# Advanced Chemist

Synthomer is a leading supplier of high-performance, highly specialised polymers and ingredients that play vital roles in key sectors such as coatings, construction, adhesives, and health and protection - growing markets that serve billions of end users worldwide. Headquartered in London, UK and publicly listed there since 1971, we employ c.3,500 employees across our 5 innovation centres of excellence and more than 28 manufacturing sites across Europe, North America and Asia. Around 20% of our sales volumes are from new and patent protected products. At our innovation centres of excellence in the UK, Germany, China, Malaysia and Ohio, USA we collaborate closely with our customers to develop new products and enhance existing ones tailored to their needs, with an increasing range of sustainability benefits. Since 2021, we have been proud holders of the London Stock Exchange Green Economy Mark, which recognises green technology businesses making a significant contribution to a more sustainable, low-carbon economy. At Synthomer, innovation is at the heart of everything we do. We're looking for an Advanced Chemist - Polymers to join our R&D team and play a key role in developing new pro

- **Id**: 3684932
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/synthomer-advanced-chemist>
- **Role**: Science & Research
- **Role family**: Science & Research
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Harlow, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-03T14:35:02Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-03
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-06T00:43:04Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5209
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Parental leave, Retirement plans
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Plastics & Polymers, Chemical Manufacturing

## Company

- **Id**: 1903359
- **Name**: Synthomer
- **Domain**: synthomer.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/synthomer>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 83
- **Open postings**: 10
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.7
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 40
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: phd
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-03T14:35:02Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: yes; Evidence: Licensed UK visa sponsor (Senior or Specialist Worker, Graduate Trainee, Skilled Worker); Route: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee; Skilled Worker; Cap exempt: no; Checked at: 2026-11-06T06:20:25+00:00

## Liveness

- **Score**: 60
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.602
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 40
- **Reasons**: conf:5, stale_co, win:early, comp:junior
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

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