Analytical Chemistry Team Leader - Wet Chemistry

CK Group are recruiting for an Analytical Team Leader, to manage a small team of Wet Chemistry Analysts, on behalf of a global CRO, to be based at their site in Reading on a permanent basis.

About the client: Our client is a cutting-edge ContractResearch Organisation (CRO), providing research, analysis and consultancy to the pharmaceutical, healthcare and food sectors. Their diverse pipeline of projects varies from creating new products, validating medicines and completing analytical investigations. The are a global leader in their field, serving clients from across 60 countries.

Pharmaceutical Wet Chemistry is a pivotal team within their business, with a rapidly increasing client demand, it’s their biggest area of expansion, growing 30% from September 2018 to September 2019. Joining this team will allow you to do truly vital work analysing medicines so they can reach patients that need them. You’ll have opportunity to gain new technical and leadership skills as the laboratory continues going from strength to strength.

About the role: The Team Leader provides management within the Pharmaceutical Chemistry laboratory while retaining a hands-on approach to the analytical work. It will directly line manage around 5 individuals.

You’ll ensure routine and complex pharmaceutical projects are performed promptly and to GMP standards, facilitating practical bench-work and data checking for routine analyses of pharmaceutical raw materials and method verification using wet chemistry techniques in accordance with pharmacopoeia or client methods. As required you’ll work with clients and influence, manage and motivate a team of scientists and technicians.

Responsibilities

• Independently perform complex analysis using wet chemistry techniques, design study protocols and maintenance and troubleshoot lab equipment.
• Provide technical direction to the business.
• Supervise staff in routine activities and methods.
• Ensure effective organisation, integrityof analytical data and provision of results.
• Perform data checking and provide interpretation of results for routine testing.
• Generate certificate analysis or external interpretive reports.
• Liaise with clients to ensure effective communication of project proposals and results.
• Provide technical advice in client and stake holders meetings.
• Deliver external presentations of data and internal presentations to senior technical stakeholders.
• Contribute to technical strategies & influence senior management.
• Plan own workload and plan routine projects for junior staff.
• Manage a team of scientists and technicians.

About you: To be considered for the position, you should ideally have the following skills and expertise:- Experience of working in a wet chemistry laboratory independently, carrying out techniques such as; Manual and auto titrations, density testing, FTIR, UV-vis and TOC

• Project management and planning skills.
• Good knowledge of GMP
• Experienceof working with a CRO or a pharmaceutical environment would be highly beneficial for this position

The benefits: Our client offers an exception range of benefits, including: Excellent basic salaries Annual performance related bonus Very competitive company pension scheme

27 days annual leave with the option to purchase up to 5 days more Private medical insurance Life Assurance Employee perks scheme

Apply: Entitlement to work in the UK is essential. For more information, or to apply for the position, please contact Sarah Farrow on 0191 3706486 or email sfarrow@ckgroup.co.uk. Please quote reference 53476.