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Senior Process Chemist
About Vateris
Vateris is a climate-tech company developing carbon-to-materials technologies for the construction industry. Our technology permanently mineralises captured CO₂ into high-performance materials that enable major cement reduction while maintaining or improving concrete performance.
Backed by investors including Holcim and GOLDBECK, Vateris is now preparing for the next stage of industrial-scale-up. We are planning delivery of a ~£15 million demonstration plant from Q4 2026 onwards and are looking for exceptional technical talent with highly relevant industrial backgrounds to help scale the technology toward commercial deployment.
The Role
We are seeking a highly capable Senior Process Chemist to lead optimisation and industrialisation of our CO₂ mineralisation process.
This is not a purely academic research role. We are specifically looking for candidates with:
- Strong industrial experience in scalable chemical processes
- Real-world manufacturing environments
- The ability to transition smoothly toward demonstration and commercial deployment
The successful candidate will work closely with engineering, operations, and scale-up teams as we move forward.
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Responsibilities
- Lead optimisation of CO₂ mineralisation and precipitation processes
- Develop robust, scalable, and reproducible chemical operations
- Support pilot plant operation and future demonstration plant scale-up
- Investigate reaction kinetics, impurities, process variability, and operational stability
- Collaborate closely with process engineers and plant operations teams
- Develop SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures), operating envelopes, and process control strategies
- Analyse plant and laboratory data to improve performance and reliability
- Support techno-economic optimisation and industrial feedstock integration
- Contribute to patent generation and technical documentation
Requirements
Essentials
- PhD in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related discipline from a top 5 UK university or equivalent leading European institution, or equivalent industrial experience in a highly relevant field
- Typically 5+ years of industrial experience in:
- Process chemistry
- Chemical manufacturing
- Pilot plants
- Industrial-scale-up environments
- Strong understanding of:
- Industrial/process chemistry
- Scalable chemical operations
- Experience working with:
- Precipitation
- Crystallisation
- Slurry systems
- Mineral processing
- Related process chemistries
- Problem-solving mindset with the ability to troubleshoot technical and operational challenges
- Comfortable working in:
- Pilot plants
- Demonstration plants
- Industrial manufacturing settings
- Ability to thrive in a fast-moving, collaborative scale-up environment
- Strong communication and teamwork skills across multidisciplinary technical teams
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Highly Desirable
- Experience from industries such as:
- Specialty chemicals
- Industrial minerals
- Fertilisers
- Carbon capture
- Hydrometallurgy
- Other process industries
- Hands-on experience supporting:
- Scale-up
- Commissioning
- Optimisation of industrial chemical processes
- Experience working in:
- Startups
- Scale-up companies
- Fast-growth industrial environments
- Ability to translate laboratory development into robust industrial operation
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