AddressHome 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.
- Sydney Based Role – North Ryde Lab & Sydney CBD Head Office
- Generous salary package
- Work with some of Australis best known and loved household brands
In R&D, we're full of highly skilled talents that include Scientists, Engineers, Medical, Clinical and Regulatory professionals - all working to create a cleaner, healthier world. With nine Centres of Excellence, we continually seek out new opportunities by using science, our entrepreneurial flare and our fearless innovation to develop and enhance our existing portfolio, never compromising on quality or performance.
We do the right thing, always, by ensuring we act with responsibility and integrity, by complying with regulatory legislation across the globe, whilst ensuring our products are safe for our consumers and are to the highest quality.
As an R&D Associate you'll merge your scientific skills with technical know-how and work collaboratively across functions to expand your expertise.
Your responsibilities:
- Lead development of innovation for our Pest products
- Have responsibility from concept to launch
- Work closely with our cross functional teams to bring new innovations to market
- Perform or oversee technical tasks to uphold the highest standards in our dynamic R & D environment.
- Guide assistants to help them develop in their scientific skill and career
- Build and share your technical expertise in our product portfolio, embracing Reckitt's innovative spirit and operating models
- Perform various administrative tasks
- Carry out formulations and product benchmarking
- Develop knowledge of scientific publications, studies and product formulations in area covered by expertise to substantiate key product claims
- Prepare claims substantiation studies and documents.
What we’re looking for:
- Experience in product development & innovation
- Experience within a lab setting – Development Scientist, R&D Assistant etc.
- Experience in wet and physical chemistry testing
- 3-5 years’ experience in the FMCG industry i.e. cosmetics, pest etc.
- A strong and demonstrable understanding of the development process
- Suitable tertiary degree in a Scientific discipline
- Solid background in R & D, or related areas like Regulatory, Safety, or Supply.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate on projects and a history of successfully meeting delivery targets.
- Independent work style, complemented by strong problem-solving and organisational talents.
- Communicative and influential, you're a team player who knows how to get things done.
- An affinity for innovation and improvement, challenging the norm when needed.
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.
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.
