At CF Industries, our mission is to provide clean energy to feed and fuel the world sustainably. Our employees are focused on safe and reliable operations, environmental stewardship, and disciplined capital and corporate management. By joining CF, you will be part of a team that brings their varied experiences, wide-ranging knowledge and diverse talents together to deliver important work and you’ll be able to pursue complex, exciting opportunities that help you continue to grow and achieve your potential in different areas. You’ll take pride in working for a company that lives its values and where you can be yourself at work, as part of an authentic team that encourages you to share your views and opinions. Our eight manufacturing complexes in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, an unparalleled storage, transportation and distribution network in North America, and logistics capabilities enabling a global reach underpin our strategy to leverage our unique capabilities to accelerate the world’s transition to clean energy.
Function:
Operations
Job Summary:
Shift Chemist
CF Fertilisers UK Limited, a subsidiary of the multinational group CF Holdings, a leading Fortune 500 Company, and recognised in 2024 by Forbes in the World’s Best Employer directory; We are looking to recruit a highly motivated and enthusiastic Shift Chemist. This is an exceptional opportunity to join our dynamic Laboratory team where you will play a key part in generating critical data to support process optimization, product integrity, and environmental compliance, all while upholding our legal and quality assurance standards.
At CF Industries, our mission is to provide clean energy to feed and fuel the world sustainably. Our employees are focused on safe and reliable operations, environmental stewardship, and disciplined capital and corporate management. By joining CF, you will be part of a team that brings their varied experiences, wide-ranging knowledge, and diverse talents together to deliver important work and you’ll be able to pursue complex, exciting opportunities that help you continue to grow and achieve your potential in different areas. You’ll take pride in working for a company that lives its values and where you can be yourself at work, as part of an authentic team that encourages you to share your views and opinions.
Here at CF Fertilisers UK Limited we are proud to be recognised as the Best Place to Work at the North East Business Awards 2025. This prestigious honour reflects our ongoing commitment to fostering an inclusive, supportive engaging workforce culture. From apprenticeships and training programmes to career development, employee engagement, and equal opportunity initiatives, we are dedicated to helping our people thrive both personally and professionally.
As a Shift Chemist, you will play a critical role in supporting process and product control by generating accurate analytical data in line with legal and quality assurance standards. Your responsibilities will include analysing plant process samples, conduct on-site sample collection, and effectively communicate results to both production teams and customers. You’ll also be responsible for routine equipment maintenance and performance checks to ensure the precision and reliability of all measurements.
We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package that includes, bonus scheme, exceptional pension scheme contribution and life assurance, employee assistance programme and multiple high quality health care schemes.
CF Fertilisers UK Limited is an Equal Opportunities, Affirmative Action employer. We support and enable each other to deliver and succeed placing equal value on all individual perspectives. Embracing a diverse and inclusive culture are at the forefront of our company values.
We Do It Right - We Do It Well - We Execute as a Team, and We Take a Long-Term View.
Job Description:
In this role you are accountable for
- Ensure all analytical work is carried out in accordance with operating procedures and quality standards.
- Prioritise and ensure the completion of a changing analytical workload to meet legal and quality requirements.
- Working responsibly and with integrity while lone working as a single person shift team.
- Carry out, validate and report analyses in compliance with analytical schedules and quality standards.
- Provide process chemistry and technical knowledge to advise the production areas in the interpretation of laboratory data.
- Initiate and carry out troubleshooting, repair and calibration of a wide range of technical equipment, within the central laboratory and plant laboratories to ensure a reliable service.
- Implement improvements to systems and measurement techniques to continually enhance the service provided by the department.
- Train and validate less experienced staff and process technicians to achieve the required level of competency in analytical techniques.
- Resolve queries from production areas or customers on analytical results to satisfy business requirements.
- Perform all work to required safety standards to prevent accidents and personal injury.
- Report and action non‑conformances/deficiencies in systems of work or in the workplace to improve effectiveness of the laboratory.
If you need any assistance seeking a job opportunity at CF Industries, or if you need a reasonable accommodation with the application process, please contact us at talentacquisition@cfindustries.com.