Chemist

• Based at our Kurnell terminal laboratory
• Be part of a team that is expanding and looking into next generation fuels
• Join a collaborative and engaging team.

About Ampol

Our company has always been about more than fuel. Fuel may be the foundation of our business, but our motivation and purpose come from the people, businesses, industries, and communities we engage with.  From our origins until today, we’ve always been inspired by the role we can play in people’s lives – to keep them moving, to make journeys happen. Here at Ampol, we are proud of our heritage as Australia’s only owned fuel brand.

For over 100 years we have supported Australians to travel far and wide, and we’ll be here for 100 more powering better journeys for today and tomorrow.

We are proud to be recognised as an employer of choice for women by WORK180 and are winners of an Employer Brand award through LinkedIn. Check out one of our key leader's career stories, supported by Ampol. 7 Leadership tips for women in male-dominated fields - WORK180

About the role:

Reporting to the Laboratory Superintendent and based at our Kurnell terminal laboratory, the role of the chemist contributes leading a team of Chemists to complete the Laboratory sampling and testing required by Ampol, to produce and manage finished products to the required specifications in a safe and efficient manner.  Also provides value-adding quality and technical support (eg: audits, Laboratory innovation, instrument support, investigations, and refinery gross margin initiatives) to the Kurnell Terminal and greater business.  

Key responsibilities:

• Manage and motivate team performance by developing, appraising, coaching and disciplining team members utilising team leadership principles, stewardship of LPS and the PMP.
• Coordinate the day-to-day Laboratory work schedule to ensure it is completed in a timely and accurate manner. This also include bench work as required.
• Monitor performance and advise when results are outside specification or off-target. Issue test reports (both NATA and otherwise), authorise release of products in accordance with specifications to both internal and external customers.
• Troubleshoot with team members to identify, recommend, and potentially implement solutions to issues that arise in the laboratory.  This may include quality, shipping problems and instrument issues.
• Provide timely technical support relating to products, intermediates, test properties and procedures to customers. This will often involve sending unusual samples for external testing and maintaining the system to log these results for further use by the customer.
• Ensures the team is properly skilled and resourced to handle the work, establishing training requirements (for each team member) and acts as an assessor for specific training.
• Carry out training of Laboratory Chemists as required.

About you:

You are a team player with a positive can-do attitude and have minimum 5 years’ experience as a Chemist leading or coordinating teams or laboratory operations.

You have a strong focus on safety and can demonstrate strong technical and problem-solving skills with the ability to successfully handle high pressure work situations carrying out multiple tasks and priorities.

Key skills and experience:

• Tertiary qualification in science or bachelor’s degree in science (Chemistry desirable)
• Experience in a Chemist Team Leader or similar position in a hydrocarbon facility, pharmaceutical or testing laboratories in a leadership capacity
• Practical exposure of emergency response situations
• Experience with managing laboratory equipment, in particular routine maintenance and troubleshooting
• Thorough understanding of Laboratory test methods and procedures.
• Demonstrated strong technical/professional problem-solving skills.
• Strong safety and occupational health focus.
• Good understanding of Laboratory instruments
• Commitment to incident free operation
• Effective and frequent stakeholder communication
• Strong customer service focus
• High work standards and attention to detail
• Commitment to continuous improvement

We’re an equal opportunity workplace. We not only embrace diversity and inclusion; we celebrate what makes you unique. We welcome applications from people of all ages, cultural backgrounds, and diverse sexualities and genders. We also highly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander to apply for roles with Ampol.