Associate Scientist Env Met

**We are looking for**:
To continue our growth and success, we are seeking for an **‘Associate Scientist’**.

**At Pharmaron we offer**:

- ** Vibrant and dynamic employment - **we are a highly specialised, growth company operating in a critical sector of the economy - our future is strong and exciting
- ** Opportunities to develop your skills and yourself - **our rapid growth brings greater opportunities for you to learn and grow faster
- ** A great team where we all support each other - **enjoy your work - after all you spend about a third of your time here

**Requirements**:
**Essential**:

- Previous laboratory experience
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Organisational skills
- Proficiency in basic laboratory techniques
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Office software

**Desirable**:
**Key roles and responsibilities**:

- General laboratory housekeeping as detailed on the Metabolism rota - to include washing of glassware, waste removal, stocking and reordering of laboratory reagents, calibration of pipettes and balances and radioactive monitoring.
- Prepare general laboratory solutions including HPLC mobile phase, buffers, dose vehicles etc..
- Set up appropriate study apparatus according to specific study plans and worksheets.
- Perform routine Quantitative Radioactive Analysis (QRA) work for metabolism studies, as appropriate.
- Perform a variety of sample analysis methods, as assigned.
- Conduct the experimental phases of Environmental Fate & Plant Metabolism studies, as required.
- Assist in the development of new techniques.
- Other general laboratory tasks, as applicable.
- Record data and relay results to the appropriate personnel.
- Support other members of staff in their work as appropriate or as directed by Management.
- Perform established analytical procedures.
- Comply at all times with Health & Safety legislation and Company Safety Policies. Ensure that any defect which may affect safety at work is brought to the attention of Management.
- Comply with Good Laboratory Practice, Good Clinical Practice and/or Good Manufacturing Practice requirements whenever appropriate to the work being undertaken.
- Comply at all times with company Standard Operating Procedures unless specifically varied in the study plan.
- Comply with study plans.
- Ensure that Personal Training File is up to date at all times.
- Respect the confidentiality of information obtained in the course of duties performed and refrain from disclosing such information without written consent from management, except where disclosure is required by law or by the order of a Court.
- Record all work on the company timesheet system.

**Our Company**:“We are a dynamic, fast-growing company, with an enviable reputation for leading edge science, offering contract research services to some of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies, solving what were believed to be unsolvable scientific challenges”.

We believe in our ability to relentlessly push forward the boundaries of scientific excellence, delivering solutions for our clients, always operating ethically and with integrity. We take pride in our professionalism and commitment to always deliver our very best work.

Based in Northamptonshire, our Rushden site is a centre of excellence for Radiolabelled Sciences incorporating both Metabolism (which includes Clinical Metabolism, Pre-clinical ADME, In vitro and DDI services, Large Molecule Metabolism, Environmental Fate, Plant Metabolism and Metabolite Identification) in addition to Chemistry (which includes API and IMP manufacture). We offer our employees a supportive teamwork environment, enabling them to develop and liberate their true potential.
- We offer a competitive salary and a progressive and comprehensive suite of employee benefits.
- We offer state of the art working environment in our specialist Rushen site.
- We offer the opportunity for growth and development and will support funding for relevant training and development programmes.

**Why Should You Apply?**
- This is an opportunity for you as a **‘Associate Scientist’** professional to make a real impact in a highly scientific and regulated environment, demonstrate leadership, ambition and the desire to grow with the department.
- Build and shape your career in an environment that sets and commits to the highest standards of Chemistry.
- To be part of a team who support each other, embrace and solve technical challenges and put excellence at the heart of all that we do.
- Pharmaron is a premier R&D service company supporting the life sciences industry. Founded in 2004, Pharmaron has invested in its people and facilities having established diverse drug R&D service capabilities, ranging from synthetic, medicinal, and analytical chemistry, biology, DMPK, pharmacology, drug safety assessment, radiochemistry and isotopically labelled metabolism, chemical & pharmaceutical development to clinical development. With operations in China, US and UK sta