Senior Scientist
Closing Date for Applications – 25th April (COB)
This is a site-based role at Irvine.
(Shift pattern, 12 hours rotating days/nights)
To complete the required product testing in a safe and compliant manner in order to ensure the generation of accurate data enabling product release.
Act as point of contact to assist lab scientists in resolution of any equipment, analytical or GLP related issues as well as providing guidance as required to ensure flow within the laboratory workspace.
We create a place where people can grow, be their best, be safe, and feel welcome, valued and included. We offer a competitive salary, an annual bonus based on company performance, healthcare and wellbeing programmes, pension plan membership, and shares and savings programme.
In this role you will:
* Sample, test, report and validate analytical data for final products, intermediates, raw materials and in process samples in line with procedural expectations. Consistently operate to cGMP/GLP to ensure compliant product testing.
* Maintain / calibrate a wide range of analytical equipment to ensure accuracy and precision of data.
* Assist laboratory analysts in troubleshooting, equipment fixes, LI management and remediation of issues from an analytical perspective.
* Utilisation of skills and experience to minimise equipment downtime and optimise the laboratory ways of working thereby ensuring all targets are met.
* Ensure adherence with operator standard work and propose improvements using GPS principles to assist.
* Train, mentor, and coach laboratory analysts as required in order to optimise ways of working and enhance analytical knowledge / experience.
Why you?
Qualifications & Skills:
We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:
* HND / Degree in a relevant science subject (or) suitable extensive experience in an appropriate discipline within a pharmaceutical environment.
* Experience of training and coaching in analytical techniques, instrument and method troubleshooting.
* Comprehensive knowledge both theoretical and practical of analytical processes, procedures and theories.
* Strong understanding of M-ERP, EMPOWER, GPS tools and processes.
* Evidence of good communication and motivational skills.
* Knowledge of Quality Management System and ability to convey relevant job specific aspects to colleagues.
Preferred Qualifications & Skills:
* NEBOSH certificate / Degree in scientific discipline.
* Relevant process knowledge, significant analytical technical experience.
* Analytical Chemistry / Experience in use of GPS tools and techniques.
* Candidate is expected to be the experienced analyst on shift able to resolve issues real time, coach and mentor colleagues and assist the Quality Shift Leader in ensuring flow within the laboratory environment.
Why GSK?
Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.
GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).
Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are open to all talent. In the US, we also adhere to Affirmative Action principles. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to neurodiversity, race/ethnicity, colour, national origin, religion, gender, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class*(*US only).
We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.
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