Manufacturing Scientist - Major Blue Chip - Liverpool

Manufacturing Scientist - Major Blue Chip - Liverpool

Provide technical oversight in a cGMP environment for a range of pharmaceutical products manufactured at contract manufacturers across Europe, with the goal of maintaining, optimising and improving product quality, product yield, process control and throughput, whilst ensuring that the validated state is maintained.

Skills required:

Expertise of manufacturing the following product platforms would be an advantage:

Tablets, parenteral products, oral solutions/suspensions, liquids, creams, pastes, active pharmaceutical ingredients (API).

Minimum of BSc in relevant discipline (or equivalent) and significant proven experience in the pharmaceutical industry, working in manufacturing (production/quality/engineering/technical).

Demonstrate troubleshooting skills.

Interpersonal and influencing skills.

Proven ability to understand and analyse process data.

Experience of the technical transfer or project management of production processes at manufacturing scale is desirable.

Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work as an individual or as part of a close working team with clear business objectives delivered as required.

Can author technical documents to a high standard and is current with cGMP requirements in aspects of process validation, process change design and process monitoring compliance.

Can apply excellent problem solving methodology to complex technical situations within required deadlines using statistical data analysis as a tool and means to identify improvements.

Confident in team environment to contribute and challenge the status quo and take a technical stand when required - can represent technical information to senior management in a clear and concise manner.

Can build relationship with direct team members as well as external partners such that collaboration and influence are key to being successful in this role.

Multi-tasking and priority management essential.

Flexibility in travel (sometimes at short notice) to support business deadlines and customer requirement.

Travel is likely to be restricted to Western Europe for short durations.

The holder will work normal office hours but will be required to travel to contract manufactures across Europe.