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This role is based at Fordham, Cambridgeshire, UK within Drug Development Solutions (DDS).
With one of the world’s largest bioanalytical centres, recognised for leadership in science and technology, DDS has comprehensive capabilities for pharmacokinetic, immunogenicity and biomarker measurement that span LC-MS/MS, immunoassay and flow cytometry. We routinely solve difficult method development challenges and have the capacity to support the largest, most complex protocols. Our Bioanalysis department works together with pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies in support of pre-clinical and clinical trials for a wide variety of clients and therapeutic areas. We use innovative analytical methodology and the expertise of our analytical scientists to speed up the discovery of new medicines. The department operates a well-equipped laboratory compliant with GLP and GCP, and offers the opportunity to work with state of the art analytical instrumentation.
The Job (LC-MS Bioanalytical Programme Manager)
The focus of this role is leading a team of scientists to deliver development, validation and sample analysis projects within LC-MS. You will build close relationships with a number of our customers and be responsible for delivering high quality results in compliance with GLP/GCP.
Key responsibilities include:
- Line management of Senior Scientists and Scientists within your team
- Overall financial responsibility for the revenues generated within your team
- Oversee the personal development of team members
- Actively work with the Business Development team in the preparation of client proposals and support them to meet with new customers and seek out new business
- Drive a culture of continuous improvement and lean working practices within the team
- Project management of multiple regulatory studies
- Build strong partnerships with our customers to help them progress their drug development pipeline
- Robust scientific decision making in compliance with the EMA and FDA regulatory guidance
- Consistent on-time delivery of data and reports to our customers
- Ability to adapt, be flexible and find solutions to our customer's problems
The ideal candidate will:
- Be able to lead and mentor scientists within their team
- Be enthusiastic, proactive and driven to go the extra mile to support our customers
- Focus on quality and possess excellent attention to detail
- Communicate effectively; explaining the outcome of experiments to team members and customers
Life At Fordham
We have a state of the art purpose built facility within an open green countryside setting, with places to walk and relax outdoors, as well as a café on site. At Fordham we have friendly collaborative teams, dedicated to helping our customers to achieve their goals. Every day is different we are empowered to solve a range of scientific problems and embrace continuous improvement. Individually, and together, we take responsibility to progress projects, learn, and share best practice, helping one another to progress and grow. Together we build strong scientific teams, who celebrate success and make time to have fun, ensuring a healthy work/life balance. We have a strong ESG agenda, taking care of our people, environment and local community.
Benefits
- Hybrid Working; we offer a flexible approach to work where you can adapt your working pattern to balance your home and work needs
- Defined career progression, mentoring and support is offered and personal development is prioritised
- Excellent training and development opportunities for all employees
- Wide range of flexible benefits, including a group personal pension plan, access to private medical care, cycle to work scheme, travel insurance and more
Education, experience and technical skills:
- Degree in chemistry or equivalent relevant experience
- Experience of line management, coaching or mentoring
- Project management experience is desirable
- Experience in a GXP accredited laboratory is advantageous
- Expertise in LC-MS/MS
- Knowledge of EMA and FDA bioanalytical method validation guidelines
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This role is based at Fordham, Cambridgeshire, UK within Drug Development Solutions (DDS).
With one of the world’s largest bioanalytical centres, recognised for leadership in science and technology, DDS has comprehensive capabilities for pharmacokinetic, immunogenicity and biomarker measurement that span LC-MS/MS, immunoassay and flow cytometry. We routinely solve difficult method development challenges and have the capacity to support the largest, most complex protocols. Our Bioanalysis department works together with pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies in support of pre-clinical and clinical trials for a wide variety of clients and therapeutic areas. We use innovative analytical methodology and the expertise of our analytical scientists to speed up the discovery of new medicines. The department operates a well-equipped laboratory compliant with GLP and GCP, and offers the opportunity to work with state of the art analytical instrumentation.
The Job (Immunoassay Bioanalytical Programme Manager)
The focus of this role is leading a team of scientists to deliver development, validation and sample analysis projects within Immunoassay. You will build close relationships with a number of our customers and be responsible for delivering high quality results in compliance with GLP/GCP.
Key responsibilities include:
- Line management of Senior Scientists and Scientists within your team
- Overall financial responsibility for the revenues generated within your team
- Oversee the personal development of team members
- Actively work with the Business Development team in the preparation of client proposals and support them to meet with new customers and seek out new business
- Drive a culture of continuous improvement and lean working practices within the team
- Project management of multiple regulatory studies
- Build strong partnerships with our customers to help them progress their drug development pipeline
- Robust scientific decision making in compliance with the EMA and FDA regulatory guidance
- Consistent on-time delivery of data and reports to our customers
- Ability to adapt, be flexible and find solutions to our customer's problems
Life At Fordham
We have a state of the art purpose built facility within an open green countryside setting, with places to walk and relax outdoors, as well as a café on site. At Fordham we have friendly collaborative teams, dedicated to helping our customers to achieve their goals. Every day is different we are empowered to solve a range of scientific problems and embrace continuous improvement. Individually, and together, we take responsibility to progress projects, learn, and share best practice, helping one another to progress and grow. Together we build strong scientific teams, who celebrate success and make time to have fun, ensuring a healthy work/life balance. We have a strong ESG agenda, taking care of our people, environment and local community.
Benefits
- Hybrid working; we offer a flexible approach to work where you can adapt your working pattern to balance your home and work needs
- Defined career progression, mentoring and support is offered and personal development is prioritised
- Excellent training and development opportunities for all employees
- Wide range of flexible benefits, including a group personal pension plan, access to private medical care, cycle to work scheme, travel insurance and more
- Regular organised social activities; summer fair, Christmas party, occasional food truck visits and other ad-hoc events and celebrations
The ideal candidate will:
- Be able to lead and mentor scientists within their team
- Be enthusiastic, proactive and driven to go the extra mile to support our customers
- Focus on quality and possess excellent attention to detail
- Communicate effectively; explaining the outcome of experiments to team members and customers
Education, experience and technical skills:
- Degree in Biological Science or equivalent relevant experience
- Experience of line management, coaching and mentoring
- Project management experience is desirable
- Experience in a GXP accredited laboratory is advantageous
- Expertise in ELISA techniques
- Knowledge of EMA and FDA bioanalytical method validation guidelines
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This role is based at Fordham, Cambridgeshire, UK within Drug Development Solutions (DDS).
With one of the world’s largest bioanalytical centres, recognised for leadership in science and technology, DDS has comprehensive capabilities for pharmacokinetic, immunogenicity and biomarker measurement that span LC-MS/MS, immunoassay and flow cytometry. We routinely solve difficult method development challenges and have the capacity to support the largest, most complex protocols. Our Bioanalysis Department works together with pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies in support of pre-clinical and clinical trials for a wide variety of clients and therapeutic areas. We use innovative analytical methodology and the expertise of our analytical scientists to speed up the discovery of new medicines. The Department operates a well-equipped laboratory compliant with GLP and GCP, and offers the opportunity to work with state of the art analytical instrumentation.
The Job (LC-MS Senior Scientist/Principal Scientist)
The focus of this role is scientific leadership and oversight of development and validation activity within LC-MS. You will be responsible for helping us to deliver high quality results to our customers in compliance with GLP/GCP.
Key responsibilities include;
- Design and develop robust quantitative LC-MS bioanalytical methods in support of PK and PD endpoints
- Provide expert bioanalytical support in troubleshooting methodologies and instrumentation, minimising downtime and preventing delays in project progression
- Work with business development and customers to advise on feasibility of supporting new projects
- Lead implementation of new technologies, techniques, and best practices
- Critical review of method development and validation projects to ensure progression of high-quality methods, in line with EMA and FDA regulatory guidance on bioanalytical method validation
The ideal candidate will;
- Be able to lead and mentor scientists
- Be enthusiastic, proactive, and driven to go the extra mile to support our customers
- Focus on quality, and possess an excellent attention to detail
- Communicate effectively to peers and customers alike
Life At Fordham
We have a state of the art purpose built facility within an open green countryside setting, with places to walk and relax outdoors, as well as a café on site. At Fordham, we have friendly collaborative teams, dedicated to helping our customers to achieve their goals. Every day is different; we are empowered to solve a range of scientific problems, and embrace continuous improvement. Individually, and together, we take responsibility to progress projects, learn, and share best practice. We help one another to progress and grow. Together we build strong scientific teams, who celebrate success and make time to have fun. We take care of our people, environment and community.
Benefits
- Flexible Working: we offer a flexible approach to work where you can adapt your working pattern to balance your home and work needs
- Defined career progression, mentoring and support is offered, and personal development is encouraged
- Excellent training and development opportunities for all employees
- Wide range of flexible benefits, including a group personal pension plan, access to private medical care, cycle to work scheme, travel insurance and more
- Regular organised social activities; summer fair, Christmas party, occasional food truck visits and other ad-hoc events and celebrations
Education, experience and technical skills:
- Degree in pharmaceutical science, chemistry, biochemistry, biological science, or equivalent relevant laboratory experience
- Experience in the application of triple quadrupole MS in quantitative bioanalysis. High-resolution MS experience would be desirable
- Experience in the development of quantitative bioanalytical assays for small molecule drug candidates and/or biomarkers. Protein and peptide experience would be desirable
- Experience in a GXP accredited laboratory
- Sound knowledge of EMA and FDA bioanalytical method validation guidelines
- Experience in the utilisation of liquid handling and/or robotics platforms would be desirable
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This role is based at Fordham, Cambridgeshire, UK within Drug Development Solutions (DDS).
With one of the world’s largest bioanalytical centres, recognised for leadership in science and technology, DDS has comprehensive capabilities for pharmacokinetic, immunogenicity and biomarker measurement that span LC-MS/MS, immunoassay and flow cytometry. We routinely solve difficult method development challenges and have the capacity to support the largest, most complex protocols. Our Bioanalysis Department works together with pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies in support of pre-clinical and clinical trials for a wide variety of clients and therapeutic areas. We use innovative analytical methodology and the expertise of our analytical scientists to speed up the discovery of new medicines. The Department operates a well-equipped laboratory compliant with GLP and GCP, and offers the opportunity to work with state of the art analytical instrumentation.
The Job (LC MS Senior Scientist/Study Director)
The focus of this role is oversight and management of development, validation and sample analysis projects within LC-MS. You will be responsible for delivering high quality results to our customers in compliance with GLP/GCP.
Key responsibilities include;
- Project management of multiple regulatory studies
- Build strong partnerships with our customers to help them progress their drug development pipeline
- Robust scientific decision making in accordance with the EMA and FDA regulatory guidance’s
- Consistent on time delivery of data and reports to your customers
- Ability to adapt, be flexible and find solutions to our customers problems
Life At Fordham
We have a state of the art purpose built facility within an open green countryside setting, with places to walk and relax outdoors, as well as a café on site. At Fordham, we have friendly collaborative teams, dedicated to helping our customers to achieve their goals. Every day is different; we are empowered to solve a range of scientific problems, and embrace continuous improvement. Individually, and together, we take responsibility to progress projects, learn, and share best practice. We help one another to progress and grow. Together we build strong scientific teams, who celebrate success and make time to have fun. We take care of our people, environment and community.
Benefits
- Flexible Working: we offer a flexible approach to work where you can adapt your working pattern to balance your home and work needs
- Defined career progression, mentoring and support is offered, and personal development is encouraged
- Excellent training and development opportunities for all employees
- Wide range of flexible benefits, including a group personal pension plan, access to private medical care, cycle to work scheme, travel insurance and more
- Regular organised social activities; summer fair, Christmas party, occasional food truck visits and other ad-hoc events and celebrations
Education, experience and technical skills:
- Degree in chemistry or equivalent relevant experience
- Project management experience is desirable
- Experience in a GXP accredited laboratory is advantageous
- Expertise in LC-MS/MS
- Awareness of EMA and FDA bioanalytical method validation guidelines
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This role is based at Fordham, Cambridgeshire, UK within Drug Development Solutions (DDS).
With one of the world’s largest bioanalytical centres, recognised for leadership in science and technology, DDS has comprehensive capabilities for pharmacokinetic, immunogenicity and biomarker measurement that span LC-MS/MS, immunoassay and flow cytometry. We routinely solve difficult method development challenges and have the capacity to support the largest, most complex protocols. Our Bioanalysis Department works together with pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies in support of pre-clinical and clinical trials for a wide variety of clients and therapeutic areas. We use innovative analytical methodology and the expertise of our analytical scientists to speed up the discovery of new medicines. The Department operates a well-equipped laboratory compliant with GLP and GCP, and offers the opportunity to work with state of the art analytical instrumentation.
The Job (Protein LC-MS Senior Scientist)
The focus of this role is scientific leadership and oversight of development and validation activities within LC-MS, specifically for the quantitation of therapeutic or biomarker peptides and proteins within biological fluids. You will be responsible for helping us to deliver high quality results to our customers in compliance with GLP/GCP.
Key responsibilities include;
- Design and develop robust quantitative LC-MS bioanalytical methods in support of PK and PD endpoints for peptides and proteins
- Validating assays in line with regulatory guidance and internal SOPs
- Provide expert bioanalytical support in troubleshooting methodologies and instrumentation, minimising downtime and preventing delays in project progression
- Engaging in continuous improvement, investigating, and implementing new technologies to improve service offering
The ideal candidate will;
- Share knowledge across the team, training and mentoring other scientists
- Engage with our clients to understand their requirements and effectively manage, advise, and deliver on their projects
- Be able to confidently present your work to both internal and external stakeholders
- Seek out opportunities to publish work, present at national/international meetings, assist in generation of scientific marketing materials
- Collaborate with technical specialists across LC-MS and immunoassay groups
- Focus on quality, and possess an excellent attention to detail
Life At Fordham
We have a state of the art purpose built facility within an open green countryside setting, with places to walk and relax outdoors, as well as a café on site. At Fordham, we have friendly collaborative teams, dedicated to helping our customers to achieve their goals. Every day is different; we are empowered to solve a range of scientific problems, and embrace continuous improvement. Individually, and together, we take responsibility to progress projects, learn, and share best practice. We help one another to progress and grow. Together we build strong scientific teams, who celebrate success and make time to have fun. We take care of our people, environment and community.
Benefits
- Flexible Working: we offer a flexible approach to work where you can adapt your working pattern to balance your home and work needs
- Defined career progression, mentoring and support is offered, and personal development is encouraged
- Excellent training and development opportunities for all employees
- Wide range of flexible benefits, including a group personal pension plan, access to private medical care, cycle to work scheme, travel insurance and more
- Regular organised social activities; summer fair, Christmas party, occasional food truck visits and other ad-hoc events and celebrations
Education, experience and technical skills:
- Degree in pharmaceutical science, chemistry, biochemistry, biological science, or equivalent relevant laboratory experience
- An in-depth knowledge and experience in protein / peptide bioanalytical LC-MS method development and troubleshooting
- A focus on timely delivery of excellent customer service through good written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrated experience in training and mentoring others
- Familiarity with the GLP/GCP guidelines associated with bioanalytical work
- Experience with high resolution mass spectrometry applied to proteins or peptides would be desirable
- Understanding of hybrid LC-MS techniques and application of automated workflows would be desirable
- Understanding of protein chemistry / ligand binding assays would be desirable
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This role is based at Sandwich, Kent, UK within Drug Development Solutions (DDS).
The Job (Senior Analytical Scientist with a solid expertise in HPLC / UPLC)
You will work as an integral part of the analytical group within the Drug Development Solutions AMS team in Sandwich, Kent, in a cGMP environment.
Analytical and Materials Science (AMS) team in Sandwich, Kent, supports the development and manufacture of new and existing medicines working for a wide range of customers, ranging from universities to large pharmaceutical companies.
Key responsibilities:
- Performing analysis of APIs, raw materials, drug substances and/or drug products using HPLC, UPLC and other analytical methods in compliance with cGMP principles
- Processing, interpretation and reporting of data using a high degree of scientific judgement
- Method development and validation
- Writing and reviewing protocols and SOPs
- Troubleshooting issues relating to instrumentation and analysis as and when required
- Technical review of data and reports generated by others, as well as project management and liaising with customers on projects and expectations
- Raising quality incidents and events as and when necessary, and investigating quality events to find out root cause
- Working to tight deadlines when necessary
- Solving scientific problems
- Training and mentoring junior staff
Desirable requirements:
- Knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry and an understanding of the drug development process
- Knowledge and experience of mass spectrometry
Person specification:
- Willing to learn new skills and processes to help the wider team with their workload and projects
- Enthusiastic, self-motivated with excellent communication skills, both written and verbally
- Enjoys working in a fast-paced and changing environment
- Ability to work efficiently both independently and as part of a team
- Eager to provide high quality work and great customer service
Education, experience and technical skills:
- BSc (Hons) or MSc in Analytical Chemistry, Chemistry or a related discipline
- Minimum of 4 years’ experience in industry, with practical experience of pharmaceutical analysis using HPLC and/or UPLC methods
- Proficiency in chromatographic software such as Empower, OpenLAB, Masslynx
- Experience working to, and a strong understanding of, GMP principles
- Ability to operate in a flexible manner, switching priorities at short notice and handling a diverse workload
- Impeccable attention to detail, and excellent organisation, time management and documentation skills
- Strong IT skills and use of electronic media, including MS Office
We will be considering applicants as they apply, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.
What we can offer you:-
We offer a flexible approach to work, in a friendly and informal environment. As well as a competitive salary, we offer a range of flexible benefits including a group personal pension plan, cycle to work scheme, travel insurance and many more. We would consider part-time/flexible working hours for this role.
This role is based at Fordham, Cambridgeshire, UK within Drug Development Solutions (DDS).
With one of the world’s largest bioanalytical centres, recognised for leadership in science and technology, DDS has comprehensive capabilities for pharmacokinetic, immunogenicity and biomarker measurement that span LC-MS/MS, immunoassay and flow cytometry. We routinely solve difficult method development challenges and have the capacity to support the largest, most complex protocols. Our Bioanalysis Department works together with pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies in support of pre-clinical and clinical trials for a wide variety of clients and therapeutic areas. We use innovative analytical methodology and the expertise of our analytical scientists to speed up the discovery of new medicines. The Department operates a well-equipped laboratory compliant with GLP and GCP, and offers the opportunity to work with state of the art analytical instrumentation.
The Job (DDS Senior Sample Management Technician)
We are looking for an experienced technician with good understanding of Sample Management and regulatory processes. The focus of this role is to deliver a high standard Sample Management service to our Drug Development Solutions department. A key aspect of the role is the ability to pay close attention to detail whilst handling biological samples. This work will be performed within a regulatory (GLP/GCP) framework to deliver high quality results to our customers.
Key responsibilities include;
- Receiving samples, performing integrity checks and logging samples into our Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)
- Sample storage, tracking in LIMS and final disposal of samples
- Ensuring sample integrity is maintained throughout the lifetime of the sample
- Providing updates to study teams on study samples as required, acting as a first point of contact within the Sample Management team for assigned studies
- Documenting samples discrepancies and communicating both internally and externally to work towards resolving these
- Operating in accordance with SOPs producing good quality documentation in compliance with GLP
- Working closely as part of a team, supporting one another to achieve our customers goals
- Taking an active role in planning work, managing your time within a fast-paced environment
- Being actively involved in training and/or line managing of junior staff
- Contributing to audits including responses to audit findings
The ideal candidate will;
- Be enthusiastic, proactive, with a willingness to learn and a desire to develop professionally
- Be capable of demonstrating decision making, directing the work of more junior staff
- Focus on quality with an ability to perform tasks in a meticulous manner with close attention to detail
- Communicate effectively and have excellent record keeping skills
- Possess a flexible attitude to changing priorities and timelines, responding to these challenges positively
- Have good computer skills, with experience of using Microsoft Office software
- Have previous experience of using LIMS
- Make suggestions for how processes can be improved
Life At Fordham
We have a state of the art purpose built facility within an open green countryside setting, with places to walk and relax outdoors, as well as a café on site. At Fordham, we have friendly collaborative teams, dedicated to helping our customers to achieve their goals. Every day is different; we are empowered to solve a range of scientific problems, and embrace continuous improvement. Individually, and together, we take responsibility to progress projects, learn, and share best practice. We help one another to progress and grow. Together we build strong scientific teams, who celebrate success and make time to have fun. We take care of our people, environment and community.
Benefits
- Flexible Working: we offer a flexible approach to work where you can adapt your working pattern to balance your home and work needs
- Defined career progression, mentoring and support is offered, and personal development is encouraged
- Excellent training and development opportunities for all employees
- Wide range of flexible benefits, including a group personal pension plan, access to private medical care, cycle to work scheme, travel insurance and more
- Regular organised social activities; summer fair, Christmas party, occasional food truck visits and other ad-hoc events and celebrations
Education, experience and technical skills:
- At least two years of previous Sample Management experience
- GCSEs (or equivalent) in Maths and English
- Further education in science
- Experience in a GXP accredited laboratory is advantageous
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This role is based at Fordham, Cambridgeshire, UK within Drug Development Solutions (DDS).
With one of the world’s largest bioanalytical centres, recognised for leadership in science and technology, DDS has comprehensive capabilities for pharmacokinetic, immunogenicity and biomarker measurement that span LC-MS/MS, immunoassay and flow cytometry. We routinely solve difficult method development challenges and have the capacity to support the largest, most complex protocols. Our Bioanalysis Department works together with pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies in support of pre-clinical and clinical trials for a wide variety of clients and therapeutic areas. We use innovative analytical methodology and the expertise of our analytical scientists to speed up the discovery of new medicines. The Department operates a well-equipped laboratory compliant with GLP and GCP, and offers the opportunity to work with state of the art analytical instrumentation.
The Job (Immunoassay Senior Scientist/Study Director)
The focus of this role is oversight and management of development, validation and sample analysis projects within Immunoassay. You will be responsible for delivering high quality results to our customers in compliance with GLP/GCP.
Key responsibilities include;
- Project management of multiple regulatory studies
- Build strong partnerships with our customers to help them progress their drug development pipeline
- Robust scientific decision making in accordance with the EMA and FDA regulatory guidance’s
- Consistent on time delivery of data and reports to your customers
- Ability to adapt, be flexible and find solutions to our customers problems
The ideal candidate will;
- Be able to lead and mentor scientists within your team
- Be enthusiastic, proactive, and driven to go the extra mile to support our customers
- Focus on quality, and possess an excellent attention to detail
- Communicate effectively; explaining the outcome of experiments to peers and customers
- Embrace LGC’s core values of Passion, Integrity, Respect, Curiosity and Brilliance
Life At Fordham
We have a state of the art purpose built facility within an open green countryside setting, with places to walk and relax outdoors, as well as a café on site. At Fordham, we have friendly collaborative teams, dedicated to helping our customers to achieve their goals. Every day is different; we are empowered to solve a range of scientific problems, and embrace continuous improvement. Individually, and together, we take responsibility to progress projects, learn, and share best practice. We help one another to progress and grow. Together we build strong scientific teams, who celebrate success and make time to have fun. We take care of our people, environment and community.
Benefits
- Flexible Working: we offer a flexible approach to work where you can adapt your working pattern to balance your home and work needs
- Defined career progression, mentoring and support is offered, and personal development is encouraged
- Excellent training and development opportunities for all employees
- Wide range of flexible benefits, including a group personal pension plan, access to private medical care, cycle to work scheme, travel insurance and more
- Regular organised social activities; summer fair, Christmas party, occasional food truck visits and other ad-hoc events and celebrations
Education, experience and technical skills:
- Degree in biological science or equivalent relevant experience
- Project management experience is desirable
- Experience in a GXP accredited laboratory is advantageous
- Expertise in ELISA techniques
- Awareness of EMA and FDA bioanalytical method validation guidelines
Find out more and apply for this job
This role is based at Fordham, Cambridgeshire, UK within Drug Development Solutions (DDS).
With one of the world’s largest bioanalytical centres, recognised for leadership in science and technology, DDS has comprehensive capabilities for pharmacokinetic, immunogenicity and biomarker measurement that span LC-MS/MS, immunoassay and flow cytometry. We routinely solve difficult method development challenges and have the capacity to support the largest, most complex protocols. Our Bioanalysis Department works together with pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies in support of pre-clinical and clinical trials for a wide variety of clients and therapeutic areas. We use innovative analytical methodology and the expertise of our analytical scientists to speed up the discovery of new medicines. The Department operates a well-equipped laboratory compliant with GLP and GCP, and offers the opportunity to work with state of the art analytical instrumentation.
The Job (Laboratory Support Technician - Operational)
The Lab Support team is responsible for delivering a range of services to our bioanalysis laboratories on site at Fordham, including those working to GCP, GLP and GMP regulations. Key activities are regular maintenance of bench top lab equipment, reagent preparation, glass washing and pipette checks which must be performed in accordance with SOP’s and recorded on our in-house LIMS.
Key responsibilities include;
- Plan and perform equipment maintenance and checks, pipette checks and maintenance, glass washing and reagent prep across multiple laboratories
- Laboratory management activities such as lab coat and locker administration and stock management
- Record keeping in compliance with GLP
- Contribute to team and departmental process improvements projects
- You will play an active role in planning your work, managing your time to deliver a high quality lab support service to our internal customers
- Work closely as part of a team, supporting one another to achieve our customers goals
The ideal candidate will;
- Be enthusiastic, proactive, and driven to go the extra mile to support our customers and deliver excellent customer service
- Possess a flexible attitude to changing priorities and timelines, responding to these challenges positively
- Focus on quality, and possess an excellent attention to detail
- Communicate effectively; solving problems by collaborating with other teams
- Seek opportunities to improve processes for your team and customers
- Embrace LGC’s core values of Passion, Integrity, Respect, Curiosity and Brilliance
Life At Fordham
We have a state of the art purpose built facility within an open green countryside setting, with places to walk and relax outdoors, as well as a café on site. At Fordham, we have friendly collaborative teams, dedicated to helping our customers to achieve their goals. Every day is different; we are empowered to solve a range of scientific problems, and embrace continuous improvement. Individually, and together, we take responsibility to progress projects, learn, and share best practice. We help one another to progress and grow. Together we build strong scientific teams, who celebrate success and make time to have fun. We take care of our people, environment and community.
Benefits
- Flexible Working: we offer a flexible approach to work where you can adapt your working pattern to balance your home and work needs
- Defined career progression, mentoring and support is offered, and personal development is encouraged
- Excellent training and development opportunities for all employees
- Wide range of flexible benefits, including a group personal pension plan, access to private medical care, cycle to work scheme, travel insurance and more
- Regular organised social activities; summer fair, Christmas party, occasional food truck visits and other ad-hoc events and celebrations organised by LGC’s sports & social group
Education, experience and technical skills:
- GCSEs (or equivalent) in Maths, English and Science
- Good computer skills, with experience of using Microsoft Office software
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- Experience in a laboratory technician role and/or within a quality regulated environment is advantageous but not essential
Find out more and apply for this job
This role is based at Fordham, Cambridgeshire, UK within Drug Development Solutions (DDS).
With one of the world’s largest bioanalytical centres, recognised for leadership in science and technology, DDS has comprehensive capabilities for pharmacokinetic, immunogenicity and biomarker measurement that span LC-MS/MS, immunoassay and flow cytometry. We routinely solve difficult method development challenges and have the capacity to support the largest, most complex protocols. Our Bioanalysis Department works together with pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies in support of pre-clinical and clinical trials for a wide variety of clients and therapeutic areas. We use innovative analytical methodology and the expertise of our analytical scientists to speed up the discovery of new medicines. The Department operates a well-equipped laboratory and with state of the art analytical instrumentation.
The Job (Lab Support and Logistics Technician)
We are recruiting for a flexible role to support both our Lab Support and Logistics team who are critical to delivering customer focused solutions to our internal and external customers.
The Lab Support team is responsible for delivering a range of services to our bioanalysis laboratories on site at Fordham, including those working to GCP, GLP and GMP regulations. Key activities are regular maintenance of bench top lab equipment, reagent preparation, glass washing and pipette checks which must be performed in accordance with SOP’s and recorded on our in-house LIMS.
Our Logistics team support clinical trials with the manufacture and delivery of sample collection kits as well as the shipping of samples to Fordham for analysis.
Key responsibilities include;
- Plan and perform equipment maintenance and checks, kit building, glass washing and reagent prep across multiple laboratories
- Laboratory management activities such as lab coat and locker administration and stock management
- Booking shipments and responding to customer and courier enquiries
- Record keeping in compliance with GLP
- Contribute to team and departmental process improvements projects
- You will play an active role in planning your work, managing your time to deliver a high quality logistics and lab support service to our internal customers
- Work closely as part of a team, supporting one another to achieve our customers goals
The ideal candidate will;
- Be enthusiastic, proactive, and driven to go the extra mile to support our customers and deliver excellent customer service
- Possess a flexible attitude to changing priorities and timelines, responding to these challenges positively
- Focus on quality, and possess an excellent attention to detail
- Communicate effectively; solving problems by collaborating with other teams
- Seek opportunities to improve processes for your team and customers
Skills Required
- GCSEs (or equivalent) in Maths, English and Science
- Good computer skills, with experience of using Microsoft Office software
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- Experience in a laboratory or logistics technician role and/or within a quality regulated environment is advantageous but not essential
Life At Fordham
We have a state of the art purpose built facility within an open green countryside setting, with places to walk and relax outdoors, as well as a café on site. At Fordham, we have friendly collaborative teams, dedicated to helping our customers to achieve their goals. Every day is different; we are empowered to solve a range of scientific problems, and embrace continuous improvement. Individually, and together, we take responsibility to progress projects, learn, and share best practice. We help one another to progress and grow. Together we build strong scientific teams, who celebrate success and make time to have fun. We take care of our people, environment and community.
Benefits
- Flexible Working: we offer a flexible approach to work where you can adapt your working pattern to balance your home and work needs
- Defined career progression, mentoring and support is offered, and personal development is encouraged
- Excellent training and development opportunities for all employees
- Wide range of flexible benefits, including a group personal pension plan, access to private medical care, cycle to work scheme, travel insurance and more
- Regular organised social activities; summer fair, Christmas party, occasional food truck visits and other ad-hoc events and celebrations
- Pay band for this role is £18,600 to £22,455.78, dependent upon experience and skillset
The ideal candidate will;
- Be enthusiastic, proactive, and driven to go the extra mile to support our customers and deliver excellent customer service
- Possess a flexible attitude to changing priorities and timelines, responding to these challenges positively
- Focus on quality, and possess an excellent attention to detail
- Communicate effectively; solving problems by collaborating with other teams
- Seek opportunities to improve processes for your team and customers
- Embrace LGC’s core values of Passion, Integrity, Respect, Curiosity and Brilliance
Skills Required
- GCSEs (or equivalent) in Maths, English and Science
- Good computer skills, with experience of using Microsoft Office software
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- Experience in a laboratory or logistics technician role and/or within a quality regulated environment is advantageous but not essential
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To enable our Drug Development Solutions (DDS) business to continue to achieve our purpose of helping our customers develop new medicines and products to improve the quality of our patients' lives, we have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and driven Business Development Manager to join our Bioanalytical solutions team.
Our motivation is propelled by the constant drive to support our customers to help them win their fight against life threatening diseases, saving and improving the quality of lives around the world. We are passionately dedicated to the crucial part we play in making the world a better place and supporting a healthier life for all.
Job purpose:
You will be responsible for the development of new relationships with potential clients, nurturing these relationships and understand their requirements in relation to all Drug Development Solutions (DDS). You will also be responsible for carrying out all activities required to ensure a pipeline of orders and client base in line with agreed overall business and personal targets.
Key Responsibilities:
- Contribute to the definition and delivery of the commercial strategy of all DDS service areas with a focus on LC-MS and/or Ligand Binding bioanalysis, to achieve growth in revenues and new business
- Deal with all enquiries quickly and efficiently, by demonstrating proficiency in all aspects of the Business Development process and preparing proposals with limited input from relevant operational colleagues by demonstrating an in depth understanding in LC-MS Bioanalysis and/or Large Molecule Bioanalysis
- New business development - vigorously seek new business development opportunities for DDS with a keen focus on developing relationships with, and winning new clients in target regions and service areas.
- Existing client management - working closely with operational colleagues, nurture relationships with existing clients to maintain an up to date knowledge of their requirements in relation to DDS services
- Managing the commercial processes - work closely with operational and other business development colleagues to lead all commercial activities and processes required to maximise business opportunities
- Administer sponsor orders and accurately communicate all relevant information with operational colleagues
- Strategic service area support - work closely with key operational and other business development colleagues to support and contribute appropriate operational, marketing and sales strategies that maximise our competitive positioning and ability to grow profitable business
Person specification:
- Effective time management ensuring objectives and tasks are completed on time and to a high standard
- Candidates must have relevant commercial experience gained within a technical sales and/or client relationship management role, ideally within a contract research environment
- We are seeking applications from candidates who have a good understanding of pharmaceutical/biotechnology industries and the drug development process, coupled with an in depth knowledge of the outsourcing market for bioanalytical and other laboratory/clinical services
- Enthusiastic with a positive attitude and willingness to get involved
- Make a positive contribution and take responsibility for how actions affect the rest of the team
- Team player, able to work flexibly and with initiative to bring forward ideas
What we can offer you:
We offer a truly flexible approach to work where you can choose your working pattern to meet your home and work needs; regular working from home is supported, to enable a good work/life balance. The environment you will work in is friendly and informal, with good on-site facilities. You will receive a market competitive salary and a wide range of flexible benefits, including a group personal pension plan, cycle to work scheme, travel insurance and more. Continued personal development is encouraged and we provide excellent training and development opportunities for all employees.
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This role is based at Fordham, Cambridgeshire, UK within Drug Development Solutions (DDS).
With one of the world’s largest bioanalytical centres, recognised for leadership in science and technology, DDS has comprehensive capabilities for pharmacokinetic, immunogenicity and biomarker measurement that span LC-MS/MS, immunoassay and flow cytometry. We routinely solve difficult method development challenges and have the capacity to support the largest, most complex protocols. Our Bioanalysis Department works together with pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies in support of pre-clinical and clinical trials for a wide variety of clients and therapeutic areas. We use innovative analytical methodology and the expertise of our analytical scientists to speed up the discovery of new medicines. The Department operates a well-equipped laboratory compliant with GLP and GCP, and offers the opportunity to work with state of the art analytical instrumentation.
The Job (DDS Sample Management Technician)
The focus of this role is to deliver a high standard Sample Management service to our Drug Development Solutions department. A key aspect of the role is the ability to pay close attention to detail whilst handling biological samples. This work will be performed within a regulatory (GLP/GCP) framework to deliver high quality results to our customers.
Key responsibilities include;
- Performing integrity checks and logging samples into our Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)
- Batching up samples for analytical runs following sample receipt
- Sample storage, tracking in LIMS and final disposal of samples
- Ensuring sample integrity is maintained throughout the lifetime of the sample
- Operating in accordance with SOPs producing good quality documentation in compliance with GLP
- Working closely as part of a team, supporting one another to achieve our customers goals.
- Taking an active role in planning your work, managing your time within a fast-paced environment.
Life At Fordham
We have a state of the art purpose built facility within an open green countryside setting, with places to walk and relax outdoors, as well as a café on site. At Fordham, we have friendly collaborative teams, dedicated to helping our customers to achieve their goals. Every day is different; we are empowered to solve a range of scientific problems, and embrace continuous improvement. Individually, and together, we take responsibility to progress projects, learn, and share best practice. We help one another to progress and grow. Together we build strong scientific teams, who celebrate success and make time to have fun. We take care of our people, environment and community.
Benefits
- Flexible Working: we offer a flexible approach to work where you can adapt your working pattern to balance your home and work needs
- Defined career progression, mentoring and support is offered, and personal development is encouraged
- Excellent training and development opportunities for all employees
- Wide range of flexible benefits, including a group personal pension plan, access to private medical care, cycle to work scheme, travel insurance and more
- Regular organised social activities; summer fair, Christmas party, occasional food truck visits and other ad-hoc events and celebrations
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This role is based at Fordham, Cambridgeshire, UK within Drug Development Solutions (DDS).
With one of the world’s largest bioanalytical centres, recognised for leadership in science and technology, DDS has comprehensive capabilities for pharmacokinetic, immunogenicity and biomarker measurement that span LC-MS/MS, immunoassay and flow cytometry. We routinely solve difficult method development challenges and have the capacity to support the largest, most complex protocols. Our Bioanalysis Department works together with pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies in support of pre-clinical and clinical trials for a wide variety of clients and therapeutic areas. We use innovative analytical methodology and the expertise of our analytical scientists to speed up the discovery of new medicines. The Department operates a well-equipped laboratory compliant with GLP, GCP and GMP, and offers the opportunity to work with state of the art analytical instrumentation.
The Job (Senior Laboratory Support Technician - Operational)
The Lab Support team is responsible for delivering a range of services to our bioanalysis laboratories on site at Fordham, working to GxP regulations. Key activities are regular maintenance of bench top lab equipment, reagent preparation, glass washing and pipette checks which must be performed in accordance with SOP’s and recorded on our in-house LIMS.
The focus of this role is to support the work of operational teams by ensuring operational laboratory support service is completed to a high standard. Plan the day to day lab support service of a team of technicians, effectively organised and prioritise work to ensure operations labs are fully functional.
Key responsibilities include;
- Plan and organise day to day work of a small team, working closely with your team coordinator and the wider Lab Support Team
- Effectively prioritise workload of your team and respond positively to challenges and changing timelines
- Perform laboratory support work including equipment maintenance and checks, pipette performance checks, glass washing and reagent preparation
- Get involved in planning and implementing continuous improvement projects within Lab Support
- Line management of junior team members
- Training of other members of the team and department
- Record keeping in compliance with GLP
- Work closely as part of a team, supporting one another to achieve our customers goals
The ideal candidate will;
- Be enthusiastic, proactive, and driven to go the extra mile to support our customers
- Focus on quality, and possess an excellent attention to detail
- Communicate effectively; explaining the outcome of experiments to peers and customers
- Embrace our core values of Passion, Integrity, Respect, Curiosity and Brilliance
Skills Required
- Previous experience in a laboratory environment
- Previous line management experience is desirable
- GCSEs (or equivalent) in Maths, English and Science
- Good computer skills, with experience of using Microsoft Office software
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
Life At Fordham
We have a state of the art purpose built facility within an open green countryside setting, with places to walk and relax outdoors, as well as a café on site. At Fordham, we have friendly collaborative teams, dedicated to helping our customers to achieve their goals. Every day is different; we are empowered to solve a range of scientific problems, and embrace continuous improvement. Individually, and together, we take responsibility to progress projects, learn, and share best practice. We help one another to progress and grow. Together we build strong scientific teams, who celebrate success and make time to have fun. We take care of our people, environment and community.
Benefits
- Flexible Working: we offer a flexible approach to work where you can adapt your working pattern to balance your home and work needs
- Defined career progression, mentoring and support is offered, and personal development is encouraged
- Excellent training and development opportunities for all employees
- Wide range of flexible benefits, including a group personal pension plan, access to private medical care, cycle to work scheme, travel insurance and more
- Regular organised social activities; summer fair, Christmas party, occasional food truck visits and other ad-hoc events and celebrations organised by our sports & social group
- Pay band for this role is £21,600 to £27,850, dependent upon experience and skillset
To manage the UK HR function and team to deliver an excellent HR service to the business and its people.
Successfully manage the operational and payroll services in the next 12 months, as well as building and delivering engagement and wellbeing initiatives, and implementing a new performance management process
Key Responsibilities
- Manage the People function across our two UK sites, including line management and coaching of two HR colleagues, to ensure their development and engagement, as well as delivery of the HR agenda
- Coach, advise and work alongside employees and management, providing support across the whole spectrum of people and culture
- Deal with disciplinary, grievance and performance matters in a resolution orientated and inclusive way, identifying trends and providing solutions
- Ownership of the UK suite of policies, including designing new policies and ensuring existing ones are kept up to date
- Generate and present statistical data to help identify people and culture issues
- Provide guidance and input on organisational design to support the business’ strategic delivery plans
- Manage payroll administration on a monthly basis, in partnership with the outsourced payroll provider
- Design and deliver an engagement strategy, including sourcing a new provider and driving actions from key survey data to improve employee experience
- Maintain up to date knowledge of employment law and people & culture best practice
- Ownership of the offboarding process including exit interviews, reporting and recommendations
- Support the HR Director with regional and global projects as and when required
Knowledge, Experience and Technical Skills
- Strong HR/People & Culture generalist experience in the UK, preferably within a Science company
- A hands-on attitude to managing and delivering day-to-day BAU work, as well as project work
- A real team player, who enjoys working in partnership with colleagues
- Solutions focused and able to implement processes to meet business needs and does not prioritise process over agile solutions
- Agile and flexible, you must be able to switch between tasks seamlessly
- Excellent interpersonal skills, and ability to build trust and work collaboratively in a diverse team
- A constructive approach to questioning and challenging colleagues at any level of seniority around people issues or decisions
- Confident in producing, manipulating, and presenting quantitative and qualitative data
- Highly organised, with a methodical approach to work and record keeping
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Competent Site Facilities Engineer (Mechanical), responsible for general mechanical and facilities maintenance across site. Supporting the Facilities team and function as required.
Activities and responsibilities
- Conducting installations, repairs and preventive maintenance to property, facilities, plant, and equipment (excluding specialist lab equipment)
- Ensuring compliance of designated site systems to legal and site standards
- To be responsible for relevant service contract visits, liaising with external contractors to arrange both service visits and call outs as required
- To monitor designated contractor works on site to ensure they are carried out to timescale, quality, site health & safety, and applicable regulatory requirements
- To carry out maintenance work throughout the site in accordance with planned preventative maintenance schedule
- To produce specifications for owned tasks and functions as required, and to complete task reports as requested
- To maintain mechanical and other relevant drawings and procedures for site
- To take ownership for relevant ‘Site Help Desk’ calls, and other reactive works, and to ensure they are responded to and closed in accordance with agreed targets
- To contribute at hands-on level to successfully deliver site development projects as necessary
- Help to build and maintain good working relationships with all internal and external customers and contractors, and be visible in support of the science carried out on site
- To provide out of hours support as agreed
- Apply working knowledge and experience to EH&S issues as required by legislation (and applicable Directives)
- Time served apprenticeship supported by relevant formal qualifications
- Minimum Level 3 City & Guilds / NVQ or equivalent in a mechanical or engineering discipline
Other Skills and Experience
- Good level of mechanical experience
- Experience working in industrial or commercial environment
- Good general maintenance skills
- Basic computer skills
- Health & Safety aware
Person Specification:
We are looking for an enthusiastic individual who is eager to learn and would flourish in a friendly, diverse and progressive environment. Some experience in chromatography and wet chemical analysis techniques is required.
Job Description:
You will work as an essential member of the analytical group within the Analytical & Materials Science (AMS) team in Sandwich, Kent, in a cGMP environment.
AMS Sandwich is a highly efficient, collaborative, and growing team who primarily supports the development and manufacture of new and existing medicines, working for a wide range of customers, ranging from universities to large pharmaceutical companies. We are a Contract Research Organisation (CRO) that offers unique opportunities in training across a diverse range of analytical instruments and techniques, working with different types of samples, and supporting various industries. The environment we work in can be fast-paced, dynamic and changing, adding variety and spice to your day-to-day work.
Key responsibilities:
- Performing analysis of APIs, raw materials, drug substances and/or drug products using HPLC and/or UPLC in compliance with cGMP principles
- Performing analysis of samples using techniques such as viscosity, pH, fluoride, moisture content
- Processing, interpretation and reporting of data
- Troubleshooting (and learning to troubleshoot) when required
- Supporting other staff members and teams by training in and performing analyses using other instruments and techniques, when required
Required Skills & Experience:
- BSc (Hons) in Analytical Chemistry, Chemistry or a related discipline
- Minimum 1 year practical experience in industry
- Knowledge and experience with chromatographic techniques such as HPLC/UPLC
- Willingness to learn and understand the purpose of analyses performed
- Ability to operate in a flexible manner, switching priorities at short notice (if required)
- Attention to detail and ability to spot mistakes
- Ability to communicate scientific concepts effectively
Desirable Attributes:
- Knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry and an understanding of the drug development process
- An understanding of Current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) principles
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The finance team is a high performing, high profile team reporting into the FD/VP of Finance. The team has built credibility internally by delivering high quality analysis, meaningful commercial insights and a robust planning cycle. As an integral member of Drug Development Solution’s Finance team, the post holder will support a broad spectrum of financial functions across financial planning and business partnering within the DDS division. Reporting to the FP&A Manager and working closely with the wider finance team the successful candidate will assist with budgeting and forecasting as well as provide critical KPI reporting. The role requires a high degree of numeracy and requires the successful candidate to be comfortable in manipulating large volumes of data.
The successful candidate will be working closely with colleagues from Operations, Commercial, Business support functions as well as the wider DDS finance team based in Fordham. This will provide a platform to develop wide and far reaching networks across the organisation.
On offer is an exciting opportunity working in a dynamic environment within a friendly and supportive finance team. Along with this is a 3 year chartered accountancy program to cover leave for courses, course fees and membership fees.
Key responsibilities and accountabilities
- Ownership and population of the Budget, Quarterly and Rolling Forecast models
- Supporting the labour forecast as part of the global reporting function
- Working with the FP&A Manager to assist in delivering on the global FP&A objective to provide succinct financial planning and decision support.
- Provide initial analysis of the financial and operating budgets and forecast numbers to better understand the base against which divisional performance will be measured.
- Regular KPI & Dashboard reporting
- Running established reports
- Developing new reports
- Improving current reports
- Month-end process and cost Analysis
- Updating the general ledger with journal postings
- Owning the monthly DDS P&L and developing new/existing reports to support the month end process
- Support Month end reporting
- Support Monthly and year-end balance sheet reconciliation
- Be the first point of contact to support the annual audit
- Ad hoc Reporting as required
- Ad hoc Finance Project Support
Experience required
- General ledger experience and experience of monthly accountancy routines.
- Experience of handling large volumes of data within excel
- A background working in an FP&A capacity is desirable but not essential
Education, experience and technical skills
- The candidate will hold a degree ideally in Finance/accountancy/business admin.
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Project Manager and Business Analyst required for an exciting opportunity to work with a world leading life science business. We are looking to hire a Project Manager and Business Analyst to join an established project management team with a PM role focussed on operational excellence and business process improvement projects. The individual hired will help us take business improvement ideas all the way through to implementation and measurable outcomes.
The ideal candidate will be someone
- who has experience in working within the life sciences sector and it would be beneficial if they were familiar with laboratory environments.
- Is adept at communicating clearly and intelligently to facilitate positive change across the business
- Puts people at the forefront of how the business improvements are identified and communicated
Project Manager:
As a PM you will be responsible for:
- Working alongside business stakeholders to identify process improvement opportunities and translate those aims into clearly defined and measurable projects
- Planning, Structuring, leading and executing multiple projects of high value and varying complexity.
- Communicating clearly and proactively across all business units throughout the project lifecycle
- Matrix managing a variety of operation staff and subject matter experts assigned to projects.
- Working with senior managers and stakeholders across the institution to establish the new team and embed new ways of working
Qualifications
- Formal project management qualification e.g. PrinceII, Agile etc essential
- Lean Six Sigma desirable
- Formal business analysis certification desirable
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This role is based at Fordham, Cambridgeshire, UK within Drug Development Solutions (DDS).
With one of the world’s largest bioanalytical centres, recognised for leadership in science and technology, DDS has comprehensive capabilities for pharmacokinetic, immunogenicity and biomarker measurement that span LC-MS/MS, immunoassay and flow cytometry. We routinely solve difficult method development challenges and have the capacity to support the largest, most complex protocols. Our Bioanalysis Department works together with pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies in support of pre-clinical and clinical trials for a wide variety of clients and therapeutic areas. We use innovative analytical methodology and the expertise of our analytical scientists to speed up the discovery of new medicines. The Department operates a well-equipped laboratory compliant with GLP, GCP and GMP, and offers the opportunity to work with state of the art analytical instrumentation.
The Job (Instrument Support Engineer)
The focus of this role is to proactively lead the servicing program for instruments at Drug Development Solutions. As workload will vary, the ideal candidate will have strong problem solving and communication skills and provide customer focused support to our operational teams, assisting in delivery of high quality results to our customers.
Key responsibilities include;
- Lead servicing program for instruments and systems at DDS, including LC-MS/MS, GC instruments
- Coordinate installation of instruments, working collaboratively with operations and support functions
- Investigate and diagnose faults on instruments liaising with other departments and teams to problems solve issues
- Proactively arrange repairs and planned maintenance of instrument to minimise downtime
- Keep compliant records of equipment maintenance
- Manage key instrument suppliers
- Provide training and coaching to junior staff members
- Work closely as part of a team, supporting one another to achieve our customers goals
The ideal candidate will;
- Be enthusiastic, proactive, and driven to go the extra mile to support our customers
- Focus on quality, and possess an excellent attention to detail
- Communicate effectively; explaining the outcome of experiments to peers and customers
- Embrace our core values of Passion, Integrity, Respect, Curiosity and Brilliance
Skills Required
- Experience or use and/or maintenance of systems is desirable but not essential (including Waters or Agilent uHPLC systems, LC-MS/MS systems, GC systems, GC-MS systems)
- Equipment maintenance experience or background
- Excellent trouble shooting and problem solving skills
- Experience in a regulated environment is desirable
- Excellent record keeping skills
Life At Fordham
We have a state of the art purpose built facility within an open green countryside setting, with places to walk and relax outdoors, as well as a café on site. At Fordham, we have friendly collaborative teams, dedicated to helping our customers to achieve their goals. Every day is different; we are empowered to solve a range of scientific problems, and embrace continuous improvement. Individually, and together, we take responsibility to progress projects, learn, and share best practice. We help one another to progress and grow. Together we build strong scientific teams, who celebrate success and make time to have fun. We take care of our people, environment and community.
Benefits
- Flexible Working: we offer a flexible approach to work where you can adapt your working pattern to balance your home and work needs
- Excellent training and development opportunities for all employees
- Wide range of flexible benefits, including a group personal pension plan, access to private medical care, cycle to work scheme, travel insurance and more
- Regular organised social activities; summer fair, Christmas party, occasional food truck visits and other ad-hoc events and celebrations organised by our sports & social group
- Pay band for this role is £28,000 to £32,000 (Full Time), dependent upon experience and skillset
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