Profile
Will Breeze
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About Me:
UK based Chemist. I enjoy reading, walking, and dogs.
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I live in Hartlepool with my girlfriend. We have a cat called Smudge. I have lived and worked all over the UK. I went to university twice and have two degrees, Chemistry and Polymer-Engineering. Unusually for a lot of scientists, I have had lots of different jobs not all related to science.
My hobbies are mostly around board games, books and walking. I love the countryside and try and go on long hikes in national parks whenever I go on holiday. Outside of what I do I am very interested in Nuclear power and History. -
My Work:
Senior Technical Service Engineer. I help people run chemical plants more efficiently.
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I work as a Technical Service Engineer . This means I help factories that use our catalysts get the most out of them. My job is to talk to people who use a catalyst to make formaldehyde for use in industry.
My job is working for Johnson Matthey, a chemicals company. Johnson Matthey has customers all over the world and I get to speak to and visit people from all over; Macedonia, Poland, America, Argentina, South-Africa, Japan, China, Malaysia, and India to name a few.
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My Typical Day:
I wake up and get ready for work. Sometimes this means just working from my laptop at home, but I also have an office that I go to.
My main job is answering questions and checking over other people’s data. I then give them advice on how to make improvements. Most of my colleagues live and work in Sweden which is one hour ahead of the UK, so I start and finish my day earlier.
About once a month I will go and visit a customer face to face. Travelling all over the world to meet people.
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Education:
I went to my local comprehensive school between the ages of 11 and 18. staying on to do A-Levels after my GCSE’s. It was a short distance from my parents house, and I could walk there quickly.
I did an undergraduate Degree at the University of Hull and a Master’s degree at the University of Manchester. I lived in both cities while I was there.
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My Interview
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How would you describe yourself in 3 words?
Chemist, Enviromentalist, Bibliophile
What did you want to be after you left school?
An academic
Were you ever in trouble at school?
Yes.
If you weren't doing this job, what would you choose instead?
probably a research and development job.
What's your favourite food?
Cheese
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