Job Description
Reading Scientific Services Ltd (RSSL) is a cutting-edge Contract Research Organisation (CRO), providing research, analysis and consultancy to the food and pharmaceutical sectors. Whether we are creating new products, validating medicines or solving investigations, we take pride in being a leader in our field, serving clients from across 60 countries.
In 2021, we've been recognised as Employer of the Year and Business of the Year at the Thames Valley Business Awards, and in past years have achieved OBN's Best CRO and Women in Business Enlightened Employer.
Enriched by our parent company Mondelēz International, our diverse team includes 22 nationalities from 300 members, creating a family feel as we strive towards our mission of science enhancing lives.
Role Overview
This Senior Scientist I role is a thought leadership position within RSSL's Functional Ingredient's department, utilising chromatography techniques - primarily LC-MS, HPLC and Ion Chromatography - conduct routine and investigative analyses on a range of pharmaceutical and food products to GMP and UKAS regulations, providing method development and problem solving complex cases. While it does not directly line manage, it is a senior position within the team responsible for providing expertise to other members of the lab.
How you will contribute
You will provide technical direction and leadership-which includes training and mentoring junior team members-in the laboratory to ensure that complex projects are completed on time and with the appropriate analytical and regulatory standards. In this role, you will review and approve scientific reports, method development and validations, authorize competencies in your area of expertise and independently perform complex method development and design validations protocols. In addition, you will maintain and troubleshoot lab equipment, ensure a clean, tidy and safe working environment, and perform and approve risk assessments. Excellent communication skills will be required of you because you will write technical reports, check data, offer interpretations of results and interact with internal and external holders using influencing and presentation skills to present project proposals and results.
What you will bring
A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:
- Laboratory requirements and practices
- Analytical technology in your area of expertise and the desire to develop in-depth and broader technical expertise
- Scientific understanding and the ability to independently conduct chemical analysis in relevant area
- Verbal and written communication skills with the ability to build your network and technical credibility with external clients and internal teams
- Problem solving and planning resources to maintain a consistent workflow to deliver projects
- Organizational skills, including time management and priority setting
More about this role
This senior analyst role is based within the Functional Ingredients laboratory and focuses primarily on method development and validations of complex food and pharmaceutical matrices using HPLC and LCMS. In addition this role will also involve investigative and routine analysis of products using chromatography techniques. Indepentently manage workload and train junior members of the team as required. Client contact and administrative support for laboratory management. Play a key role in ensuring that projects are performed and supervised effectively and accurately within agreed timescales and to appropriate quality standards.
Education / Certifications:
Educated to Degree or PhD in a relevant scientific discipline or equivalent relevant experience in a laboratory.
Job specific requirements
Technical
- Perform successful method development using both LCMS & HPLC on complex matrices.
- Provide high quality customer service at all times by ensuring effective organisation of assigned workload, integrity of analytical data generated and timely/accurate provision of results.
- Provide Technical direction within own area of expertise within the team. Perform a range of analysis using liquid chromatography techniques independently.
- Design and perform complex method development and validation protocols. Perform maintenance and troubleshooting of lab equipment.
- Provide Technical direction within own area of expertise within the team.
- Perform data checking and provide interpretation of results for routine testing.
- Generate certificate analysis or external interpretive reports. Expert user of generic and specific software packages require for the role
- Provide training and supervise junior staff in routine activities and methods and interpretation.
- Take responsibility for elements of specific projects and/or specific areas of general laboratory/sample administration and assign housekeeping tasks as required.
- Will be expected to work in different laboratories if the demand is require
Communication & Influence
- To liase with clients, business development and line management to ensure effective communication of project proposals and results.
- Participate in client and stake holders meetings as required
- Deliver internal presentations across groups and to technical stakeholders
- Manage small projects or defined areas of larger projects
- Work as part of an efficient analytical team
Leadership and supervision
- Supervise a team of Scientists and Technicians
- Plan own workload and plan routine projects for junior staff
- Train junior members of the team as required.
QEHS
- Work to the highest standards of safety and quality by ensuring that appropriate COSHHs, risk assessments and SOPs are understood and followed.
- To complete assigned quanlity actions on a timely manner, including review and approval
- Write and approve SOPs and Test Methods
- Generation and approval of Risk Assesments and COSHH
- Understand and provide technical regulatory leadership in client audits
- To maintain a clean, tidy and safe working environment.
- To understand and work to the requirements of GMP and UKAS. Ensure training records are accurate.
Company: Reading Scientific Services Limited
No Relocation support available
Business Unit Summary
Reading Scientific Services, Ltd. (RSSL) is a cutting-edge contract research organization (CRO), providing research, analysis and consultancy to the food and pharmaceutical sectors. Whether we are creating new products, validating medicines or solving investigations, we take pride in being a leader in our field, serving clients from across 60 countries.
We were recognized in 2019 as an Enlightened Employer, Women in Business and Thames Valley Tech finalists and in 2018, one of our family members earned the Food & Drink Federation's Scientist of the Year. Enriched by our parent company, Mondelēz International, our diverse team of 300 includes 23 nationalities, creating a family feel as we strive toward our mission of "Science Enhancing Lives."
Mondelēz International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Job Type
Regular
Analytical Science
Science & Engineering