Environmental chemists

All industries need environmental officers to assess the effect the business has on the environment, and find ways to reduce that impact. The job essentially involves knowing the effects of chemicals (or whatever the business deals with) on the environment. For example, how can a pharmaceutical firm safely and effectively dispose of waste products or leftover stock?

Industries are taking a much more proactive role in environmental issues, so that the role of chemists is becoming prominent. Pharmaceutical, chemical and waste disposal industries all obviously need environmental chemists, but recently even IT firms are beginning to employ people to monitor their environmental impact. A solid grounding in chemistry is of great importance, and it is often recommended that those looking into such a role go on environmental courses.

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This role, commutable from the North West and West Midlands, offers a competitive salary depending on experience and would suit any senior scientist or manager with aerosols experience.

Roles and Responsibilities:

The roles and responsibilities of this Technical Manager will be to ensure the development, continual improvement, cost engineering, rationalisation and legislative compliance of the Aerosol range.

With applications in the industrial, cleaning, lubricants, paints, adhesives, insecticides and automotive sectors, this is a key role with responsibilty for planning and implementing the aerosol development programme.

You will also be accountable for the provision of a critical interface with both internal and external customers on many aspects of product technical support from applications through to safety.

A significant aim of the Technical Manager is to strive for product excellence through constant product appraisal and utilisation of technical advancements to be able to offer customers new and innovative ways to meet applications.

The Technical Manager will be actively involved in the R&D of new and existing products to meet customer or industry requirements, which will include the engineering of products to ensure that they are competitive.

You will establish priorities and ensure the correct focus of available resources as well as ensuring the company remains abreast of advances in technology and any existing or proposed legislation.

You will manage, motivate, develop and train subordinates under your direct supervision and will analyse and evaluate competitor products to aid product development and sales support.

Providing report to internal departments and customers you will also deliver technical support to the factory in the manufacture and processing of newly developed products as well as for customers and sales personnel. Out of hours support via a technical helpline is also required on a rotational basis.

Person Specification:

To be considered for this Technical Manager position you will be educated to degree level or equivalent in chemistry and will have considerable experience within the industrial chemicals aerosols industry. Having worked within R&D, you will currently be in a senior position or will be ready for your next step up having gained supervisory experience.

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For more information or to apply for this Technical Manager position, please contact Victoria Walker at CK Science 0114 283 9956 or email vwalker@ckscience.co.uk. Please quote reference SH21012 in all correspondence.

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Jeff Kindler, who has held the position of chief executive since 2006, stated that “the combination of meeting the requirements of our many stakeholders around the world and the 24/7 nature of my responsibilities, has made this period extremely demanding on me personally”.

It is planned that the head of Pfizer’s biopharmaceuticals business, Ian C Reed will be succeeding Mr Kindler.

Under Kindler’s stewardship, the pharmaceutical company shed more than 14,000 jobs, as well as closing manufacturing plants. The company also paid $68bn (£43bn) for rival Wyeth last year in an effort to invigorate its pipeline of new products.

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It is hoped that the £500,000 study, which will be funded by GSK, will lead to the development of new drugs that will target how the internal body clock regulates the severity of inflammation. The team at the University of Manchester will be headed up by Professors Andrew Loudon, David Ray and Kath Else. This team will work closely with colleagues in the Discovery Biology group at GSK.

Speaking of the collaboration, Professor Loudon or the faculty of life sciences, stated:

“Many inflammatory diseases are highly rhythmic in presentation and often worse at night. We believe there is also a strong rhythmic control. It has long been speculated that asthma and other inflammatory conditions have an underlying clock mechanism controlling the severity of the disease. These clocks are all over the body, including in cells responsible for the immune response in the lung. In addition the way we metabolise drugs is highly rhythmic. Our aim is to gain a sufficient understanding of this process so we can target key parts with specific new drugs.

“We are working with GSK not only to develop new drugs to alleviate symptoms but also reveal optimal timing of therapy, known as chronotherapy. This is a new and exciting area of research. It is being taken very seriously in France, for example, where researchers have for some time been studying the importance of timing of chemotherapy in cancer. This study is just one at the beginning of an exciting new phase in circadian rhythm research.”

Inflammatory diseases of the lung are a major cause of mortality world-wide. In the case of COPD, the progression of this inflammatory disease is irreversible once commenced. In the UK 27,478 people died as a result of COPD in 2004. Other diseases with an inflammatory aspect include asthma, which is a predisposition to chronic inflammation of the lungs in which the airways are reversibly narrowed.

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As Senior Process Technologist your role will involve:

• The introduction of new products
• Prioritising plant preparation and start up activities
• The allocation of tasks to members of the production team
• Accountability for the introduction of new and existing products
• Acting as a focal point for process performance issues

This Senior Process Technologist role also involves managing a small team of document technicians and manufacturing scientists ensuring all documents are compliant with company standards and laboratory scale process development and scale up activities during early stages of technical transfer.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an exceptional company which offers innovative solutions at the cutting edge of research.

To be considered for this Senior Process Technologist role you must have a proven background in a similar role and be of graduate calibre.

How to Apply

For more information or to apply for this Senior Process Technologist role, please contact Heather Deagle at hdeagle@ckscience.co.uk. Please use reference number DH19448 in all correspondence.

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CK Science is the largest independent scientific recruitment company in the UK. Our team of specialist recruiters are here to help you achieve your career ambitions within the scientific industry. We actively offer you careers advice, help with writing your CV, assistance with interview preparation and up-to-date information about the industry. We pride ourselves on providing an honest, straight-forward and trustworthy service to both our clients and candidates.

CK Science, the largest independent scientific and engineering recruitment consultancy in the UK, is currently looking for a Recruitment Consultant to join their team based in Durham on a permanent basis.

You will be joining a small, friendly and very experienced team of recruiters who specialise in providing permanent and temporary recruitment services to companies employing scientists and technologists in the North East of England and Scotland. 

This Recruitment Consultant role is a sales-orientated position with an account management bias and will involve extensive people contact, both face to face and by telephone. Your role will involve liaising with scientists and other technical disciplines so qualifications or a background in a relevant technical discipline would be an advantage.

The ideal candidate will have experience in sales or recruitment, along with excellent communication skills combined with self-confidence, a professional approach and highly developed organisational and administrative skills. We are looking for an outgoing individual with lots of personality, who is hungry for success and will enjoy the satisfaction of providing a quality, professional scientific recruitment service to both clients and candidates.

For further information or a confidential chat, please call Lorna Crombie on 0191 384 8905 or email lcrombie@ckscience.co.uk.

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About CK Science

CK Science is the largest independent scientific recruitment company in the UK. Our team of specialist recruiters are here to help you achieve your career ambitions within the scientific industry. We actively offer you careers advice, help with writing your CV, assistance with interview preparation and up-to-date information about the industry. We pride ourselves on providing an honest, straight-forward and trustworthy service to both our clients and candidates.

This Process Development Technologist role will involve being responsible for coordinating the manufacture of products from kitchen concept into factory within the commercial criteria signed off by the customer. Key departments this role will be involved with will include Operations, Engineering, Technical, Procurement, Planning, Commercial and NPD therefore communication and teamwork are key for this role.

Key responsibilities of this Process Development Technologist role will include:

• Attend product handover meetings to understand and challenge, where necessary, product attributes.
• Provide details of necessary quality standards for new products (including product life) ready for customer technologist sign-off.
• Completion of written and photographic standards for customer and operational areas
• Prepare scale-up recipes.
• Provide required packaging details to enable generation of keylines.
• Manage the ordering of new raw materials and packaging onto site.
• Effectively carry out and co-ordinate each stage of required factory trial programmes.
• Run pre-production trials with the customer in attendance.
• Send all required samples throughout the development process to the customer, as necessary.

The ideal candidate for this Process Development Technologist role will be educated to degree/HND level, or equivalent, in a food related discipline and have detailed knowledge of food manufacturing processes and experience in a high care chilled environment. Previous experience with M&S as a customer, an understanding of the underlying fundamentals of food processing specifically in the chilled food category as well as dough/pastry/batter knowledge would also be ideal but not essential.

If you would like to hear more about this job, please contact Russell Oakley on 0114 2839956 or email roakley@ckscience.co.uk. 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 the next stage of the recruitment campaign. Entitlement to work in the EEA is essential. Please quote reference SH19333 in all correspondence.

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CK Science is the largest independent scientific recruitment company in the UK. Our team of specialist recruiters are here to help you achieve your career ambitions within the scientific industry. We actively offer you careers advice, help with writing your CV, assistance with interview preparation and up-to-date information about the industry. We pride ourselves on providing an honest, straight-forward and trustworthy service to both our clients and candidates.

As a Senior QA Officer, your key role will be to modify, audit and ensure contractor quality standards and protocol for processing material into finished product. You will also be involved in conducting contractor quality assurance audits and coordinating the development of documentation for the contractor manual.

Suitable candidates for this Senior QA Officer role should have a broad knowledge of cGMP for the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry and have an understanding of worldwide regulatory affairs. It is also essential that you have previous experience of working within Quality Assurance and knowledge of Quality Control techniques and testing methodologies is beneficial. Entitlement to work in the EEA is essential.

If you would like more information about this Senior QA Officer role, please contact Lucy Campell on 01438 723 500 or email lcampbell@ckscience.co.uk. Please quote reference ST19212 in all correspondence.

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About CK Science

 CK Science is the largest independent scientific recruitment company in the UK. Our team of specialist recruiters are here to help you achieve your career ambitions within the scientific industry. We actively offer you careers advice, help with writing your CV, assistance with interview preparation and up-to-date information about the industry. We pride ourselves on providing an honest, straight-forward and trustworthy service to both our clients and candidates.

Our client, an industry leading Technology Consultancy, are currently looking for an Assay Scientist to join their state-of-the-art facilities based in Cambridgeshire. Joining their Technology Development Team, you will be involved in a range of development projects surrounding technology for the Medical Device, Healthcare and Consumer industries.

Working as an Assay Scientist, you will be responsible for Project Management of multi-disciplinary teams surrounding the development of new technology, liaising on a consultancy basis with clients and maintaining a ‘hands on’ focus within the fields of assay development and formulation. You will also be involved in the mentoring and development of junior consultants.

This is an exciting time to join an innovative organisation who specialise in the development of bespoke technology for clients within the Medical, Healthcare and Consumer markets. In return they offer a very attractive salary and benefits package.

To be considered for this Assay Scientist role, you will have a degree in chemistry or a related discipline (or equivalent experience) as well as proven practical project management experience and demonstrated knowledge of assay development gained within a technology and/or medical device environment. Experience within a consultancy based function or client facing role would be highly advantageous but not essential.

If you would like to hear more about this Assay Scientist job, please contact Andrew Bolton on 01438 723 500 or email abolton@ckscience.co.uk.

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If you are successful after the first round of screening, we will contact you within five working days. Entitlement to work in the EEA is essential. Please quote reference ST19294 in all correspondence.

About CK Science

CK Science is the largest independent scientific recruitment company in the UK. Our team of specialist recruiters are here to help you achieve your career ambitions within the scientific industry. We actively offer you careers advice, help with writing your CV, assistance with interview preparation and up-to-date information about the industry. We pride ourselves on providing an honest, straight-forward and trustworthy service to both our clients and candidates.

What is it?

RSS or ‘Really Simple Syndication’, is a simple way to distribute information to a wide number of people.

How can it help me in my job search?

When job hunting it is likely that you will regularly visit industry specific job boards. The content of these websites changes all the time. Having to continually go back to each website to check for new job listings can be tedious and time consuming.

Subscribing to the websites RSS feed pretty much solves this problem as it allows you to keep informed of the latest content of the sites you are most interested in.  This saves you time as you don’t have to visit each site individually. This is obviously a great job hunting tool.

How do I subscribe to an RSS feeds?

In order to grab RSS feeds from all of your favourite websites and job boards you will need to download a web-based feed reader such as Google Reader.

So, you have downloaded your RSS Feeder via Google Reader. Now to subscribe to an RSS feed, say from CK Clinical, simply follow these instructions:

1. Go to the CK Science homepage: http://ckscience.co.uk/

2. Scroll down the page until you see the RSS logo

3. Click on the RSS logo  and you will be directed to a screen that looks like this:

Then copy the URL of this page: http://ckscience.co.uk/jobs/rss/

4.  Sign into your Google Reader Account:

5. To subscribe the CK Science’s RSS feed, simply click ‘Add a subscription’:

6. Paste the URL http://ckscience.co.uk/jobs/rss/ into the dialogue box and click ‘add’. The screen should look like this once you have done so:

You can also watch this Youtube video to help you use Google Reader:

So now you know how to subscribe to RSS feeds, finding your next science job will be much less of a headache!

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As Quality Director you will have responsibility for the development of the site quality strategy and compliance with the site Quality Management System. You will liaise with the MHRA to maintain IMP MA, develop and manage the site validation master plan and manage the Quality Department, comprising QA, QC, analytical and microbiology.

The ideal candidate for this Director of Quality position will be fully qualified and accredited as a QP eligible for permanent provision in a steriles IMP MA, with considerable experience in a senior QA role within the pharmaceutical industry. Prior experience in sterile products manufacture is also essential.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Qualified Person to develop their career with a dynamic pharmaceutical service company who are committed to making a difference.

If you would like to hear more about this role, please contact Lorna Crombie on 01913848905 or email lcrombie@ckscience.co.uk, quoting reference DH19237 in all correspondence.

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CK Science is the largest independent scientific recruitment company in the UK. Our team of specialist recruiters  are here to help you achieve your career ambitions within the scientific industry. We actively offer you careers advice, help with writing your CV, assistance with interview preparation and up-to-date information about the industry. We pride ourselves on providing an honest, straight-forward and trustworthy service to both our clients and candidates.

As reported in the Telegraph, Shell, a global group of energy and petrochemicals companies, are now planning to cut another 1,000 oil jobs on top of the 5,000 job losses already announced.

Tuesday saw the announcement that the oil company’s full year results indicating their performance was worse than their rival BP’s, sparking plans to embark on $1bn programme of further costs cuts on top of the $2bn identified last year. The company is also planning to sell around 15pc of its refineries which convert crude oil into petroleum products.

Refineries set to be closed include:

• Shell’s last UK refinery and producer of 15pc of the country’s pertrol – Stanlow, Cheshire.
• Montreal refineries.
• German refineries.

Operations under review include:

• New Zealand
• Costa Rica
• Panama
• Sweden

Speaking of the full-year results, Peter Voser, Chief Executive of the oil company, stated, “Our downstream business [refining and retail] is in the toughest refining environment we’ve seen in decades. Margins were squeezed by increasing oil prices on the one hand and weak demand from our customers on the other.”

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About CK Science

Established in 1991, CK Science is the leading independent scientific and engineering recruitment agency. We provide all round recruitment consultancy services to the chemical, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, engineering, food, oil and waste industries.  CK Science has three offices staffed with fully qualified specialist scientific recruiters, so you are assured an efficient, friendly and cost effective service.

Reporting to the Laboratory Director, this Senior Assay Scientist job will involve developing and maintaining an extensive portfolio of bio-analytical assays across a range of therapeutic areas for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and healthcare sectors.

Further responsibilities of this Scientist role will include:

• Providing professional, scientific and technical support to laboratory team.
• Acting as the primary lead in developing an extensive portfolio of bioanalytical assays, mainly in small molecules, across a range of therapeutic areas for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors for clinical trials and routine service testing to the healthcare sector.
• Preparation of research and scientific documentation in support of assay development, system and service validations and process changes.
• Providing specialist and scientific knowledge and expertise to the clinical trials team in developing the company’s clinical trial capabilities and performance.
• Liaising with Laboratory Manager to ensure the effective management and delivery of clinical trials within the laboratory to specified commercial and contractual specifications.
• Liaising with Quality Manager, ensure all laboratory staff and systems operate effectively within the Quality Management System.
• Liaising with the Data Manager, ensure the effective management, analysis, control and security of all data generated by or received by the laboratory.

The ideal candidate for this Senior Assay Scientist role will be educated to MSc, or equivalent, in the pharmaceutical, biomedical or life science sectors. Postgraduate bioanalytical and scientific laboratory experience is also desirable, preferably gained within a pharmaceutical, diagnostics or public sector laboratory environment. In addition, a strong track record of achievement in the development of new bioanalytical assays from first principles to implementation within a clinical trial or routine healthcare testing environment is also desirable.

If you would like to hear more about this Senior Assay Scientist job, please contact Philippa Robertson on 0114 2839956 or email. Please quote reference SH19195 in all correspondence.

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CK Science is the largest independent scientific recruitment company in the UK. Our team ofspecialist recruiters are here to help you achieve your career ambitions within the scientific industry. We actively offer you careers advice, help with writing your CV, assistance with interview preparation and up-to-date information about the industry. We pride ourselves on providing an honest, straight-forward and trustworthy service to both our clients and candidates.

Our client, a leading alternative energy company who specialise in developing fuel cell technology, are currently looking for an Engineer to join their team based in West Sussex. Joining a team of Senior Engineers based at the company’s state-of-the-art Research and Development facility, you will be responsible for the development of activities to enhance their fuel cell capabilities.

Working as an Engineer specializing in fuel cells, you will also be performing reform design including utilising FEA, CFD and Reaction Modelling and providing expertise in the field of catalysts for fuel processing on a wide range of fuels.

This is an outstanding opportunity to join an innovative organisation within Fuel Development, which in return offers an excellent salary and benefits package.

To be considered for this Engineering role, you will have a degree in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering or a related subject (or equivalent experience) and proven practical experience of Fuel Cell product development including catalyst and reformer testing and design. A demonstrated knowledge of materials (metallurgy and ceramics) would be advantageous, but is not essential.

If you would like to hear more about this Engineering job, please contact Andrew Bolton on 01438 723 500 or email abolton@ckscience.co.uk. Please quote reference ST19193 in all correspondence.

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If you are successful after the first round of screening, we will contact you within five working days. Entitlement to work in the EEA is essential.

About CK Science

CK Science is the largest independent scientific recruitment company in the UK. Our team of specialist recruiters are here to help you achieve your career ambitions within the scientific industry. We actively offer you careers advice, help with writing your CV, assistance with interview preparation and up-to-date information about the industry. We pride ourselves on providing an honest, straight-forward and trustworthy service to both our clients and candidates.

Our client, a Manufacturing Laboratory dealing with blood and blood components are currently looking for a Manufacturing Shift Supervisor to join their team based in North London on a 6 month contract basis.

Working as a Manufacturing Shift Supervisor, you will supervise a team of more junior staff whilst having some hands on responsibility yourself. Some understanding of blood and blood components either from working in a blood transfusion service of hospital is essential, along with supervisory experience.

The facility operates a rolling shift system – 7am – 3pm and 3pm – 11pm, some weekend working will also be required. The contract is likely to be 6 months + in duration.

To hear more about this Manufacturing Shift Supervisor job, please contact Bethan on 01438 723500 or email bherbert@ckhealthcare.com quoting reference HC19199.

About CK Healthcare

CK Healthcare is the new name in healthcare recruitment. Specialising in the recruitment of Allied Healthcare Professionals (AHP) and Health Service Scientists (HSS) to the NHS, we have vacancies for locums in the following areas:

• Anatomical Pathology
• Biomedical Sciences
• Clinical Sciences
• Cytology
• Health Care Science
• Medical Technology
• Pharmacy

As part of CK Associates Ltd, a specialist recruiter established in 1991, CK Healthcare are trusted and respected by our clients, who appreciate our professionalism, integrity and commitment to finding the right person for the job.

Our client, an independent project development consultancy serving the Upstream, Midstream and Downstream sectors, are currently looking for a Process Engineer with experience from the refinery, oil & gas or petrochemicals industry, to join their team on a contract basis.

The ideal candidate for this Process Engineer job will have industrial experience in the oil & gas sector and will have worked as a Process or Project Engineer dealing with large scale design projects or have worked in a process engineering support role. It is essential you are immediately available for appointment or available at short notice to start in this role.Entitlement to work in the EEA is also essential.

To hear more about this Process Engineer job, please contact Russell at CK Science on 0114 2839956 or email roakley@ckscience.co.uk. Please quote reference SH19189 in all correspondence.

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About CK Science

CK Science is the largest independent scientific recruitment company in the UK. Our team of specialist recruiters are here to help you achieve your career ambitions within the scientific industry. We actively offer you careers advice, help with writing your CV, assistance with interview preparation and up-to-date information about the industry. We pride ourselves on providing an honest, straight-forward and trustworthy service to both our clients and candidates.

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• More than 98% found our scientific recruitment service to be very good or excellent
• 68% rated our fee structure as very good or excellent
• More than 55% scored our scientific recruitment service as better or much better than our competitors

As shown from our survey, CK Science has an excellent track record in sourcing staff for the scientific community, and is committed to helping you find the right fit for your team. Our team of specialist scientific recruitment consultants will fully understand your requirements and will provide you with a prompt and informed response. The results from our survey served to reiterate this, with clients across the scientific community providing comments such as:

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So, whether you are looking for a temporary contract member of staff or a permanent addition to your team, CK Science are here to help. To arrange a meeting, enquire about terms of business or to speak with one of our specialist scientific recruitment consultants please contact us.

About CK Science

CK Science is the largest independent scientific recruitment company in the UK. Here at CK Science, we recruit for some of the top chemical, biotechnology, and environmental, waste, food science, pharmaceutical and medical devices companies from across the globe.

We can provide scientific recruitment services to all sizes of organisation from leading multi-national pharmaceutical companies to incubator start-ups, from analytical labs to contract manufacturing plants.

With access to over 40,000 high calibre candidates within the scientific marketplace, CK Science can help you recruit scientific staff quickly, efficiently and cost effectively.

By choosing CK Science, you can be assured that you will be provided with a quality specialist scientific recruitment service at a fair price.

Today, AstraZeneca, one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies, has announced that it is planning to cut a further 8,000 jobs across its global operations over the next four years as its targets cost savings of around $1.8 billion.

Having already cut about 12,600 jobs, further job cuts will be made in functions such as sales and marketing, business infrastructure, research and development, and the supply chain.

The group has a number of operations across the UK, including its head office in Macclesfield, Cheshire, and sites in Alderley Park, Loughborough, Bristol, Luton and London. An AstraZeneca spokeswoman said the company had yet to reveal how many UK positions would be affected at these sites.

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As a Research Biochemist, you will work as part of a multi-disciplinary project team and be responsible for developing and scaling up processes and supporting their transfer to cGMP manufacture.

The ideal candidate for this job will have a degree in a biochemistry related subject or equivalent background  and will some experience of working in a commercial biotechnology environment. Technical knowledge and practical experience of protein purification techniques including primary harvesting, column chromatography and filtration would also be beneficial for this Research Biochemist job.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a thriving company in a fast moving environment at the heart of the therapeutic biopharmaceutical industry and will provide the successful candidates with ample potential opportunities for personal and career development.

If you would like to hear more about this Research Biochemist job, please contact Heather Deagle at CK Science on 0191 384 8905 or email hdeagle@ckscience.co.uk. Entitlement to work in the UK is essential. Please quote reference DH19130 in all correspondence.

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About CK Science

CK Science is the largest independent scientific recruitment company in the UK. Our team of specialist recruiters are here to help you achieve your career ambitions within the scientific industry. We actively offer you careers advice, help with writing your CV, assistance with interview preparation and up-to-date information about the industry. We pride ourselves on providing an honest, straight-forward and trustworthy service to both our clients and candidates.

Thirty new laboratories and offices for 300 research scientists are to be built in Norfolk with a £5m investment fund.

The fund of £5m has been provided by the following companies:

• Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) will provide £500,000
• The East of England Development Agency £1.4m
• Greater Norwich Development Partnership £1m
• The University of East Anglia £500,000
• The remainder will come from other Norwich Research Park partners

The aim of the scheme is to attract new science companies to the area and is the first stage of a plan to create 5,000 jobs in research by 2021. The new development is on land donated by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) at Norwich Research Park. There will also be space for new start-ups and for existing firms to expand.

The science facilities are due to open in the summer and will be managed by a new joint venture company Colney Innovations Limited. David Parfrey, BBSRC Director of Finance and Director of Colney Innovations Limited, said: “Within one kilometre of this facility, there are no fewer than 2,700 research scientists focussed on health, food and environmental sciences – a unique resource in this country. By 2021, we plan to create the facilities for 5,000 new science-related jobs on Norwich Research Park which will make Norfolk one of the world’s largest single-site scientific research centres.”

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In recent years, pharmaceutical companies have come under increasing pressure to change their approach to providing cheap drugs to people in the developing world. Many have faced fierce criticism for their failure to drop prices for HIV drugs while millions died in Africa and Asia, for defending patents. However, it seems the Chief Executive of GSK, Andrew Witty has a plan to fix this problem.

As reported in the Daily Telegraph, GSK is planning to share scientific data and laboratories in a bid to wipe out tropical diseases, such as malaria.  Andrew Witty, the Chief Executive of GSK who recently spent time in some of the world’s poorest continents, including Africa, said the global pharmaceutical company has a “genuine appetite to change the landscape of healthcare for the world’s poorest people”. In fact, it is estimated that Africa carries 70% of the world’s healthcare burden, but only receives 3% of healthcare resources.

In 2009, GSK announced it would create a patent pool for some of its existing products and not-for-profit-pricing on a variety of drugs for the developing world. In addition, the pharmaceutical giant plans to release 13,500 of its compounds that are believed to have the potential to be developed into new malaria treatments.

GSK will also operate an ‘Open Lab’ scheme whereby the company will open one of its laboratories in Tres Santocs, Spain, for non-GSK scientists to use to investigate treatments for other tropical diseases. The lab will accommodate 60 scientists who will benefit from £4.9m of funding from GSK to help with their research.  Speaking of this innovative ‘Open Lab’ scheme, Witty stated, Speaking before leaving for New York, Mr. Witty said: “Malaria is a dreadful disease which stalks the fields and villages of many parts of the least developed world. It has been an intractable problem for decades. Enormous progress has been made through bed net programmes, for example, but a really effective treatment has been somewhat elusive. We need to enlist the help of scientists around the world and to make it as easy as possible for that brilliant scientist, wherever they are, to find that initial spark that could be the breakthrough.”

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Reporting to the Lab Manager based in the U.S, the Laboratory Supervisor will supervise a team that is responsible for sample accessioning and antibody testing within the Clinical Specialty Laboratory of their Clinical Lab Science group at the site in Cambridge.

Key responsibilities of this Laboratory Supervisor role will include entering sample data from commercial registry programs and clinical trial programs in a specialised laboratory information system, supervising analytical testing for clinical studies and the monitoring lab efficiencies and quality as they relate to sample receipt, database entry, and reagent inventory.

The ideal candidate will hold an MSc or a degree in medical laboratory science (or equivalent) with in-depth experience of working in a clinical laboratory. They will also be registered with the Health Professions Council (or will have equivalent registration or certification). Proven experience of working in a clinical laboratory including working with a laboratory information database and knowledge in laboratory regulatory standards, accessioning, immunoassay and ELISA testing, as well as laboratory information medical systems are essential

If you would like to hear more about this Clinical Laboratory Supervisor job, please contact Jason Johal on 01438 723 500 or email  jjohal@ckscience.co.uk.

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If you are successful after the first round of screening we will contact you within 5 working days. Entitlement to work in the EEA is essential. Please quote reference ST19118 in all correspondence.

About CK Science

CK Science is the largest independent scientific recruitment company in the UK. Our team of specialist recruiters  are here to help you achieve your career ambitions within the scientific industry. We actively offer you careers advice; help with writing your CV, assistance with interview preparation and up-to-date information about the industry. We pride ourselves on providing an honest, straight-forward and trustworthy service to both our clients and candidates.

Working as a Sterile R&D Manager, you will be responsible for the day-to-day implementation of the Pharmaceutical manufacturing unit’s research and development strategy. Main responsibilities of this research and development role will include:

• To be a participating member of the Pharmaceutical Research and Development Committee.
• To assist in the commissioning and validation of premises, plant, equipment and processes.
• Responsible for training staff in Good Control Laboratory Practice and other matters relating to Research and Development
• To deputise for the QC Laboratory Manager in the day to day running of the Quality Control Laboratory and in his/her absence to be responsible for assessing the results of testing on raw materials, packaging components and intermediate solutions and if the standard is satisfactory to release them for further processing.
• To co-operate with the QC Laboratory Manager to achieve the most cost effective use of equipment and resources
• To manage R&D budget with agreed target
• To assist the Quality Assurance Officer in the formulation of new ophthalmic Medicinal Products and Medical Devices.

The ideal candidate will be a strong analytical chemist with proven experience and the ability to develop new analytical testing methods for new products, trouble shoot and improve existing methods. It is essential that you have experience with Sterile Liquids gained in the Pharmaceutical industry and a good business and technical understanding of new technology in analytical chemistry would be preferred. Any experience with Ophthalmology would be highly advantageous.

This is a great opportunity for the right candidate to progress their career with a growing, dynamic pharmaceutical manufacturing organization who have an exciting future.

If you would like to hear more about this role, please contact Jason Johal on 01438  723500 or email jjohal@ckscience.co.uk.

Apply for this Sterile Liquid R&D Manager job now.

If you are successful after the first round of screening we will contact you within 5 working days. Entitlement to work in the EEA is essential. Please quote reference ST19103 in all correspondence.

About CK Science

CK Science is the largest independent scientific recruitment company in the UK. Our team of specialist recruiters are here to help you achieve your career ambitions within the scientific industry. We actively offer you careers advice, help with writing your CV, assistance with interview preparation and up-to-date information about the industry. We pride ourselves on providing an honest, straight-forward and trustworthy service to both our clients and candidates.

Further responsibilities of this Compounding and Manufacturing Manager role include:

• Developing manufacturing strategies (both compound mixing and product manufacturing) on a global level to ensure that products are continually supplied to required quality, delivery and cost levels.
• Direct liaison and negotiating with potential manufacturing vendors/partners to allow for controlled expansion of the global manufacturing footprint.
• Providing technical expertise to the R&D / Engineering / Supply Chain teams and specialised third parties in relation to compound development and enhancement.
• Providing professional documentation and training for the efficient knowledge transfer to the Supply Chain when appropriate.
• To be able and willing to travel to any location if required to do so due to operational manufacturing needs.
• Developing relationships with compounding and manufacturing facilities.
• Assisting with continuous improvement plans relating to new compounding & manufacturing processes and techniques.

The successful candidate will be qualified to minimum HND in chemistry or equivalent industrial experience and have a proven track record of working in compounding and manufacture of elastomers. You must also possess some managerial or supervisory experience. Entitlement to work in the EEA is essential.

If you would like to hear more about this Development Manager job, please contact Barney Smith on 0191 384 8905, or email bsmith@ckscience.co.uk quoting reference DH19087 in all correspondence.

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About CK Science

CK Science is the largest independent scientific recruitment company in the UK. Our team of specialist recruiters are here to help you achieve your career ambitions within the scientific industry. We actively offer you careers advice, help with writing your CV, assistance with interview preparation and up-to-date information about the industry. We pride ourselves on providing an honest, straight-forward and trustworthy service to both our clients and candidates.

This is an exciting opportunity to join their technology organisation working with unique display devices and developing ‘new science’, which in return offers an attractive salary and benefits package. To be considered for this role, you will have a degree in Materials Engineer, Physics (or a related subject) or equivalent experience and demonstrated experience of semiconductor materials including film processing and colour display technology. Experience working with plastic materials within technology development would be advantageous but not essential.

To hear more about this Materials Engineer role, please contact Andrew Bolton on  01438 723500 or email abolton@ckscience.co.uk, quoting reference ST19071 in all correspondence. 

Apply for this Materials Engineer (New Technology) job online now.

If you are successful after the first round of screening, we will contact you within five working days. Entitlement to work in the EEA is essential.

About CK Science

CK Science is the largest independent scientific recruitment company in the UK. Our team of specialist recruiters are here to help you achieve your career ambitions within the scientific industry. We actively offer you careers advice, help with writing your CV, assistance with interview preparation and up-to-date information about the industry.

Further responsibilities of this Process Engineer/Chemist job include:

• Providing engineering/process support to assist in driving new innovative platform technologies into commercial manufacturing facilities.
• Developing in-depth understanding of the new products in terms of formulation, processing, and their interactions.
• Supporting the manufacture of new products at pilot plant scale to supply product for use in pivotal stability and commercial trials. Write and/or review/authorise GMP critical documentation, such as batch records, experimental reports, validation protocols, development and technology transfer documentation.
• Supporting the scale-up/down from pilot to commercial scale, developing knowledge of the critical process operating parameters and an understanding of how key quality attributes can be controlled.
• Supporting technology transfer of new products into commercial manufacturing facilities, and implement cleaning verification/ validation of process equipment as needed, to the required cGMP and Health & Safety standards.

The successful candidate will be educated to BSc degree level in Chemical/Process Engineering or other related discipline, along with experience working in a regulated environment (i.e. Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare, FMCG, or food sectors). Experience with the technology transfer process of new products into commercial manufacturing sites is also essential. A good mathematical ability – statistics and design of experiments (DoE) experience is considered to be an advantage. Full UK driving licience or equivalent as travel to the nearby pilot plant facility will be required.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work for a leading pharmaceutical company based in the Surrey region with excellent commuting links to London and the South Coast.

If you would like to hear more about this role, please contact Julie Marshall on 01438 723500 or email jmarshall@ckscience.co.uk, quoting reference number ST18979 in all correspondence.

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CK Science

CKScience is the largest independent scientific recruitment company in the UK. Our team of specialist recruiters are here to help you achieve your career ambitions within the scientific industry. We actively offer you careers advice, help with writing your CV, assistance with interview preparation and up-to-date information about the industry. We pride ourselves on providing an honest, straight-forward and trustworthy service to both our clients and candidates. Please visit our website at www.ckscience.co.uk. You can also follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Youtube.

Further responsibilities of this Food Hygiene Team Leader role will include:

• Maintaining and updating the sites hygiene standards.
• Carrying out GMP audits.
• Assisting in the preparation for BRC audits.
• Carrying out food safety training and managing a team.
• Involvement in customer complaints  investigation to prevent re-occurrence.
• Involvement in purchasing and stock controlling hygiene equipment/materials.
• Carrying out team briefings.

The ideal candidate for the role will be educated to HNC standard, or equivalent, or higher in Food Science or a related subject and have experience working within a similar role. Experience managing staff as well as a good knowledge of food hygiene, food legislation and BRC are required.

If you would like to hear more about this Food Hygiene job, please contact Philippa Robertson on 0114 2839956 or email probertson@ckscience.co.uk, quoting reference  SH19026 in all correspondence. Alternatively, to apply, please click here.

About CK Science

CK Science is the largest independent scientific recruitment company in the UK. Our team of specialist recruiters  are here to help you achieve your career ambitions within the scientific industry. We actively offer you careers advice, help with writing your CV, assistance with interview preparation and up-to-date information about the industry. We pride ourselves on providing an honest, straight-forward and trustworthy service to both our clients and candidates.

The main purpose of this Formulations Scientist role will be to work on the process and product development of new and existing product lines. You will formulate products into suitable dosage formats and manufacture lab-scale formulations for investigational work. This will involve liaison with other departments on a project basis, carrying out process optimisation studies to identify critical process parameters and preparing protocols and reports with recommendations.

Further responsibilities of this Formulations Scientist role include:

• Generating, recording and assessing the quality and validity of data generated and drawing conclusions from this data.
• Providing formulation expertise for site concern note root cause exercises.
• Training others in the use of laboratory equipment, procedures and methods.
• Identifying suitable suppliers and contractors for progression of projects
• Remaining aware of developments within the formulation science field.

The successful candidate will be educated to degree level in a Life Sciences discipline. To be considered, you must also have a minimum of three years experience in a formulations role in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics or food, with proven experience in product development processes. Knowledge of GLP and GMP is also required, together with the ability to drive projects and effectively analyse data.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Formulations Scientist to develop their career with a global pharmaceutical manufacturing company that operates on a worldwide basis.

To hear more about this Formulations Scientist role, please contact Lorna Crombie on 0191 3848905 or email lcrombie@ckscience.co.uk, quoting reference DH19050 in all correspondence.

Apply for this Formulations Scientist job online now.

About CK Science

CK Science is the largest independent scientific recruitment company in the UK. Our team of specialist recruiters are here to help you achieve your career ambitions within the scientific industry. We actively offer you careers advice, help with writing your CV, assistance with interview preparation and up-to-date information about the industry. We pride ourselves on providing an honest, straight-forward and trustworthy service to both our clients and candidates. Please visit our website at www.ckscience.co.uk.

New Year’s resolutions aren’t just for keeping fit or quitting smoking. Why not use yours to commit to finding yourself that dream science job in 2010?

Here are some tips to help that New Year’s resolution last longer than any other:

• New Year is a great time for reflection, so think about why you really want a new science job. Why is it that you want to move on? Are you satisfied with your career path? What is it that you don’t like about your current job?  What do you like about your job?
• Be careful not to set yourself unrealistic goals. If you do, you might become demotivated when you don’t achieve those goals.
• Revamp your CV with a fresh set of eyes. To help you do so, please click here.
• Put the feelers out – tell friends and family that you are in the market for a new science job.
• Create a great Linkedin profile. Linkedin is an excellent way for you to create your online brand and essentially showcases your strengths to the world. To help you create a great Linkedin profile that will pave the way to your next science job, click here.
• Sign up with a specialist scientific recruitment agency such as CK Science.  Our specialist scientific recruitment consultants are dedicated to finding all our candidates the perfect science job for them and will do a lot of the hard work for you!
• Focus your job search: Use search engines such as Google and Bing to find your next science job by searching for keywords that match your interests and the location where you would like to be based. By narrowing your search in such a way, your job hunt will be more focused and the search results will be more relevant to you.
• Don’t give up! And do stay positive. Your attitude will potentially make the difference between a job offer and a job rejection.

For more tips and advice to help you get your dream science job in 2010:

• CV Writing Tips for Jobseekers in the Scientific Industry
• How to Prepare for an Interview for a Science Job
• Interview Tips for Jobseekers in the Scientific Industry
• Create that Perfect Linkedin Profile to Get a Great Science Job 
• Using Social Media to Get That Dream Science Job 
• Using a Scientific Recruitment Agency

You will be responsible for working closely with their clients to identify their needs and requirements in relation to life science instrumentation specialising in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR). Duties will also include developing an understanding of the market and utilising knowledge of the instrumentation in providing guidance and training to internal sales and marketing teams.

This is an excellent opportunity to join an industry leading instrumentation organisation in a key role, which in return offers an attractive salary and benefits package.

To be considered for this role, you will have a degree or equivalent in chemistry or a related subject and proven practical experience within a chemical analysis market utilising NMR instruments. If you are successful after the first round of screening, we will contact you within five working days. Entitlement to work in the EEA is essential. Please quote reference ST19020 in all correspondence.

If you would like to hear more about this Application Support/Product Manager role, please contact Andrew Bolton on 01438 723 500 or email abolton@ckscience.co.uk. Alternatively, to apply, please click here.

About CK Science 

CK Science is the largest independent scientific recruitment company in the UK. Our team of specialist recruiters are here to help you achieve your career ambitions within the scientific industry. We actively offer you careers advice, help with writing your CV, assistance with interview preparation and up-to-date information about the industry. We pride ourselves on providing an honest, straight-forward and trustworthy service to both our clients and candidates.