Senior Applications Scientist

PLC Renishaw plc

Location: Wotton-under-Edge
Work arrangement: On-site
Job type: Full-time
Pay: £40,000 – £60,000 / year
Posted Oct 27

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Job Description

Location Wotton-under-Edge, Glos

Salary between £40,000 - £60,000 depending on experience

Renishaw is seeking to recruit a Raman Application Scientist to work within the Spectroscopy Products Division.

The successful candidate will be a highly motivated individual with a passion for science, looking to take their career in a commercial direction. This customer-facing role provides technical sales support by understanding customer requirements and demonstrating how they can be achieved using Renishaw’s spectroscopy offering.

Responsibilities

Conducting feasibility studies, analysing customer samples and performing on-site and remote instrument demonstrations to support the Renishaw sales team.

Providing expert guidance to support our existing customers, including on-site training, delivering Raman Revealed training workshops and responding to emails.

Working as part of a team to deliver marketing activities such as exhibitions, seminars, workshops and webinars.

Supporting the production of written marketing and training materials (notes, posters, manuals, brochures, etc.).

Key requirements

A degree in a related discipline.

Practical experience using analytical instrumentation, preferably in a customer-facing environment.

Knowledge of Raman spectroscopy.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to adapt style as required for industrial and academic audiences.

Confidence presenting to audiences of different sizes.

The ability to multi-task, prioritise, and deliver to deadlines.

Diligent, methodical, but efficient work ethic.

A high level of general computer literacy including Microsoft Office software.

A full UK driving licence.

A full, valid passport.

Willingness and ability to travel both domestically and internationally.

Desirable requirements

PhD in a related science discipline.

Previous commercial experience in scientific instrumentation.

Practical experimental skills using Raman spectroscopy instrumentation.

Person specification

The successful candidate will be self-motivated and enthusiastic, able to use their initiative and remain confident when faced with pressure situations.

The ability to meet deadlines, good attention to detail, and prioritise a range of tasks.

Resourceful, willing to learn new skills, and able to problem solve.

The ability to plan well is important as this role requires a combination of independent and team-working, often utilising shared resources.

Benefits

When you join Renishaw, we're committing to your future career. That's because we believe in developing our people's skills and promoting them internally. We also offer a benefits package that's highly desirable; including a 9% non-contributory pension, discretionary annual bonus, *subsidised onsite restaurants and *coffee shops, free parking, *car sharing scheme and *24 hour fitness centres. ( not available at all sites).

We also want to promote a healthy work-life balance as much as possible, so we have introduced a hybrid working policy which allows for a combination of home and office based working depending on the nature of your role. We also offer a variable working programme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Life Assurance policy of 12 times annual salary, Cycle to Work scheme, enhanced maternity pay subject to qualifying criteria, Health Cash Plan, the option to join Renishaw Health Trust (Aviva) and an Employee Assistance Programme for employees and family.

Please click [here](https://www.renishaw.com/en/working-at-renishaw--6426) for further information about our benefits.

At Renishaw we believe that our success is powered by welcoming a workforce of diverse and talented people. Through encouraging an inclusive culture, where all our employees are free to be themselves, we can achieve our core values: Innovation, Inspiration, Integrity, and Involvement.

If you are excited about the role but feel as though you don’t meet all the requirements, we would encourage you still to apply. You might just be the right person for this role or another opportunity at Renishaw.

We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, or require any reasonable adjustments please contact the recruitment team on 01453 490384 or recruitment@renishaw.com.

Please click [here](https://www.renishaw.com/en/diversity-and-inclusion--47237) for further information about diversity and inclusion at Renishaw.

Employment Type:

Permanent

Time Type:

Full time

Requisition Number:

R9324 Senior Applications Scientist (Open)

Renishaw is a FTSE 250 global engineering and scientific technology company, with core skills in measurement, motion control, additive manufacturing, healthcare, spectroscopy and manufacturing. We supply products and services that push the boundaries of what is possible in applications as diverse as jet engine and wind turbine manufacture, through to dentistry and brain surgery. We are also a world leader in the field of metal additive manufacturing (also referred to as 3D printing), where we design and make industrial machines that ‘print' parts from metal powder.

We currently have 77 offices in 36 countries, with around 5,200 employees worldwide. Over 3,000 people are employed within the UK where we carry out the majority of our research and development, and manufacturing.

With a global presence in a broad range of sectors, we aim to ensure that our workforce reflects the diverse global communities we serve. Every year we welcome a wide range of new employees, from apprentices to experienced professionals. By joining Renishaw you will be making a difference to the world in which we live, in a global company that encourages innovation and personal achievement.

Our people help us to pursue this purpose so that we can continue to be a world leader in precision technology and deliver on our vision to innovate and transform capabilities in manufacturing, science and healthcare through unparalleled levels of precision, productivity and practicality.

Pay

£40,000 – £60,000 / year

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