QC Team Leader - Compton, United Kingdom - Biosynth

Description

Job Description

We take great pride in our vast range of chemical and biochemical products, and our high standards are maintained through great people, who share our values, and want to do the very best job possible, every day.

We acknowledge the important part our team members, who are based over three continents with manufacturing laboratories in Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Slovakia and China, and distribution centres in the United States, play, in our continued success.

Main Purpose of the Job

The QC Team Leader is responsible for supporting the QC manager to run the department and taking over all responsibilities in the manager's absence. The QC Team Leader may effectively run several laboratory projects at a time to develop methods. Daily routine will involve distribution of work and checking of data ensuring quality and reliability. Additionally, performing a range of routine QC analysis on raw materials and finished products as well as developing new methods may be required.

Key Responsibilities

QC Management

Key Performance Indicators

• Provide support to the QC Manager to ensure the effective management of the QC Team
• Communicating with other departments
• Checking of data for the release of samples

Performance Standards

• Allocate tasks to your team.
• Train members of the staff when a gap in skills has been identified.
• In the absence of the QC Manager, run the QC meetings and allocate the daily tasks to the appropriate team members.
• Monitor progress of the work throughout the day.
• Ensure the records normally completed by the QC Manager are completed in their absence.
• Manage an assigned stream of project independently.

Admin

Key Performance Indicators

• Manage the necessary documentation and retain copies as required by standard operating procedures.

Performance Standards

• Creation / amendment of SOPs for the QC procedures.
• Monitoring QC lab key consumables required to run the analysis ensuring staff have ordered them.
• Ensure 1-to-1 meetings take place every month.
• Ensure all reports and data are well labelled and saved in the correct location on the H-Drive.
• Knowledge of QMS systems

Qualification and calibration of instruments

Key Performance Indicators

• Calibration of QC equipment when required.

Performance standards

• Carrying out equipment calibration if requested by the QC Manager the same day as the request, ensuring all calibration documents for the equipment is signed and dated.
• Ensuring all calibrations are done as described in the SOPs

QC analysis

Key Performance Indicators

• Carry out analytical testing of samples, products and intermediates as required.

Performance standards

• Sampling and testing of chemicals, using the necessary associated 'wet' chemistry and instrumental techniques Time frame for completion of testing once allocate a sample.
• Ensuring products are returned to the warehouse after completing testing.
• Ensuring any you and your team review and practice all techniques.
• Preparing Quality reports, including analytical reports (for samples and products analyzed) following analysis on a daily basis.
• Ensure all reports and data are well labelled and saved in the correct location on the H-Drive.

Method development

Key Performance Indicators

• Develop robust methods for the analysis of products.

Performance standards

• Performing HPLC/GC analysis in order to assist in method development. Report back to QC manager on progress.
• Researching literature and pharmacopeia for methods when necessary.
• Assist the other members of the QC team with method development tasks.

Essential Candidate Requirements

• BSc or higher degree in analytical Chemistry, Chemistry, Biochemistry or related.
• Proficient at NMR and QNMR
• Proficient at HPLC and method development
• Strong analytical interpretation
• Experience in the preparation of appropriate supporting documentation
• Knowledge on COSHH and H&S
• Extensive experience in an analytical chemistry laboratory
• Ability to take on decision making and have good computer literacy.
• Self-motivated, well organized, and pro-active learner
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Team player
• Good communication skills
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail

You will need your own transport to be able to get to our site.

Desirable Candidate Requirements

• Master or PhD in chemistry or related subjects
• Proven line management experience
• Analytical techniques: GC, TLC, IC, SOR, MS, KF, titrations and IR.
• Knowledge in equipment requalification, calibration, servicing etc.
• Trouble shooting of the analytical equipment.
• Validation of HPLC method.
• Regulated lab (GMP/GXP or ISO 9001 standards)

About us

Biosynth is an innovative life sciences reagents, custom synthesis and manufacturing services company headquartered in Staad, Switzerland. We are by scientists, for scientists, securing supply chains with consistent quality, across the globe. As a trusted supplier, manufacturer and partner to the pharmaceutical, life science and diagnostic industries, as well as food, agrochemical and cosmetic customers, we have facilities on three continents and a rapid global distribution network. Our main production laboratories are located in Switzerland, the UK, Slovakia and China, with peptide and antibody production in the US, the UK and the Netherlands. Enzyme projects are based in Austria, bioconjugation projects in Germany and biological IVD reagents in Ireland.

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