What are the Career opportunities and salaries like in Secondary Sector?
Because of the higher levels of staffing in this area candidates tend to have better opportunity to progress to supervisory and managerial roles. Typically on joining these organizations individuals with scientific qualifications will commence their careers in the Quality Control Laboratories (Stability, Analytical Development, Microbiology) and progress from there into other departments such as Validation, Production, Documentation/QA, and Technical Support to Manufacturing, Formulation and Development. Individuals with a trade or Engineering background will typically start in a Maintenance or Equipment engineering roles and then will progress into one of the following areas: Project Engineering, Automation & Manufacturing, Validation, Production or Maintenance Management. Salaries in the secondary area whilst very competitive are not always as high as the Primary Chemical sector. Typical entry level is 18,000 24,000 with salaries rising into the 30-40,000 bracket after 3-5 years expe
