Scientist - Stability/Analytical

• Job Title: Scientist - Analytical/Stability
• Contract: 12 months
• Location: Deeside
• Pay: £25,000

SRG are partnered with a global medical products and technologies company. Our client is focused on solutions for the management of chronic conditions, with leading positions in advanced wound care, ostomy care, continence care, and infusion care.

We are seeking a Scientist to join their Deeside team. This will be a hybrid position working collaboratively across both Analytical and Stability.



Duties and Responsibilities:

To perform analytical testing on existing and new medical devices, wound care products and raw materials according to pre-determined protocols, SOPs, OCIs and TDs in support of product claims. To support business units in the method design, development, and validation of new analytical test methods upon request. To complete stability testing of products in line with pre-determined stability study protocol to support product shelf-life and product labelling.

• Maintain compliance to ISO13485 and ISO9001 standards in accordance with GLP/GMP compliant procedures.
• Analysing, documenting, interpreting, and reporting laboratory data to GMP/GLP standards.
• Collation and reporting of laboratory data in technical reports.
• Assist with the drafting of new analytical methods for new products and/or techniques.
• Assist with the drafting of stability documentation such as protocols and reports.
• Maintenance, calibration, documentation and updating quality records for the Analytical and Stability Laboratories.
• Perform laboratory/OOS investigations with some supervision incorporating problem-solving and troubleshooting for future improvements.
• Ensure the Analytical and Stability labs are maintained as safe working environments, raising near misses where needed.
• Experience with a wide range of analytical equipment such as balances and pipettes through to HPLC and ICP-MS.
• Use of basic (e.g., Microsoft Word, Excel, SAP, etc.) and advanced (e.g., Waters Empower, ChemStation, Masshunter, Minitab etc.) software packages for ordering goods, data collection, analysis, statistical manipulation etc.
• Support planned and ad-hoc stability sample set-downs, pull requests and support laboratory tasks as and when required.
• Collation of stability data, including physical data retrieval, for stability/technical reports.
• Assist in the storage and retrieval of stability samples.

Requirements

• BSc. or equivalent in a scientific discipline - analytical chemistry is most desirable.
• Experience with Analytical techniques - HPLC, GC etc.
• Lab experience out with university - placement, year in industry or professional role (minimum of circa 6 months)

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