PEOPLE / CAREERS

Chemistry only works when people follow through.

Chemtive moves specialty and bulk chemistry across ten industries. That takes chemists, planners, regulatory specialists and commercial teams who treat a quoted delivery date as a promise rather than a forecast.

100+
PEOPLE WORLDWIDE
7
COUNTRIES
20%
ROLES FILLED INTERNALLY
4.4/5
NEW-JOINER SCORE
WHAT IT IS LIKE HERE

Six things we hold each other to

No values poster. These are the six behaviours we hire for, review against and promote on.

Say the real date

We quote lead times we can hold. If a shipment slips, the customer hears it from us before they ask.

RELIABILITY
Technical depth first

Every commercial conversation is backed by a specification, a data sheet and someone who has run the material.

COMPETENCE
Small teams, wide mandates

Roles are broad on purpose. You will own a market or a product family, not a slice of a process.

OWNERSHIP
One standard everywhere

The same compliance, documentation and HSE standard applies in every market we serve, without local exceptions.

INTEGRITY
Disagree in the room

Challenge is expected before a decision and support is expected after it. Quiet dissent is the failure mode we watch for.

CANDOUR
Doing business right

Act with integrity and accountability for the quality of products and safety of operations.

RESPONSIBLE
LIFE AT CHEMTIVE

Labs, warehouses, and a lot of coordination

Hybrid by default for commercial and corporate teams: three days on site, two remote, agreed at team level rather than centrally.
Technical and operations roles are site-based, with shift patterns published a full quarter ahead.
Twice-yearly cross-site rotations so lab, quality and supply-chain teams see the consequences of each other’s decisions.
Every new joiner spends week one on a warehouse floor and a lab bench, whatever the role.
IMAGE: LAB OR QC
IMAGE: WAREHOUSE / LOADING
IMAGE: TEAM OR OFFICE
APPLICATION PROCESS

Five steps, twenty-one days

We publish our timings and hold to them. If a stage slips, you get told why.

DAY 0
Apply online

One form, a CV and an optional cover note. No account required and no repeated data entry. The form takes about eight minutes.

DAY 1 TO 5
Screening

A recruiter reads every application. You get a decision either way, by email, within five working days.

DAY 6 TO 10
First interview

Forty-five minutes with the hiring manager on your experience and the reality of the role. Questions are shared in advance.

DAY 11 TO 17
Technical or case stage

A specification review, market case or process problem drawn from real work. Never unpaid project work.

DAY 18 TO 21
Offer and references

Written offer with salary band, benefits and start date. References taken only after you accept in principle.

WHAT WE ASK OF YOU
A CV that shows what you actually owned, not what your team achieved.
Honesty about notice periods, visa status and salary expectations.
Twenty minutes of preparation on the markets we serve.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM US
A named contact for the whole process, reachable directly.
Interview questions and the salary band before the first call.
Specific feedback after any interview stage, on request.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY COMMITMENT

Hired on evidence, nothing else

Chemtive is an equal opportunity employer. We assess candidates on demonstrated capability against a published role profile.

We do not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity, religion, marital or parental status, or nationality.
Every role has a written profile and a scored interview guide, used identically for every candidate in the process.
Shortlists are reviewed for balance before interviews begin, and the reason for every rejection is recorded.
Adjustments for the process

Tell us what you need and we will arrange it: extra time, written questions ahead of a call, a step-free interview location, an interpreter, or a different format entirely. Requests go to the recruitment team only and are never shared with the hiring panel.

BENEFITS

The practical part

30 days leave

Plus public holidays and a paid day for volunteering.

Health cover

Private medical for you and dependants, in every market.

Profit share

A single company-wide scheme, same percentage for every grade.

Relocation

Support and immigration counsel for international moves.

Sabbatical

One month unpaid, protected, after five years.

NEXT STEP

See what is open right now

Open roles across six functions, every one with a published salary band.