Scientist

Permanent, South East UK

Role

• Provide a range of scientific support to Project Teams as required.
• Contribute scientific understanding to the project objectives.
• Contribute to the development of novel and existing products and processes by the production of high quality scientific data and understanding.
• Ensure at all times that Good Practice is followed and all areas are maintained to the appropriate standards.


Duties
• Practical and theoretical understanding in a range of scientific skills and technologies.
• Demonstrate competency on a range of complex laboratory skills and equipment.
• Keep abreast of relevant new technologies.
• Record all experimental outcomes in an appropriate format.
• Identify and escalate promptly any problems occurring at any phase of a study to the line manager.
• Maintain all working areas in clean and tidy state.
• Coach and mentor less experienced colleagues as required.
• Ensure training record is maintained to cGxP.
• Ensure all applicable quality measures are met and adhered to.
• Assist in the creation and maintenance of all relevant cGxP documents.
• The role holder is responsible for maintaining cGxP and Health and Safety Knowledge relevant to the role.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required:

Knowledge:
• A relevant Science degree and/or relevant experience.

Skills:
• Thorough working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages.
• High level of numeracy.
• Communication skills including written and presentational.
• Excellent attention to detail.

Attributes and Behaviours:
• Collaborative team player.
• Pro-active approach to problem solving.
• Ability to coach and mentor less experienced colleagues.
• Develops and maintains positive working relationships with others.


Desirable Skills and Experience

• Higher qualification (e.g. MSc/PhD) in relevant topic.
• Awareness of risk management principles.
• Awareness of project management principles.
• Awareness of basic statistical principles.

To apply for this position please send your CV with a covering letter and salary expectations to recruitment@gwpharm.com