Scientist Ii

CK Group are recruiting for a Scientist II to join the pharmaceutical chemistry department of a leading CRO at their site in Reading on a permanent basis.
**About the client**:
Our client is a cutting-edge Contract Research Organisation (CRO), providing research, analysis and consultancy to the pharmaceutical, healthcare and food sectors. Their diverse pipeline of projects varies from creating new products, validating medicines andcompleting analytical investigations. They are a global leader in their field, serving clients from across 60 countries.
As a Scientist II, you will 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 raw materials and method verificationusing wet chemistry techniques.
**Your responsibilities will include to**:

- 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.
- Perform method verification and design study protocols with support.
- Assist with technical aspects for client proposals for routine pharmacopoeia studies.
- Perform a range of pharmacopoeia routine analysis using following wet chemistry techniques: UV Spectrophotometer, FTIR, TLC, TOC, Titrations and Gravimetric techniques, Density, Refractive index, Optical rotation, SOR, PH Conductivity, Osmolarity
- Basic maintenance and troubleshooting of lab equipment
- Review & approve OOS & OOT investigations, CAPA, deviation. Write & review SOPs.
- Perform method verification/validation following protocol.
- Training/coaching junior staff, on analytical & wet chemistry techniques.

**About you**:
To be considered for the position, you should ideally have the following skills and expertise:

- Educated to Degree in chemistry or/ and equivalent relevant experience in a laboratory.
- Able to perform a range of pharmacopoeia routine analysis using following wet chemistry techniques such as UV Spectrophotometer, FTIR, TLC, TOC, Titrations and Gravimetric techniques, Density, Refractive index, Optical rotation, SOR, PH Conductivity, Osmolarity.
- Can manage basic maintenance and troubleshooting of lab equipment

**The benefits**:
Our client offers an exceptional range of benefits, including:

- Excellent basic salaries
- Annual performance related bonus
- Very competitive company pension scheme
- 27 days annual leave with the option to purchase up to 5 days more
- Private medical insurance
- Life Assurance
- Employee perks scheme

**Apply**:
It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK. Please quote job reference 55149 in all correspondence.