Analytical Chemist

Title: Analytical Chemist

Duration: 6 Months (possible extension)

Location: Loughborough

We currently have opportunities for skilled and passionate graduates to join our organisation within Loughborough, Charnwood Campus to help us make a better future and to realise your career dreams.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Customer at the core
• Conduct and document analytical testing following cGMP requirements, delivering to plan on time in full
• Ensure quality of data delivered is fit for purpose, whilst working in a fast, flexible environment, with a strong focus on right first time
• Resolve technical problems by examination and evaluation of data and progression of laboratory investigations
• Represent the department in a professional manner as and when required, when interacting with both internal and external customers and regulators
• Establish continuous improvement as part of normal everyday work

Knowledge & Skills

• Testing and/or knowledge of pressurised metered dose inhalers is preferable
• Good understanding of GMP and GLP
• Knowledge of analytical chemistry and its practical application
• Working knowledge of HPLC
• Working knowledge of other analytical instrumentation, preferably GC, MS, UPLC and UV.
• Understanding of basic statistics desirable
• Computer literate, familiar with Microsoft Word and Excel
• Strong verbal and numerical aptitude skills
• Good communication skills
• Strong team player with the ability to work independently

Key Capabilities

• Good organisational, interpersonal, and time management skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Enthusiastic, flexible, conscientious and proactive in approach
• To work efficiently with supervision or unsupervised as required
• Take a positive approach to own training and development
• Good decision making skills
• Good problem solving skills

Safety

• Promote a “safety first” culture and environment
• Raise and report any safety incidents as required
• Complete Corrective Action Preventative Action (CAPA) closures on time in full

Qualifications

• Ideally a degree (or higher) in a relevant scientific discipline with practical laboratory elements (or equivalent) or relevant previous experience

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