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• R&D Project Coordinator

• Permanent
• Full time
• EC2A1AJ, London, England, United Kingdom

Epoch Biodesign

Epoch Biodesign is a well-funded, venture-backed start-up using biology to make every type of plastic recyclable - starting with Nylon.

Using a unique combination of AI, synthetic biology and green chemistry, we are scaling enzymatic recycling processes that transform unrecyclable plastics into new, virgin-quality materials. These processes yield substantial reductions in carbon emissions and prevent waste from entering landfill or the environment. They also generate disruptive unit economics, allowing us to scale our solutions quickly to solve this urgent challenge.

With our pilot plant already processing Nylon 6,6 waste at the multi-tonne level, we will imminently complete construction on our larger demo facility. This will produce material that will be used in garments for some of the world’s biggest brands, and also in components for some of the world’s largest car companies.

The Role

To join Epoch’s team you need to be a highly-organised, proactive Project Coordinator, someone who understands how challenging and cross-functional R&D can be, and who thrives in the middle of it all, can keep all different teams involved in a project in check, and isn’t afraid to speak up when things need chasing.

Key Responsibilities

Project life-cycle

• Coordinate cross-functional teams to develop project scopes, plans and milestones

• Maintain project records and track actions, risks, issues, and decisions. Escalate blockers early

• Inform stakeholders and leadership on progress, changes, and risks

• Schedule and attend planning, kick-off and review meetings, providing support in note-taking

Communication and reporting

• Coordinate cross‑team project-related activities between R&D, Commercial, Production, Operations, and external partners to maintain communication of project progress

• Maintain information hubs in Notion, collecting and presenting data from across the R&D department

• Prepare concise status updates, dashboards, and monthly summaries for leadership

• Maintain clear channels for stakeholders. Ensure key decisions and changes are recorded and shared

Documentation

• Ensure records are complete and findable: templates, SOP links, Benchling references, and closing reports

• Accountable for accuracy of project reporting and information sharing

Skills and competencies

• Strong organisation, attention to detail, and follow‑through

• Clear written and verbal communication tailored to mixed technical audiences

• Basic risk and dependency management

Essential education and experience

• Bachelor’s degree

• Prior coordination, operations, or PMO support experience in Industrial R&D environments.

Desired experience

• Familiarity with scientific documentation, SOPs, and tech transfer helpful

• Experience coordinating vendors, POs, and shipments is a plus

Tools

• Notion or similar for hubs, scheduling, action logs, and dashboards

• Standard office and communication tools for reporting and information sharing

Ways of working

• Default to transparency and single‑source‑of‑truth pages

• Keep information lightweight but complete

• Bias to early escalation with options, not just problems

• Close the loop: decisions logged, owners assigned, deadlines set

Reporting line

Reports to the R&D Operations Project Lead, and partners closely with Project Leads and Project Managers

Benefits

Epoch Biodesign offers a comprehensive benefits program. At the moment this includes:

• A generous allowance of 30 days paid holiday (plus the usual 8 bank holidays)

• Meaningful EMI Share Options

• A non-contributory pension of 9% employer contribution

• Optional company covered private medical insurance with Vitality

• Group Income Protection

• Group Critical Illness

• Flexible working around the core times of 10am to 4pm

• Cycle to work scheme

• The opportunity to be part of building something remarkable

On-the-job perks:

• Complementary fresh fruit, coffee, tea and snacks

• Onsite gym

• Various staff social activities