Date Posted: Thursday, 29th of March 2012
Salary: £Competitive
Start Date: ASAP
Telephone: 0114 2839956
Location: Northern Ireland
Discipline:Laboratory Services
Consultant Name: Naynesh Mistry
Sector: Chemical
Our client, a international pharmaceutical organisation is looking to recruit 2 x Analytical Chemists to work at their site in Northern Ireland on a permanent basis.
Main role:
To perform, monitor and accept accountability for all assigned analytical duties relating to specific chemistry and/or analytical projects.
The post holder will:
- Develop and suitably validate analytical methods in support of API development and manufacturing.
- Perform routine analytical testing in-line withproject requirements.
- Be trained and be fully competent in the following analytical techniques, as dictated by project and/or departmental requirements: HPLC, GC, NMR, IR, UV, MS, KF, Classical techniques
- Perform analytical duties right-first-time in order to complete work within the budgeted resource time and in line with agreed timelines.
- Prepare, review and approve data and documents accurately and efficiently, in-line with the Analytical Department’s procedures culture of Right-First-Time.
- Take responsibility for the provision ofallanalytical activities associated with allocated projects so as to ensure successful project outcomes as measured by QQTE (Quantity, Quality, Timeliness & Efficiency) metrics.
- Be responsible forthegeneration, training and adherence to of analytical documents (e.g. methods, specifications, SOPs etc).
- Allocate work to and supervise analytical chemists/technicians/placement students.
- Retain the overall responsibility for the completion of^delegated tasks, within agreed budgets and timelines.
- Retain an up to date knowledge of analytical techniques and equipment.
- Be responsible for the management of own work schedule and provide regular updates to line manager and team members especially with respect to any circumstances that alter agreed timescales and budgets.
- Ensure that unplanned deviations (UPDs) are kept to a minimum and that your line manager is notified as soon as UPDs are generated.
- Assist with the identification ofalternative test methods and/or equipment to improve efficiency and maximise throughput of testing in the laboratories.
- Make suggestions for the improvement of efficiency and/or reduction in operating costs within the Analytical Departmentand the wider company.
- Identify incidents of out of specification results and inform the Analytical Team Leader and/or Analytical Manager.
- Assist in the generationof specifications and SOPs relevant to the Analytical Laboratories, ensuring that^current versions are available.
- Deputise for their supervisor’s absence in the day-to-day running of projects and supervision of analytical activities being performed intheir designated laboratory.
The ideal candidate would have a degree inLife Sciences or equivalent.
Essential:
Previous analytical experience within industry (i.e. pharmaceuticals/fine chemistry)
Experience of drug substance or drug product analysis in a GMP/GLP environment
Experience in HPLC method development and/or validation
Experience in cGMP audits and knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Office, Excel etc)
If you do not hear back from us within 5 working days of your application for this role, it means that on this occasion you have not been shortlisted for thenext stage of the recruitment campaign. Entitlement to work in the EEA is essential. Please quote reference SH23645 in all correspondence.
Keywords: science jobs, laboratory jobs, analytical chemist, HPLC, Method validation, method development, GMP,
