Formulation Chemist

About the role

UPL Limited (NSE: UPL & BSE: 512070, LSE: UPLL) is a global provider of sustainable agriculture products and solutions, with annual revenue exceeding $6bn. We are a purpose-led company. Through OpenAg®, UPL is focused on accelerating progress for the food system. We are building a network that is reimagining sustainability, redefining the way an entire industry thinks and works – open to fresh ideas, innovation, and new answers as we strive towards our mission to make every single food product more sustainable. As one of the largest agriculture solutions companies worldwide, our robust portfolio consists of biologicals and traditional crop protection solutions with more than 14,000 registrations. We are present in more than 130 countries, represented by more than 10,000 colleagues globally. For more information about our integrated portfolio of solutions across the food value chain including seeds, post-harvest, as well as physical and digital services, please visit upl-ltd.com and follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

This position will work from UPL’s Global Research facility located in RTP, NC. This position will work with UPL’s seed and soil health team in North America to verify and validate seed treatment formulation performance in custom blends and mixtures as well as assisting the Technical Lab Lead in related duties.

Responsibilities

• 60% – Evaluate custom blends for various crops such as soybean, corn, sorghum, cotton, peanut, rice and wheat as requested by marketing/sales/regulatory and conduct stability studies. Treat seed, certify seed treatment samples, custom blends before shipping to distributors/seed companies and maintain the record of shipping details of custom blends, experimental and commercial samples and become certified in safe handling and shipping of agriculture chemicals. Conduct seed treatment performance tests for different custom blends and conduct shelf life of the treated seeds. Develop and validate methods to analyze the ST formulations using HPLC, GC and particle analyzer. Utilize the knowledge of polymers, pigments and inoculants in seed treatment formulations and conduct bioassays to prove the efficacy performance. Write protocols, reports, document results in laboratory notebook and present scientific findings in cross-functional project team meetings.
• 20% – Support Technical Lab lead in maintaining NAM seed treatment lab, various lab instruments, on carrying out seed and soil health initiatives, including custom blend preparation, treating and shipping treated seed, maintaining SOP’s and safety standards, and greenhouse assistance.
• 20% – Work with India ST lab, Global ST team and US New Ag Tech Team to analyze, validate various seed treatment formulations,