Team Leader

4 months ago


Reading, United Kingdom Mondelēz International Full time

**Job Description**:
**Are you looking for a rewarding role where you can make a positive impact, working with the world's most innovative food and Life Sciences companies? Join our diverse team today**

In RSSL we are customer focused, science led and results driven. The RSSL Pharmaceutical Microbiology laboratory performs a wide range of microbiological analyses for a variety of pharmaceutical and healthcare companies.

The this role you will provide technical direction and will have managerial responsibilities within the Pharmaceutical Microbiology laboratory. Play a key role in ensuring that projects are performed and supervised effectively and accurately within agreed timescales and to appropriate quality standards. This role focuses on routine analyses of products and method development and validations using techniques such as Sterility testing, Endotoxin, Microbial Limits and Preservative Efficacy Testing. Manage and train junior members of the team as required. Client contact and administrative support for laboratory management.

**Primary Accountabilities / Responsibilities**:

- Provide high quality customer service at all times by ensuring effective organisation of assigned workload, integrity of analytical data generated and timely/accurate provision of results.
- Provide Technical direction within own area of expertise within the team.
- Perform a range of analysis using Sterility testing techniques independently.
- Perform complex method development and design validation protocols.
- Perform maintenance and troubleshooting of lab equipment
- Provide Technical direction within own area of expertise within the team.
- Perform data checking and provide interpretation of results for routine testing.
- Generate certificate analysis or external interpretive reports.
- Expert user of Sterility-specific software/hardware and proficient in the use of generic and specific software packages required for the role: Laboratory’s LIMS system, Q-Pulse
- Provide training and supervise junior staff in routine activities and methods and interpretation.
- Take responsibility for elements of specific projects and/or specific areas of general laboratory/sample administration and assign housekeeping tasks as required.
- Will be expected to work in different laboratories if the demand is required.
- To liase with clients, business development and line management to ensure effective communication of project proposals and results.
- Participate in client and stake holders meetings as required
- Deliver internal presentations across groups and to technical stakeholders
- Plan own workload and plan routine projects for junior staff
- Train junior members of the team as required.
- Manage a team of Scientists and Technicians
- Work to the highest standards of safety and quality by ensuring that appropriate COSHHs, risk assessments and SOPs are understood and followed
- Write and approve SOPs and Test Methods
- Generation and approval of Risk Assessments and COSHH
- Understand and provide technical regulatory leadership in client audits
- To maintain a clean, tidy and safe working environment.

**Knowledge, Skills, Experience**:

- Educated to Degree or PhD in a relevant scientific discipline or equivalent relevant experience in a laboratory.
- Excellent understanding of Sterility testing lab equipment
- Extended experience of working in Sterility testing field such as isolators and cleanrooms
- Experience of working for, or with, a CRO preferred
- Analytical Project management
- Scientific understanding and ability to independently conduct chemical analysis in relevant area
- Good knowledge of laboratory quality and accreditation systems (GMP)
- Accountable, honest, hardworking
- and able to work efficiently in a team
- Flexible and adaptable to meet customer/business requirements. Well organised and capable of working on multiple activities concurrently. Meticulous attention to detail
- Good verbal and written skills with the ability to communicate with client’s and colleagues
- Self motivated, enthusiastic and quick to learn.
- Able to organise own work and others to maximise output
- Ability to deliver projects/work within tight timescales and ability to motivate and mentor junior scientific staff
- Technical credibility to develop good working relationships with internal and external clients
- Ability to problem solve and plan resources to maintain workflow in delivery of projects

In return for your commitment, drive and enthusiasm, we offer an attractive benefits package within a highly successful international business that offers financial rewards and resources, including:

- Opportunities to learn and develop
- Hybrid way of working
- Performance Bonus
- Contributory pension (up to 11% employer contribution)
- Life assurance
- 27 days holiday allowance (possibility to buy 5 extra days) + bank holidays
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Private medical insurance cover
- A flexible benefits programme (Gym


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