Scientist - Downstream

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For 75 years, 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

Our manufacturing site in Keele, is offering an opportunity for a Scientist/Senior Scientist.

Reporting to the MSAT Lead for Downstream, the Scientist/Senior Scientist will be responsible for the planning and execution of downstream activities to support in house and contracted programs of work performed within the MSAT team, and the development or technical transfer of downstream processes as assigned to them. The Scientist/Senior Scientist will also be required to support wider processing activities within the MSAT team (upstream and analytics).
 
What You'll Be Doing:
•    Contribute to the planning of projects and technology transfers by providing estimates for required resources and schedules
•    Execute and complete assigned programs of work covering contracted, internal projects and routine operations in a timely manner
•    Interpret data and communicate results through verbal and written work
•    Make judgements on the impact of data and relevance to the process development or production process
•    Ensure all operations and procedures are performed after appropriate training and that training is maintained for performing all operations, procedures and regularly updated in job training manuals 
•    Assist in the transfer/development of new techniques or processes within the MSAT team and to other areas of the business as required
•    Generate study plans, technical reports, Standard Operating Procedures and Batch Records as assigned
•    Work within project teams including the reporting of work in customer and internal project meetings
•    Ensure laboratory notebooks, MSAT and Production documentation is completed in a timely manner and maintained to high standards as per Charles River policies
•    Form part of multidisciplinary teams working within all areas of the MSAT Group
•    Provide training to staff where competency has been attained
•    Lead the execution of projects, process runs and unit operations within their skill area using a multi-functional team
•    Take part and lead investigation teams if and when required

 
Skills and Experience:
•    Degree in Biology, Biotechnology, Biochemistry or equivalent scientific qualification
•    Practical laboratory or process experience within an academic or industrial environment including use of AKTA purification systems and Tangential Flow Filtration
•    Able to demonstrate high levels of organisation, planning and contingency
•    Able to demonstrate strong verbal & written communication and presentation skills

About Biologics Testing Solutions
With more than 50 years of experience and proven regulatory expertise, the Charles River Biologics group can address challenging projects for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies worldwide. Offering a variety of services such as contamination and impurity testing, protein characterzation, bioassays, viral clearance studies and stability and lot release programs, we support clients throughout the biologic development cycle, from the establishment and characterization of cell banks through preclinical and clinical studies to marketed products. Whether clients need stand-alone services, a unique package of testing, or insourced support, our Biologics group can create a custom solution to suit their needs.  Each year more than 20,000 biologic testing reports are sent each and over 200 licenses products are supported by our biologics testing solutions team.

About Charles River
Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients' clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client's unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world. 

At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people's lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly supported the development of 80% of the drugs approved by the FDA in the last five years.

At Charles River Laboratories, we recognize and recruit all talent. We are a company committed to the principle of diversity and inclusion and work daily in this direction.

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