Senior Technical Specialist

Job Description

Our Analytical Sciences team are hiring a Senior Technical Specialist, Chemistry.

This is a position requiring someone with strong analytical experience to provide multidisciplinary expertise and technical support to the Analytical Sciences team and commercial testing laboratories.

The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the effective and efficient running of Analytical Separations methodologies both globally and locally, Analytical Method Transfers, Validations, Investigations and Change Control.

In addition, the successful candidate will be a member of the Analytical Sciences Leadership team governing the Analytic Sciences group.

The successful candidate will be required to demonstrate a high level of technical leadership, collaboration, coaching and mentoring to facilitate the team in becoming a high performing organisation and ensuring timely delivery of projects. Central to this objective will be the active engagement and communication with all internal and external stakeholders. A high level of innovation, enthusiasm and drive will be required to deliver technical excellence for analytical methods.

Duties

• Good knowledge of working practices required for working in a Chemistry Separations laboratory (e.g. HPLC, UPLC, GC, CE, SDS-PAGE and protein biochemistry etc.)
• Support assay optimisation/investigations within the Chemistry area – Analytical Technology Transfer Preparation of documentation associated with the projects in accordance with GDP (good documentation practice) and site procedures.
• Lead the delivery of projects whilst adhering to project timelines using project management tools.
• Lead cross-functional problem-solving teams for troubleshooting, and investigations within local Quality, other Sites within the network and contract laboratories as required.
• Commissioning and Qualification of various lab equipment and design and execution of assay and equipment validation studies and lifecycle management of Chemistry Assays.
• Prepare, review and approval of technical documents, procedures, CAPAs, change control, deviations, metrics, etc.
• Actively pursue development opportunities to increase the skill set and experience within the group through continuous education, job rotation, cross-functional training, Lean Six Sigma, etc – Collaborate with internal partners (i.e. other sites, R&D) and externally with CROs

Qualifications:

• BSc in a relevant Science discipline
• 7+ years Relevant industry Experience
• Experience with HPLC, UPLC, GC, CE and leading analytical method validations
• Self-motivated and ability to work as part of a team with good project management Skills
• High level written and verbal communications with advanced computer skills

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