Quality Assurance Scientist

Puraffinity

Quality Assurance

London, UK

Posted on Wednesday, August 16, 2023

Engineering · London

Quality Assurance Scientist

Quality Assurance Scientist

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: 40 hours per week

Salary: £45,000- £55,000

About the company

Puraffinity Ltd is a rapidly growing scale-up company. We are driven and strive to solve the global problem of toxic forever chemicals in water, working on several water treatment projects in parallel with an eye to develop sustainable solutions. We work collaboratively and value the opinion of every team member. Our mission is focused on protecting environmental and human health.

Our Vision is to provide 1 billion people with PFAS safe water by 2030, and our Mission is to protect environmental and human health by engineering precision materials to capture chemicals in water.

Puraffinity embraces diversity and fosters a collaborative and team working environment, and we dedicate 100% of our time to creating a purposeful and sustainable environmental impact.

Why join Puraffinity

This is an exciting period of transition for Puraffinity and a great time to join. We have developed a novel adsorbent material to remove PFAS from water and we are scaling-up production for commercialisation.

This role is the first Quality role Puraffinity, reporting into the Head of Engineering. You will take the lead on shaping and defining our quality processes, ensuring quality is embedded into all our processes and our products.

If you are passionate about Quality and are looking for a role where you will play a key role in our scale-up journey this could be the role for you. We are hiring a talented and meticulous Quality Assurance (QA) Scientist to support us on this journey and ensure that quality is monitored and maintained throughout.

You will be responsible for establishing the quality processes and procedures to accompany the scale-up steps through to the production of our novel adsorbent material, at tollers and partners. The position includes working closely with the product development and engineering teams as well as external partners and suppliers.

Responsibilities

Raw Materials

Establish the precise specification for each raw material

Develop and document analytical procedures to determine whether a raw material meets the specifications
Establish record keeping procedures to track batches of raw materials
Support the supply chain and procurement processes where necessary

Production

Develop any analytical procedures required during the production process
Evaluate the effect of deviations in process parameters and establish the ideal operating windows
Work closely with colleagues in the scale-up team to ensure that deviations are kept to a minimum in the final process
Work closely with R&D to ensure quality is maintained during process optimisation
Establish the feasibility and the limiting factors for the recycling of raw materials

Support Certificates of Analysis and labelling processes for production
Work closely with production partners to establish all necessary quality processes

Product

Establish the specification for the product and the testing procedures to determine this
Examine inconsistencies in the quality of the product and determine the root causes
Establish stability testing protocols
Support compliance with all relevant regulations
Determine best practices for the storage and transport of the product

About you

You will hold a degree in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering and have gained experience in managing all aspects of quality assurance and control. As this is our first Quality hire you will require experience in implementing new Quality processes

In addition, our ideal candidate will:

Have strong analytical experience
Have an unwavering attention to detail
Have an understanding of both regulations and health and safety, and be able to apply this to all aspects of the role
Have experience of establishing new processes and procedures
Be an excellent communicator, able to provide concise information to colleagues across teams and to external parties
Be proactive in ensuring all aspects of product and production quality are considered

We are searching for a knowledgeable scientist, who is keen to establish themselves in a rapidly growing company. This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact, both in the short and long term, with plenty of room for development.

We offer great benefits: Vitality Private Health Care, enhanced pension employer contribution scheme (up to 7.5%), and mental health coaching and support by Spill
We offer shares in Puraffinity for all employees, which means you get recognised and rewarded for your work
We care about your learning and development and to support this we have a generous training budget for personal development (up to £2,000 per year)
A work life balance is important – we offer 25 days annual leave (in addition to the 8 bank holidays)
We have a very strong diversity and inclusion focus, and in line with this, we have equalised our parental leave and pay for all

Function: Engineering
Locations: London

London

Life at Puraffinity

Join us and work a with highly qualified, innovative team backed by world-leading research;

We are a diverse, hungry and reality-facing start-up offering huge potential for learning and progression;
You can deliver an immediate impact and help to meaningfully improve water quality globally;
Office located at Scale Space White City, in West London.

Diversity & Inclusion Values

Puraffinity places Diversity and Inclusion at the heart of what we do. We foster a welcoming and respectful work environment where every voice, perspective and idea is heard leading to more innovative and creative solutions. We understand that D&I is a journey and we are striving to learn and constantly improve our policies and practices.

When diversity thrives, we all thrive.