Scientific & QA Jobs

Production Chemist

Reed • Essex, Eastern England

Salary

£30k – £35k

Posted

24 September 2026

Work mode

Full-time

Sponsor match

high

Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)

Role overview

Reed is hiring a Production Chemist in Essex, a full-time scientific & qa role advertised as permanent. The advertised salary is £30k – £35k. Reed holds an active licence on the UK Home Office register of sponsors for the Skilled Worker route, which means it can sponsor a visa for this hire if it chooses to.

Production Chemist Location: Essex Salary: Competitive Benefits Job Type: Full-time, Permanent A growing and well-established chemical manufacturing business is seeking a Production Chemist to join its operations team. This is an excellent opportunity for a chemistry professional to play a hands-on role in chemical production, process optimisation, quality assurance, and continuous improvement within a specialist manufacturing environment. Working closely with senior leadership and production …

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Employer: Reed — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £30k – £35k
How this salary compares: about 14% below the £40,932 median across 1,086 scientific & qa roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: Essex, Eastern England · Full-time
Posted: 24 September 2026
How we verify sponsors: employers are matched against the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors — read our methodology.

About this sector

Scientific and quality assurance roles span pharmaceutical, biotech, clinical research, and laboratory sectors. The UK life sciences industry actively recruits internationally for research scientists, QA managers, regulatory affairs specialists, and clinical trial coordinators, with many employers maintaining well-established sponsor licence operations.