Quality Control Team Leader

Durham

Permanent role

c£45,000

Our client is an established CRO/CDMO in Durham who work in chemical research and development. Their core expertise fields are process optimisation , route design, scale up and high quality manufacture of niche chemicals. This includes active pharmaceutical ingredients for clinical study manufactured to GMP. They are seeking a Quality Control Team Leader.

What you’ll do:

The Quality Control Team Leader will be working on method development, method validation and feasibility studies. You will be leading a team of 7 colleagues and broadly the role is maintaining optimal workflow, best working practices and compliance with standards.

You will report into the Head of Quality, and be overseeing the day to day running of the QC Laboratory, performing analytical testing as needed (this is a role where you will be hands on at the bench), coordinate and supervise analytical activities, and ensure the deadlines are met.

You will be a senior team member with valuable experience that people can learn a lot from, so training of existing and new staff will be part of the picture.

Any review of data, compliance activities, authoring of protocols and coordination with other departments such as Quality Assurance will be again under your remit.

Your background:

We are seeking someone qualified to BSc Chemistry, and who has relevant working experience in a similar organisation in an analytical testing function. We are seeking GMP experience, and management experience with the ability to work well with a group and encourage the full potential to be reached.

Method Development experience with ability to develop analytical methods from scratch, as well as good writing skills and general communication, analytical and problem solving skills.

Practical knowledge of core techniques, HPLC, GC, UV-Vis, FTIR, NMR and wet chemical analysis.

Experience of method validation, and pharmaceutical working requirements such as ICH.

The above is a summary and a full job specification will be provided on request.

On this occasion, LiCa Scientific is acting as an employment agency this is a permanent role.