D Senior Platform Analyst, you’ll influence the digital landscape, crafting platforms that foster growth and customer satisfaction. You’re not just optimising tech - you’re engineering journeys and experiences, ensuring that every digital touchpoint is seamless and impactful. If you thrive in an agile, dynamic environment and want to push the boundaries of what’s possible, this could be the role for you.

We understand that iterative method development in a lab takes a lot of time and resources to achieve a market launch. Adapting digital acceleration tools in the simulation and modelling space enables consumer-centric innovation at Reckitt - delivering sustainable and optimised products at a faster pace! Our IT&D team is expanding this capability. We have the ambition to transform our ways of working by integrating a "digital first" approach to science, innovation, R&D, packaging, and manufacturing. You could help us to use simulation technology to deliver a competitive edge.

Your responsibilities:

• Creating technical CAD models of product design, manufacturing processes and packaging variables
• Simulating models to determine design improvements with computational simulations
• Working with business users to support adoption of digital first tools and living the strategy, challenging where required alternative methods
• Working with third parties to deliver outsourced models where needed or appropriate
• Supporting the IT infrastructure required to deliver the software and hardware to the team and internal users

The experience we’re looking for:

• Extensive modelling experience in one of the technologies (CFD, FEA, DEM) in a similar industry
• Experience of managing HPC hardware and software to support efficient utilisation
• Knowledge of alternative simulation tools such as AI, statistical analytical chemistry and maths
• Experience of working with and influencing senior stakeholders to balance business needs with IS standards and processes
• Enthusiastic about the use of technology, with a proven ability to provide a communication 'bridge' between the business and technologists
• Extensive experience of working in a mixed Waterfall and Agile delivery environment
• Experience of supporting complex change and/or multi-disciplinary projects

The skills for success:

• Platform Engineering
• Agile Best Practices
• User Experience Design
• Compliance Management
• Communication and Collaboration
• Problem Solving
• Attention to Detail
• Mentoring and Coaching
• Cloud Computing
• DevOps
• Containerisation
• AWS
• Azure
• Docker
• Kubernetes

What we offer: With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans, we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality: We recognise that in real life, great people don’t always 'tick all the boxes'. That’s why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don’t meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.