Senior QC Analyst – Chemist, Chemistry

The Gxp Recruitment Company

GxP Recruitment invites applications on behalf of our biopharmaceutical client in Grangemouth where an excellent new opportunity has arisen for a Senior QC Analytical Chemist to join their team on a permanent basis.

This is a Monday to Friday role based on 37.5 hours with flexitime.

Job Purpose:

The Senior QC Analytical Chemist will supervise and carry out defined QC testing for the release of raw materials, intermediates, bulk drug substances and final products.

Key duties include:

• Apply best cGMP work-practices and techniques to test and release raw materials, in process products, bulk drug substance, final products and stability products within specification
• Ensure that all QC analysts are appropriately trained and competent in the procedures they are conducting, and are in compliance with best cGMP working practices at all times.
• Conduct on-time reporting
• review and verification of analytical data provided by the QC Analysts
• Immediately escalate and report any deviations to materials, facilities, processes or procedures to the QC Manager
• Be accountable for the analytical laboratories being clean, tidy and well organized and in a state of continuous inspection readiness.
• Issue, manage and close-out deviations, change controls, OOS or SST investigations and CAPA s in a timely fashion
• Identify areas for continuous improvement and escalate those to the QC Manager.
• Support the transfer of new methods and techniques into Quality Control.

The ideal candidate:

• Min. 4 years experience in a GMP laboratory environment
• Some supervisory experience
• HPLC experience
• Experience of writing deviations and investigating OOS