Colorifix Careers

Company:

Colorifix is a biotechnology company that aims to bring a novel, sustainable and environmentally friendly process
to the textile dyeing industry by eliminating the use of hazardous chemicals as well as allowing for large savings in
water and energy use. Colorifix has been recognised by winning awards in both synthetic biology and fashion, with
full information available on our website. Our investors include Bombyx Capital, Cambridge Enterprise, H&M,
Synbioven and Sagana, whose collective backing is funding our expansion.

Role description:

The Health and Safety Officer will play an integral role in supporting the day-to-day operations across all Colorifix
sites. The successful candidate will be required to co-ordinate, support and advise the business on all aspects with
regards to Health, Safety and Environmental Compliance. To establish, and monitor standards, processes,
communications, training, and systems to ensure all responsibilities associated with Health and Safety across the
company. The ideal candidate should be looking for a new challenge in a fast-moving, collaborative environment
and has significant experience of Health and Safety that spans both laboratory and large scale industrial situations.
This exciting role will be cross-disciplinary, working with synthetic biologists, fermentation scientists, analytical
scientists and informaticians.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

● Act as Company Health & Safety Officer supporting the creation, implementation, development,
monitoring, and review of safety arrangements at Colorifix
● Monitoring and enforcement of compliance with Colorifix’s local safety rules and statutory safety
requirements.
● Responsible for the creation, communication, and implementation of safety initiatives.
● Work with our external advisors to ensure Colorifix is working to current best practise for health and
safety.
● Act as chair of the Safety Committee and contribute towards Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) &
Biological and Chemical Safety Committees
● Training research staff so that they can operate effectively and safely in the laboratory and also at the
pilot-plant scale of operation.
● Full inhouse auditing of H&S systems, training and Colorfix sites etc.
Role Requirements:
● Holds a NEBOSH qualification and knowledge of working to ISO45001.
● Degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry or Molecular Biology.
● 2-3 years’ experience working in a Health and Safety role and ideally in an industrial dyeing or
biotechnology company with sound knowledge of the principles of good laboratory practice and good
occupational safety.
● An understanding of legislation underpinning health and safety at work including the Health and Safety at
Work Act 1974 and COSHH regulations.
● Excellent communicator and flexible team player that is comfortable working with and being the interface

across different divisional teams.
● Highly organised with a strong attention to detail, with the ability to plan, design and have fixed
deadlines.
● Experience of troubleshooting with excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to manage several tasks
simultaneously.
● Knowledge or experience of EU Health & Safety standards would be an advantage
● Biological safety knowledge an advantage but additional training can be given.

Title: Health and Safety Officer
Reports to: CSO
Location: Cambridge or Norwich
Remuneration: £34-37,000 DOE
Holidays: 25 + BH + Birthday
Benefits: Pension scheme, EMI share options, mental health support and employee wellbeing budget,
company social events and annual retreat
Local Amenities (in Norwich): On-site cafes, on-site nursery, parking
 
Apply: Please submit your CV and cover letter to recruitment@colorifix.com stating the role that you are applying
for in the subject line.
Closing date for applications is 31 st May 2022
Colorifix is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive
environment for all employees.

Role description:
Colorifix is looking for an In-house Counsel to help us work across a number of areas of law with a main focus on commercial and employment. In-house Legal Counsel duties and responsibilities include:-
● Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial contracts and agreements.
● Providing accurate, relevant, and timely advice on a variety of legal topics.
● Managing and mitigating legal risks by designing and implementing company policies and procedures.
● Ensuring compliance with all laws and regulations that apply to the business.
● Promoting legal, compliance and risk management best practice throughout the company.
● Communicating with and managing any third-party bodies such as external counsel or auditors.
● Staying up-to-date with changes to legislation, particularly in relation to laws, rules and regulations that directly affect Colorifix and its core markets.
● Liaising with senior members of staff.

Essential skills and experience:
● Excellent negotiating and drafting skills.
● Strong communication and presentation skills.
● The ability to build and maintain strong professional relationships across the business.
● The ability to communicate complex legal issues and risks in terms that non-legal colleagues can understand.
● The ability to work in a highly autonomous role.

Title: In-house Counsel
Reports to: Chief Operating Officer
Location: London or Cambridge
Remuneration: £65-75,000
Holidays : 25 + BH + Birthday
Benefits: Pension scheme, EMI share options, mental health support and employee wellbeing budget, company social events and annual retreat

Apply: Please submit your CV and cover letter to recruitment@colorifix.com.
Deadline: Midnight on Monday 4th April 2022

Colorifix is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Role description:
Colorifix has a unique operational and business model. Therefore, we like to build our own bespoke software tools to help the business run. We are looking for a full-stack developer to join our team and help us build data and content management platforms.

You will be working in collaboration with data scientists, engineers and the implementation team to develop simple and flexible solutions for interaction with our clients and staff.

Informatics is a small but rapidly growing division at Colorifix. Each member of the team is an expert in their own field and we make our best to create a collaborative environment where everyone can work flexibly, grow into the role and learn from each other. We value initiative, desire to learn and a drive for exploration. Although the whole company is growing fast, it still has a start-up vibe. The role will be development-heavy but there will be plenty opportunities to engage with other activities of the team and contribute to how company functions as a whole.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
● Writing, documenting, testing and reviewing Python and JavaScript code
● Participating in software architecture design and advising on API development
● Writing automation scripts to support every aspect of the business
Role Requirements:

Essential
● Excellent Python skills and familiarity with ASGI frameworks and toolkits, e.g. Starlette, FastAPI, Starlite
● Experience with Python database toolkits and object relational mapping, e.g. SQLAlchemy, neomodel
● Familiarity with REST API, HTTP, Websockets
● Excellent client-side JavaScript skills
● Experience working with Vue.js and Quasar frameworks
● git
● MacOS, Linux

Desirable
● Experience with graph databases, e.g. Neo4j
● Experience working with headless content management systems

Title: Full-Stack Developer
Reports to: Head of Informatics
Location: Cambridge, Norwich with option for blended working from home
Remuneration: £50-55,000 DOE
Holidays : 25 + BH + Birthday
Benefits: Pension scheme, EMI share options, mental health support and employee wellbeing budget, company social events and annual retreat

Apply: Please submit your CV and cover letter to recruitment@colorifix.com by the 10th April 2022. Stating the role that you are applying for in the subject line.

Colorifix is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Role description:
At Colorifix, data is our most valuable asset, our scientists produce vast amounts of it and the progress of our research depends on organising the data neatly for further analysis. We are looking for a data scientist to join our team and help us with establishing best practices in data collection, organisation and analysis. We also have many scientific questions we would like the successful candidate to help us answer by the power of statistics.

Your role will be a bridge between the software development team and the rest of the company. Therefore, you might expect working in close collaboration with scientists, technicians, bioinformaticians, developers and other teams.

Informatics is a small but rapidly growing division at Colorifix. Apart from providing support on the data management front, we are working on bringing the best digital tools into the company to help it run more efficiently. Each member of the team is an expert in their own field and we make our best to create a collaborative environment where everyone can work flexibly, grow into the role and learn from each other. We value initiative, desire to learn and a drive for exploration.
Although the whole company is growing fast, it still have a start-up vibe. The role will be data-science-heavy but there will be plenty opportunities to engage with other activities of the team and contribute to how the company functions as a whole.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
● Support the wider company with the implementation of rigorous statistical analyses: fitting models, conducting statistical tests.
● Applying mathematical models to answer scientific questions, e.g. predicting properties of our pigments based on the existing data, optimising fermentation recipes.
● Advising on experimental design, data collection and sampling.
● Data migration, cleanup and organisation
● Building automated ELT, data analysis and visualisation pipelines
● Routine number crunching and report generation
Role Requirements:

Essential
● Degree in mathematics, statistics, computer science, physics or related quantitative discipline
● Strong programming skills and must be proficient in Python. Familiarity with common data analysis libraries e.g. scikit-learn, pytorch, numpy, scipy, pandas, matplotlib
● Demonstrated expertise in database management
● Experience in setting up and running machine learning pipelines
● Experience in data management and visualisation
● Ability to convey data in a clear and concise manner to technical and non-technical audiences
● Familiarity with version control using git
● Familiarity with basic DevOps tools for collaborative work
● Competent working with Linux and MacOS
● Demonstrated expertise in applying mathematical models to solve complex problems

Desirable
● Familiarity with Perl, Julia, Java, MATLAB, Bash languages
● Experience in analysing biological datasets
● Experience in data-driven process optimisation
● Experience with graph databases such as Neo4j
● Able to build state of the art machine learning models

Title: Data Scientist
Reports to: Head of Informatics
Location: Cambridge, Norwich with option for blended working from home
Remuneration: £50-55,000 DOE
Holidays: 25 + BH + Birthday
Benefits: Pension scheme, EMI share options, mental health support and employee wellbeing budget, company social events and annual retreat

Apply: Please submit your CV and cover letter to recruitment@colorifix.com by 10th April 2022 stating the role that you are applying for in the subject line.

Colorifix is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Role description:
We seek to hire a highly motivated laboratory automation specialist to join the Microbial Engineering division at Colorifix. The successful candidate will have the exciting opportunity to make this role their own and implement an automated synthetic biology pipeline to accelerate natural product colour development. We have an existing manual synthetic biology workflow and the successful candidate will be to implement an automated version. This exciting role will be cross-disciplinary working with synthetic biologists, fermentation scientists, analytical chemists and informaticians. Colorifix is looking for a candidate who enjoys multidisciplinary teamwork, taking on challenges, shows creativity, flexibility, enthusiasm, and excellent communication skills.

Essential Skills and experience
● MSc or PhD in scientific (biochemistry, molecular biology, etc.), mechanical engineering, bioengineering computational or related field.
● Experience of setting up lab automation workflows, including such equipment as liquid handlers (Echo 525, Cybio Felix), colony pickers (e.g. QPix 400, PIXL), plate readers and thermocyclers or multiple enabling laboratory automation tools.
● Must have experience and skills in creating, modifying and troubleshooting laboratory robotics/automation scripts.
● Experience of automating high-throughput, traditional bench-scale process ideally with a focus of synthetic biology and high-throughput cell screening
● Experience in programming in C/C++, python
● Good communicator and flexible team player who is committed to the success of team as a whole
● Passion for science together with a ‘can-do’ problem-solving approach.
● Good organisational skills with a high attention to detail.
● Ability to learn quickly, prioritize and execute tasks, and thrive in a fast-paced environment,

Desirable skills and experience
● Experience of keeping a digital lab book
● Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
● Previous industry experience is desirable

Title: Automation specialist
Reports to: Head of Microbial Engineering
Location: Norwich Research Park, Norwich
Qualifications: MSc or PhD in scientific (biochemistry, molecular biology, etc.), engineering (chemical, computational), or computational discipline with 3+ years of relevant experience.
Remuneration: Annual salary of £38,000 to 44,000 depending on level of experience.
Holidays : 25 + BH + Birthday
Benefits: Pension scheme, EMI share options, mental health support and employee wellbeing budget, company social events and annual retreat
Local Amenities: On-site cafes, on-site nursery, parking

Apply: Please submit your CV and cover letter to recruitment@colorifix.com.

Colorifix is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Role description:
We seek to hire a highly motivated chemical biologist to join the Microbial Engineering division at Colorifix’s R&D site in Norwich, UK. The ideal candidate will have an interest in natural product biosynthesis with experience of extraction and analysis of microbial metabolites. The successful candidate will be a pivotal member of the team, supporting both the design of biosynthetic pathways and the analysis of associated molecules produced by bioengineered microorganisms. The candidate will be directly involved in the research and development of pigmented molecules with the potential to become commercial dyes. This exciting role will be cross-disciplinary, working with synthetic biologists, fermentation scientists, analytical scientists and informaticians. Colorifix is looking for a candidate who enjoys multidisciplinary teamwork, taking on challenges, shows flexibility, creativity and enthusiasm.

Essential Skills and experience
● PhD in chemical biology, chemistry, biochemistry or related subject
● Experience with extraction and analysis of natural products from microbial fermentations and use of analytical techniques e.g. HPLC and LC-MS
● Understanding of natural product biosynthesis
● Experience with chemical drawing and 3D chemical modelling computational tools
● Good communicator and flexible team player who is committed to the success of team as a whole
● Passion for science together with a ‘can-do’ problem-solving approach.
● Good organisational skills with a high attention to detail.
● Respect for confidentiality and integrity
Desirable skills and experience
● Experience with protein engineering and protein-ligand molecular docking
● Understanding of microbial/metabolic engineering and/or synthetic biology
● Experience of keeping a digital lab book
● Experience of working with in a multi-disciplinary team
● Previous industry experience is desirable

Title: Chemical Biologist
Reports to: Head of Microbial Engineering
Location: Norwich Research Park, Norwich
Salary: £38-44,000 depending on experience
Holidays : 25 + BH + Birthday
Benefits: Pension scheme, EMI share options, mental health support and employee wellbeing budget, company social events and annual retreat
Local Amenities: On-site cafes, on-site nursery, parking

Apply: Please submit your CV and cover letter to recruitment@colorifix.com stating the role on the title.

Colorifix is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Role description:
We seek to hire a highly motivated Research Scientist to join the Microbial Engineering division at Colorifix. The successful candidate will be focused on the development and optimisation of a range of microbial platforms for production of pigments from renewable resources.
Skills should include strong experience in synthetic biology / molecular microbiology, biochemistry, DNA assembly, genetic engineering, optimisation of metabolic pathways and bacterial growth curves. Knowledge in fermentation, bioinformatics, enzyme engineering, automation or analytical chemistry would be advantageous but not essential. The Microbial Engineering team is looking for a candidate who enjoys multidisciplinary teamwork, taking on challenges, shows creativity, flexibility, enthusiasm, and excellent communication skills.

Essential Skills and experience
● PhD in Synthetic Biology, molecular microbiology or relevant work experience
• Demonstrated success of engineering at least one micro-organism for enhanced small metabolite production.
• Experience of working with and knowledge of the physiology of a range of microorganisms including Gram-negative and/or Gram-positive bacteria and yeasts (e.g. Pichia pastoris and Saccharomyces cerevisiae).
• Excellent knowledge of multiple genome engineering techniques such as Lambda Red and CRISPR-based techniques.
• Good communicator and flexible team player who is committed to the success of team as a whole

Desirable skills and experience
● Passion for science together with a ‘can-do’ problem-solving approach.
• Good organisational skills with a high attention to detail.
• Experience of keeping a digital lab book and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)
• Previous industry experience is desirable
• Respect for confidentiality and integrity

Title: Strain Engineer
Reports to: Head of Microbial Engineering
Location: Norwich Research Park, Norwich  
Remuneration: £37-42,000. DOE
Holidays : 25 + BH + Birthday
Benefits: Pension scheme, EMI share options, mental health support and employee wellbeing budget, company social events and annual retreat
Local Amenities: On-site cafes, on-site nursery, parking
 
Apply: Please submit your CV and cover letter to recruitment@colorifix.com stating the role that you are applying for in the subject line.

Closing date for applications is 30TH April 2022
 
Colorifix is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Role description:
As part of Implementation team, the junior implementation specialist will work together with our customers, bringing solutions to them and helping them to establish Colorifix technology on each site. They would be involved in the fermentor commissioning, demonstration tests (fermentation plus dye) at customers’ sites and client’s training onboarding on both laboratory and full-scale fermentation plus dye processes. They would also be responsible for knowledge capturing at the full-scale production in each site, to bring back the important inputs for the new strain development scientists and dye development at Colorifix’s R&D level.
The future junior implementation specialist will be expected to travel to client’s sites and to have good communication, practical troubleshooting experience and recording skills to be able to build the bridge between Colorifix development and the customers application.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
● Familiarity with technical transfer documentation and industrial project implementation.
● Knowledge of bio-process principles such as different modes of operation, up- and down-scaling (through to pilot plant and full production), and/or bioprocess data processing.
● Understanding of what it means to work on bioprocesses in an industrial and customer-oriented context.
● Work across multiple projects.
● High standard of quality.
● We expect you to be a team player eager to connect to fellow professionals in the various scientific competence areas within Colorifix as well as to those from external parties.
● Customer focus and are open to share knowledge with your colleagues.

Role Requirements:
● You are a Microbial Physiologist, Biotechnologist, Chemical or Biochemical Engineer by training, preferably at Master level or Bachelor’s degree with 2 years of experience.
● You have experience with fermentor operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting at any scale.
● You have experience in working together with customers and/or people outside your organization.
● You have experience with running fermentation (E.coli, Yeast & Fungi) process, preferably in an industrial context.
● You combine solid problem analysis with practical judgment and creativity.
● Good communication skills in English are required.
● Your personality can be described as collaborative, entrepreneurial, proactive, responsible, result-driven and flexible.
● Willingness to travel internationally on a regular basis

Title: Junior Implementation Specialist
Reports to: Head of Implementation
Location: 9 Nuffield Road, Cambridge, CB4 1TF
Remuneration: £27-30,000
Holidays : 25 + BH + Birthday
Benefits: Pension scheme, EMI share options, mental health support and employee wellbeing budget, company social events and annual retreat

Apply: Please submit your CV and cover letter to recruitment@colorifix.com stating the role that you are applying for in the subject line.

Colorifix is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Role description:
We seek to hire a highly motivated Synthetic Biologist to join the Microbial Engineering division at Colorifix as a Research Scientist. The successful candidate will be a pivotal member of the team, supporting the development of new pigment-producing strains, with a particular focus on creating, characterising and leveraging genetic tools.

Skills should include strong experience in synthetic biology / molecular microbiology, biochemistry, DNA assembly, genetic engineering, optimisation of metabolic pathways and genome engineering. Knowledge in fermentation, bioinformatics, enzyme engineering, automation or analytical chemistry would be advantageous but not essential. Candidates with a working knowledge of electronic notebooks and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) will be at an advantage, but training will also be provided. The Microbial Engineering team is looking for a candidate who enjoys multi-disciplinary teamwork, taking on challenges, shows creativity, flexibility, enthusiasm, and excellent communication skills.

Essential skills and experience
● PhD in biological sciences or relevant work experience in a biological scientist discipline
● Strong background and experience in synthetic biology: modular DNA assembly techniques, design and characterisation of genetic parts, metabolic pathway construction and optimisation, etc
● Experience with CRISPR-Cas9 tools for genome engineering, CRISPRa and CRISPRi
● Experience of working with and knowledge of the physiology of a range of chassis microorganisms including Gram-negative and/or Gram-positive and yeasts (e.g. Pichia pastoris and Saccharomyces cerevisiae)
● Experience of metabolic engineering for enhanced small molecule production
● Good communicator and flexible team player who is committed to the success of team as a whole
● Passion for science together with a ‘can-do’ problem-solving approach
● Good organisational skills with a high attention to detail
● Respect for confidentiality and integrity

Desirable skills and experience
● Experience with natural product biosynthesis.
● Experience with protein engineering.
● Experience with analytical chemistry techniques.
● Experience of keeping a digital lab book.
● Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team.
● Previous industry experience is desirable.

Title: Research Scientist
Reports to: Head of Microbial Engineering
Location: Norwich Research Park, Norwich
Remuneration: £37-42,000, depending on level of experience
Holidays : 25 + BH + Birthday
Benefits: Pension scheme, EMI share options, mental health support and employee wellbeing budget, company social events and annual retreat
Local Amenities: On-site cafes, on-site nursery, parking

Apply: Please submit your CV and cover letter to recruitment@colorifix.com stating the role in the title

Colorifix is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Role description:
As part of the implementation team, the fermentation process assistant will work with the fermentation specialists to provide day-to-day operations of Colorifix’s fermentation process at its facility in Cambridge, UK. The fermentation site has a microbiological lab and both pilot and full-scale bioreactors used to scale-up the Colorifix’s fermentation process and produce dye liquor which will be applied on fabrics for dyeing runs. This will involve working closely with the dye team at Cambridge site, to coordinate work across the process. The fermentation process assistant will be responsible for preparing, running, and collecting data from the fermentation runs. This includes collecting samples and carrying out analysis, along with the subsequent data analysis and report writing, ensuring that batch records are maintained for all runs. The fermentation assistant will be expected to contribute to the maintenance and efficient running of the microbiological lab and fermentation site. They will be given responsibility for specific tasks and, after training, be expected to carry them out independently e.g., media preparation, bioreactor preparation and cleaning, sampling, sample processing and support in the data analysis.

Essential skills and experience:
● BSc in biological sciences, chemistry, or chemical engineering.
● Good organisational skills. Practised in data analysis and report writing.
● Basic experience in the use of conventional laboratory equipment (e.g., centrifuge, microscope, pH meter, autoclave, spectrophotometer).
● Good communicator and flexible team player that is committed to the success of the team.
● Ability to follow standard operating procedures and continuously improve operations.
● A minimum of 2-3 years of experience in an industrial environment.

Desirable skills and experience:
● An understanding of basic microbiology techniques (e.g., aseptic technique and bacterial culture growth).
● Previous experience with fermentation upstream process.
● An attention to detail for maintaining the work environment organized.
● Experience in troubleshooting and problem solving, for both long term and quick solutions
● Development of templates for data analysis.
● Experience of keeping a digital lab book.
● Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams.

Title: Fermentation Process Assistant
Reports to: Head of Implementation Division
Location: 9 Nuffield Road, CB4 1TF, Cambridge
Remuneration: £25-£30,000
Holidays : 25 + BH + Birthday
Benefits: Pension scheme, EMI share options, mental health support and employee wellbeing budget, company social events and annual retreat

Apply: Please submit your CV and cover letter to recruitment@colorifix.com stating the role that you are applying for in the subject line.

Colorifix is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Role description:
Procurement managers act as the primary point of contact between suppliers and a business. They are responsible for the procurement of products and goods for use in the business by identifying potential supplier sources, screening them and negotiating favorable payment terms. Other duties include monitoring supplier performance and ensuring contractual obligations are met. The Procurement Manager will work closely with all Colorifix Divisions.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
● Act as a point of contact between the company and suppliers
● Identify potential suppliers based on project requirements
● Negotiate contracts, terms and deadlines with vendors and suppliers
● Monitor and update relevant departments regarding price fluctuations of goods and vendor pricing
● Process purchase orders to acquire goods
● Work closely with the legal department to ensure contract terms are favourable to the company
● Attend meetings with the legal team, engineering team, vendors and suppliers

Essential skills and experience:
● Your personality can be described as collaborative, entrepreneurial, proactive, responsible, result-driven and flexible.
● Good communication skills in English are required.
● Extensive experience working in a procurement role in a related field
● Working knowledge of relevant industries and market conditions
● Strong understanding of procurement and negotiation techniques
● Excellent verbal and written communication skills
● Strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills
● Able to travel to meet with suppliers, as required
● Minimum of 8 years, ideally in the pharmaceutical / biotech industry
● Master’s degree in purchasing management preferred
● Excellent networking connections

Title: Procurement Manager
Reports to: COO and CCO
Location: 9 Nuffield Road, Cambridge, CB4 1TF
Remuneration: £38-48,000 depending on experience
Holidays : 25 + BH + Birthday
Benefits: Pension scheme, EMI share options, mental health support and employee wellbeing budget, company social events and annual retreat

Apply: Please submit your CV and cover letter to recruitment@colorifix.com stating the role that you are applying for in the subject line.

Colorifix is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Role description:
We seek to hire a highly motivated R&D Chemist (Materials Chemistry) at Colorifix. The work content will involve investigations into applications of Colorifix science and evaluation of surface chemistry and potential modification. Candidates should have extensive knowledge and experience in materials and surface chemistry, preferably polymer or textile chemistry.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
● Investigating the chemistry of biomolecules as novel colorants
● Performing lab work to engage in the R&D process at Coloration Division
● Providing technical information and coordinating presentations when required
● Working across different divisions to facilitate the understanding of chemistries involved in Colorifix technology

Essential skills and experience:
● PhD in fields directly related to Materials or Surface Chemistry
● Your personality can be described as collaborative, entrepreneurial, proactive, responsible, result-driven and flexible.
● Excellent verbal and written communication skills
● Self-motivated and pride in their work
● Interest in sustainability

Desirable skills and experience:
● Knowledge and experience in surface chemistry and surface modification of polymeric materials
● Knowledge and experience in dye chemistry
● Knowledge and experience in analytical chemistry to study natural products
● Knowledge and experience in textile supply chain and product requirements
● Basic knowledge of biochemistry and microbiology
● Experience in working in a multidisciplinary team

Title: R&D Chemist (Materials Chemistry)
Reports to: Head of Coloration Division
Location: Norwich Research Park, Norwich
Remuneration: £37-42,000
Holidays : 25 + BH + Birthday
Benefits: Pension scheme, EMI share options, mental health support and employee wellbeing budget, company social events and annual retreat
Local Amenities: On-site cafes, on-site nursery, parking

Apply: Please submit your CV and cover letter to recruitment@colorifix.com stating the role that you are applying for in the subject line.

Closing date for applications is 30th April 2022

Colorifix is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Opportunity
We are looking for a Coloration Technician for our pilot dye house in Cambridge. The Technician will gain practical experience of operating a dye house and expertise in our unique biology-based dye technology— this includes both textile coloration and industrial fermentation. The successful candidate may also be offered training which could lead to professional qualifications in this field.

We are looking for someone who is driven to learn new things and explore a real career opportunity in sustainable textile coloration. The role holder will join a diverse, interdisciplinary team and work in a fast-paced environment that brings together biotechnology, fashion, sustainability, and more.

Responsibilitie
● Following and learning the operation (control of equipment and systems)
● Material preparation for processing
● Cross train on all machines for maximum flexibility
● Follow all health and safety rules and regulations
● Monitor inventory of dyehouse materials
● Carry out machine operations following the production plan in a timely manner
● Maintain cleanliness and operation of all the machines in the production area

Experience
● Educated to A-Level
● An interest in and awareness of environmental sustainability
● Good colour acuity/recognition
● Interest in textiles would be an advantage but not a requirement

Who are you? 
You have an an open and friendly personality that works well in a team
You have strong communication and organisational skills
You are self-motivated and have pride in your work
You are able to jump into new situations and ways of working
You are curious and driven to learn new processes and skills
You are a strong problem solver and take initiative to improve processes
You have good attention to detail

Title: Coloration Technician
Reports to: Head of Coloration Division
Location: 9 Nuffield Road, CB4 1TF, Cambridge
Holidays :25 + BH + Birthday
Benefits: Pension scheme, EMI share options, mental health support and employee wellbeing budget, company social events and annual retreat

Apply: Please submit a CV and Cover Letter to recruitment@colorifix.com with the job title in the subject line. In your cover letter, please tell us why you’re interested in working with Colorifix and why you’d be a good fit for the role.

Colorifix is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

We offer three month internships for PhD students undertaking a PIPS Placement. If you’re interested in our mission to make colour more sustainable for all and want to make a real impact during your three-month project, get in touch!

 
Our internships occur within one of our R&D Teams. We’re looking for the following experience and interest:

Informatics: Confident in Python and with a background in bioinformatics, bioengineering, chemoinformatics, data visualisation, or computer science.

Coloration: Material science, biomaterials, or surface chemistry.

Microbial Engineering: Natural products, synthetic biology, molecular microbiology, analytics, or fermentation.

Please send a CV and cover letter to recruitment@colorifix.com