Formulation Group Lead Scientist

Formulation Group Lead Scientist

Eurofins Food & Water Testing UK & IE

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable.
Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.

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Job Description

This is a permanent full time position, working a 37 hour week, flexibly between 7am & 7pm, Monday-Friday. The primary purpose of this role is to lead an off-site Professional Scientific Services (PSS) team of technical staff to ensure that team is operating at the highest quality and productivity standards, has high morale and retention, and the agreed client requirements are entirely satisfied and that client expectations are met or exceeded through effective leadership and quality operational management.

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 recognitions 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.
• To participate as required in any investigations associated with the team deliverables.
• Support 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.
• Practical support for small scale manufacturing and pre-formulation activities for the development of drug product batches to be utilized in oral solid dosage forms, including planning, execution (including setup and clean down) and writing up of lab work. Examples may include but not limited to Spray drying, solvent injection, roller compaction, blending, tablet compression, coating, encapsulation as well supporting in-use stability activities.
• Product and Materials characterization support (including techniques such tablet characterization, Particle Size Analysis, powder flow, and bulk properties of formulations such as rheology and polymer characterization).
• Interpretation of data and contributing to writing internal development protocols and reports.
• Write laboratory reports ensuring accurate and timely data reporting and analysis is maintained.
• Supporting design, prototype and scale up of drug product formulations and manufacturing processes.
• Provide technical support to downstream activities, including product control strategy, technology transfer and launch, and relevant protocols and reports.
• Equipment and instrumentation ownership, assisting with the maintenance, upkeep and calibration.
• Assist in wider scientific capability development, via relevant internal technical networks, and ongoing Technology initiatives.
• Research, compile and summarise information from multiple sources (internal reports, pharmacopeia, scientific literature, handbooks etc) to inform gap analysis and formulation development.
• Conduct analysis using fully electronic media including e Notebook.
• Support continuous improvement processes.
• Perform and assist in additional duties as directed by the client contact.
• Familiarisation with electronic lab notebooks and ALCOA principles for the recording of data.
• Write or constructively review SOPs, Protocols, technical reports, risk assessments as required.

• A degree in Chemistry or a…