Scientist

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

Thermo Fisher's clinical research business is a leading global contract research organization (CRO) and world leader in serving science. We are passionate, deliberate, and driven by our mission – to enable our clients to make the world healthier, safer, and cleaner.

Within our Analytical Services team at the client site, we have a functional service provider solution, which is an outstanding partnership that allows our customers to use the experience of our staff, while allowing you, the employee, to gain direct experience working onsite at a pharmaceutical/ biopharmaceutical company, all while maintaining full-time benefits.

Summarized Purpose:
 

This role will be supporting the development of innovative drug delivery approaches, and feedback/observations from the analytical work will be sought to guide future work. A person with an innate scientific curiosity and keen observation skills will have the opportunity to impact the future medicine development.

The role of Scientist is to perform a variety of analysis and sample preparation procedures to quantitatively measure biotherapeutics and small molecules using a wide range of analytical instrumentation available (such as HPLC, SEC, CEX and LC-MS).

Working mainly independently, Scientists will interpret analytical data in regard to acceptability and consistency and set up and maintain analytical instrumentation.

The role is a full-time onsite position at the client site to provide continuous ongoing support to the client’s analytical needs.

Essential Functions:

• Carry out sample preparation and analytical experiments using a range of techniques to generate high-quality data in support of biopharmaceutical development
• Provide analytical support for the testing of a variety of samples from GMP and non-GMP studies for Toxicology assessment, discovery, process research and development.
• Perform assigned work safely, accurately, and efficiently, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality data/results
• Set up analytical instrumentation for analysis using appropriate methods.
• Support the routine operation and occasional maintenance of analytical instrumentation, SOPs and regulatory procedures and guidelines. 

• Communicate analytical results to the required team and group leaders in required documentation.
• Problem solving, either independently or with assistance, with regards to any required testing.
• Provide additional data for technical, quality and compliance to protocols, methods, SOPs, client criteria and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) or Good Laboratory Practices (GLP).  
• Performs self and peer review of the data for accuracy and compliance with reporting requirements prior to submission to QA and issuance to customers.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor Degree in Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Science, Biochemistry, Life Sciences.
• Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job or equivalent combination of education, training, & experience. 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: 

• Knowledge and/or hands-on experience with chromatographic techniques, such as Size Exclusion Chromatography (SEC) for the analysis and characterization of proteins and antibodies, would be advantageous.
• Knowledge of general chemistry, biochemistry and analytical techniques used for the separation and characterisation of biotheraputics.
• Ability to work with multiple testing platforms and tasks simultaneously to meet client needs.
• Ability to work in a collaborative work environment with a team.
• Ability to support root cause analysis for method investigations.
• Ability to support other team members in other analytical techniques (such as KF, ICP).
• Time management and project management skills.
• Experience with Empower software would be useful (ideally SEC for antibodies).
• Experience in Mass Spectrometry techniques for protein and biopharmaceutical characterisation would be advantageous
• Immunoassay/bio residual experience would be useful (quantitative ELISA, SPR,qPCR).
• Experience in analytical problem solving and troubleshooting abilities would be beneficial.
• Proficiency on technical operating systems such as Empower and eLN systems would be advantageous
• Good written and oral communication skills.

Our 4i Values:

Integrity – Innovation – Intensity – Involvement

If you resonate with our 4i values above, and ultimately wish to accelerate the delivery of safe and effective therapeutics for some of the world’s most urgent health needs, submit your application – we’d love to hear from you