Placement Student - Formulation

CPI has an exciting opportunity available for 6 students working towards a degree science or engineering disciplines to join the Advanced Materials & Devices department in one of 5 of our technical teams based at our state of the art National Formulation Centre in Sedgefield, to support various crucial and exciting projects.

Through the development of innovative approaches and processes you could help CPI to solve some of the biggest challenges the industry face. You will have the opportunity to be involved in many varied and exciting projects (from lab scale right through to pilot scale) using processes to help make products which are more sustainable and environmentally responsible.

Due to CPI's collaborative nature, although the opportunities vary, each will provide you with experience of working across multidisciplinary teams, supporting colleagues on activities within the colloid science, materials science, nanomaterials, automation & digital and process technology teams to support both commercial and internal projects. Your contributions in any of these roles will help CPI support the UK in achieving its Net Zero targets and make the world a healthier place!

• Colloid Science - within the colloid science team, you will gain experience in developing and optimising colloidal systems such as gels, emulsions and aerosols. Your role will be applying this knowledge over sectors in pharmaceuticals, food, personal care, aggrotech, and coatings You will learn how to synthesise, optimise, and assess the performance of colloidal systems using the latest scientific techniques.

• Materials Science - Through a diverse portfolio of projects, you will gain experience across a spectrum of industry applications including sustainable packaging, battery materials, healthcare, personal care, and additive manufacturing (3D printing), to name a few. As part of a multidisciplinary team, you will be working in our state-of-the-art laboratories formulating and fabricating these next-generation materials, applying the scientific knowledge you have gained from your chemical, physical or engineering degree.

• Nanomaterials – As part of the nanomaterials team you will gain valuable experience in the Nanomaterials group, working within the batteries and conductive nanomaterials sector. You will contribute to the advancement of the next-generation of energy material technologies at our start-of-the-art AMBIC facility located on NetPark. As part of the team, you could be working in areas such as liquid polymers, synthesis optimisation and scale up of energetic materials, electrochemical testing of energy devices, and electrode characterisation.

• Automation & Digital - within the Automation & Digital team you will be responsible for the handling and maintaining numerous automated systems designed to aid high throughput activities. This work involves collaborating across teams to translate traditional laboratory processes into streamlined, digitally enabled continuous manufacturing techniques. You will also have opportunities to develop digital expertise by implementing smart technologies, data analytics, and process control solutions that drive innovation and efficiency in modern science.

• Process Technology - as a chemical engineering student in CPI's Process Technology, you will be supporting the development of innovative processes which aim to solve some of the biggest challenges in our time. You will gain experience in process scale up and commercialisation techniques, translating lab-scale chemistry to pilot and industrial-scale processes.