Our Client is part of an international chemicals and coatings organisation and is a leading provider of specialist inks. They are at the forefront in technology when it comes to delivering colour expertise and innovative new products.

They are now seeking a Technology Lead to work closely with production, technical, sales, and commercial teams as well as leading new product development.

About the Role:

• To develop high quality and innovative products to meet business development needs.
• To lead short, medium, and long-term customer technical projects and development projects to manage technical risks within agreed timelines.
• To meet and collaborate with customers, internal sales, and business development to recommend and formulate appropriate technical solutions.
• Responsible for the leadership and timely execution of development projects to deliver new security inks and features to meet market demand.
• Identify relevant technologies and create novel new products via literature/patent research and in-house R&D.
• Ensure that activities of technical team assigned to specific projects are coordinated and will deliver required outputs.
• Communicate regular project updates and documentation in a clear way to internal stakeholders and customers.

About the Candidate:

• Comprehensive understanding of product formulation of relevant products and how formulation changes affect the application performance.
• Extensive experience in selection and qualification of new raw materials.
• Extensive experience in the surface coatings industry, with a proven track record in new product development.
• Experience as a supervisor/project leader or equivalent.

Salary up to £55,000.

Whitehall is the Recruitment Specialist for the Chemicals, Coatings, Polymers and Life Science industries.