Downstream Process Development Scientist

Downstream Process Development Scientist (R&D)                                                                          

Speke, Liverpool

£15.38 to £20.51 per hour

6 month contract

CPL Life Sciences are currently partnering with a large global healthcare company to support a 6-month contract hire in the Speke area. The responsibilities of the role will include working within downstream purification to support the development of novel vaccine and biopharmaceutical products.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

·       Providing technical knowledge for delivering downstream purification projects across development laboratories.

·       Assisting process scale-up and supply deliveries in laboratories and plant-pilot areas, such as GMP production of clinical trial products as per business requirements.

·       Responsible for adhering and encouraging compliance in different quality and safety aspects for process development processes, and driving continuous improvement through innovation and collective technical expertise.

·       Providing regular updates for project progress to technical teams and global stakeholders, delivering peer reviewed technical reports, and operating collaboratively with different teams.

·       Able to work collaboratively, communicating effectively and building strong professional relationships at various levels in the organization.

·       At least 2 years of experience in downstream purification of cell culture based or fermenter-based products or similar experience, such as PhD, is preferable.

·       Analytical skills to help with process optimization and making critical decisions on development data, and ability to solve problems independently and proactively for early to late phase development.

·       Competency in cGMP environments and ability to write high quality technical documentation.

·       Experience with AKTAs, TFF, or reaction chemistry is desirable.

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