Laboratory Scientist - Darlington, County Durham, United Kingdom - Centre for Process Innovation Limited

Description

CPI helps make great ideas and inventions areality.

We're ateam of intelligent people using advances in science and technology to solve the biggest global challenges in healthcare and sustainability.

Through our incredible people and innovation infrastructure, we collaborate with our partners in industry, academia, government, and the investment community to accelerate the development and commercialisation of innovative products.

From health technologies and pharmaceuticals to sustainable food and materials innovations, we turn the entrepreneurial spirit and radical thinking of our people and partners into incredible impact that makes our world abetter place.

The Microbial Upstream Scientist will work under technical supervision of their line manager and senior colleagues, supporting with arange of activities to meet technology team objectives.

The team plays akey role in delivering awide range of exciting biotherapeutic projects which encompass strain development, process design, optimisation and scale-up of upstream processes from bench to pilotscale.

The Microbial Upstream Scientist will contribute to the development of these processes for the production of biotherapeutics using arange of systems including lab and pilot scale bioreactors as well as high-throughput bioreactor systems.

Theoretical and practical knowledge of Molecular Biology, Biologics expression, Bioreactor scale up, high-throughput screening and relevant analytical techniques.
Use and application of computer systems and software for data acquisition and analysis.
Document writing, data interpretation, presentation and statistical analysis.
Some exciting projects that the team have recently worked onare:

To keep self up to date with developments in areas relevant to role, and/or legislative and SHE related changes as communicated by senior colleagues, ensuring understanding of these and any associated new best practice, methods or techniques.

To present and formally report experimental conclusions and supporting data for internal peer review and submission to clients, to agreed timescales and standards.

To set up, plan and execute experimental / pilot scale runs and analyse, interpret and report the results of these within agreed timescales and quality standards, and in accordance with project / client requirements.

To be responsible for providing clearly documented records of technical data, decisions, methodologies, calculations and software use in an agreed format.

To take ownership in agreeing weekly workplans with line manager, project manager(s) and other relevant stakeholders, and delivering plan to agreed schedule.

To take responsibility for general housekeeping of technical areas, to contribute to asafe and healthy workplace.
Successful candidates will be educated to aminimum of HNC , Foundation Degree or Degree level (or equivalent) in aScientific / Engineering discipline plus relevant industrial experience and;

Possess foundation of technical knowledge and some underpinning knowledge in upstream microbial processing, as well as evidence of technical problem solving gained in academic or industrial environments.

Microbial culture, Bioreactor/fermenter operation, Microbiology and/or aseptic techniques and Molecular biology.
Have experience of planning and delivering technical work.
Have experience of data analysis & reporting findings (documentation and/or presentations).
Can demonstrate evidence of knowledge sharing and network building practice across teams or groups.
Up to 36 days holiday, including bank holidays – Plus aholiday purchasing scheme
Life assurance and accident insurance schemes
Commencement of employment is conditional to demonstrating right to work in the UK , sponsorship may be available.
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