Formulation Group Lead Scientist

This is a permanent full-time position working a 37-hour week flexibly between 7am & 7pm Monday to Friday. The primary purpose of this role is to lead an off-site Professional Scientific Services (PSS) team of technical staff to ensure that the team is operating at the highest quality and productivity standards, has high morale and retention, and that the agreed client requirements are entirely satisfied. This person will be a key point of contact for the client on a day-to-day basis.

In general, the On-Site Leader is expected to spend up to 20% of their time on leadership duties and at least 80% of their time on their technical or administrative based activities. This will flex depending on priorities, and client work must never be compromised in favour of internal Eurofins activities.

• Effectively coordinating and leading the PSS team so that productivity, quality documentation, work schedules, safety, and housekeeping are run at maximum efficiency.
• Development, coaching, motivation, and morale of team members through effective teambuilding and use of reward and recognition systems celebrating team success.
• Communicating regularly with the client and Eurofins to ensure information is shared effectively and actions are taken immediately.
• Carrying out performance appraisals (PAD) with staff as part of the overall performance management programme within the organisation.
• Holding regular one-to-ones with team members to monitor performance and support professional development.
• Handling any client-related queries where necessary and liaising with their team and with personnel from other teams to problem-solve these queries if needed.
• Participating as required in any investigations associated with the team deliverables.
• Supporting formulation platform screening to assess API properties and suitability for liquid suspension phospholipid/liposomal formulations in addition to lipid-based semi-solid or liquid in capsule formulations.
• Providing practical support for small scale manufacturing and pre-formulation activities for the development of drug product batches to be utilised in oral solid dosage forms including planning execution (including set up and clean down) and writing up of lab work.
• Supporting design, prototype, and scale-up of drug product formulations and manufacturing processes.
• Providing technical support to downstream activities including product control strategy, technology transfer, and launch and relevant protocols and reports.
• Assisting with the maintenance, upkeep, and calibration of equipment and instrumentation.
• Researching, compiling, and summarising information from multiple sources (internal reports, pharmacopeia, scientific literature, handbooks, etc.) to inform gap analysis and formulation development.
• Conducting analysis using fully electronic media including eNotebook.
• Supporting continuous improvement processes.
• Performing and assisting in additional duties as directed by the client contact.
• Familiarisation with electronic lab notebooks and ALCOA principles for the recording of data.
• Writing or constructively reviewing SOPs, protocols, technical reports, and risk assessments as required.

• A degree in Chemistry or a related discipline is required.
• A sound fundamental knowledge and practical application of Organic Chemistry to pharmaceutical drug design is essential.
• Experience of Leadership & Management.
• Appropriate relevant experience of Material Science and analytical tools and techniques within a group organisation.
• Good foundation and experience with traditional analytical techniques as well as modern instrumental equipment (e.g. Particle size, PXRD, DSC, TGA).
• Must possess sound knowledge of analysis methods and tools.
• Knowledge of DoEs (Design of Experiments, e.g. Use of Minitab).
• Knowledge of material science would also be of benefit.

At Eurofins, we are growing, innovating, and always learning. We celebrate the achievements of our employees through annual long service awards, recognise our colleagues' special life events, and we are committed to charitable causes through global fundraising activities.

As a Eurofins employee, you will benefit from:

• Reward & Recognition.
• Enhanced Annual Leave Entitlement.
• Additional Annual Leave at Employees' set service dates.
• Free Parking.
• Company Pension Plan.
• Life Assurance Scheme (4 times annual salary).
• Healthcare Cash Plan (6 months service).
• Enhanced Maternity, Adoption, and Paternity Schemes.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• 24/7 confidential Health and Wellbeing Programmes.
• Worldwide career opportunities.

We also have in place rewards recognising the great work our employees deliver, their dedicated service, and celebrating special life events.

Our people are the backbone of what we do, so it's incredibly important we find the right individuals to join us. As a potential new recruit, you'll be invited to meet the team in the form of an assessment centre or a staged interview process dependent on the role and its requirements. This will give you the opportunity to see what working for Eurofins is really like and enable us to get to know your key skills and strengths.

Your data: As part of any recruitment process, the company collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. The company is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations.

Closing Date: We reserve the right to close or extend this position depending on application numbers. Therefore, we would urge candidates to submit an application as early as possible. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, please be aware that if you do not receive a response within 4 weeks of the vacancy expiry date, unfortunately, on this occasion, your application has been unsuccessful.

We support your development! Do you feel you don't match 100% of the requirements? Don't hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.

We embrace diversity! Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applicants based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.

Sustainability matters to us! We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives, we also count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us achieve this goal!