For 75years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well:being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we'll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.
Job Summary
Have you got experience across a broad range of UPLC:MS / HPLC vendors? In Drug discovery? Or maybe water or food industries?
We are recruiting for an LC:MS specialist to join our team in Saffron Walden
Within Discovery at Charles River, we hold our own large screening libraries of small molecules for delivery of High Throughput Screening campaigns, along with proprietary libraries for our clients. Within the Group we manage, curate and analyse the collection, using industry:leading automation and UPLC:MS to deliver a fast, efficient, and quality service.
You can expect to become part of the Library Management team, with the responsibility of ensuring the delivering of quality data through UPLC:MS/HPLC analysis.
You can also expect progression and development opportunities to collaborate with teams in our Small Molecule Division, striving to accelerate drug discovery and your own career.
You get to be in a challenging and dynamic environment with the opportunity to develop skills in project planning and advanced robotics, contributing directly to the progression of multiple drug:discovery projects.
Profile and Requirements
:Demonstrate significant in:depth technical expertise with a range of UPLC:MS / HPLC instrumentation, ideally within a drug discovery based analytical lab environment.
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Experience of multiple vendor software such as Waters MassLynx, Thermo Scientific Chromeleon, Virscidian, for data processing and reporting.
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Educated to degree level within a scientific discipline.
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Prior experience of working in compound management or compound analysis environments, either from industry or academic settings.
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Strong organisation and time management skills alongside an inbuilt flexibility to adapt to change.
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Excellent communication skills; these will be essential to engage and inspire our customers and be effective within a multi:disciplinary process whilst working in a matrix environment.
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Experience Scheduling / planning workloads for internal teams and liaising with internal / external customers.
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Possess project management experience.
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Experience with SQL query writing or a programming language highly advantageous.
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Familiarity with LIMS, KNIME and Mosaic for order processing and inventory management desirable.
What We Offer You:
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A very comprehensive benefits package from day one, including a generous pension contribution, and flexible health benefits.
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Access to great discounts via our CREDS discount scheme.
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Global opportunities and strong career progression.
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The chance to work on several varied projects and liaise globally and nationally with other business areas.
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To be able make a difference to health and wellbeing of people.
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To continue your own career growth.
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Parental leave.
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Group Life Assurance and Group Income Protection.
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Remote GP access 24/7.
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Well being support and initiatives.
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Cycle to work scheme.
About Discovery
Discovery from Charles River is industry:proven in the successful development of novel therapies, with over 350patents and 80preclinical drug candidates delivered to our sponsors in the past 17 years. Backed by more than 650 scientists, our comprehensive, integrated portfolio employs the latest technology and platforms to provide chemistry, biology, and pharmacology services that support clients from the earliest stages of hit id