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We are one of the leading European contract manufacturers in the pharmaceutical, biotech and healthcare sectors, with some 2,500 employees in Germany, France, Finland, UK and Norway. For us, the next step is always the one that matters most. Our fast pace drives us forward, fills our working environment with life and spurs our growth. Our winning formula for shared success: room for passion. Because we know that passion is the best medicine when it comes to excellent service around the world. Welcome to NextPharma.

Job Purpose:

This role reports to the Formulation Development Manager and will be required to provide support for the three key areas; Clinical Manufacturing, development of new formulations and providing assistance within the Formulation Laboratory. The ideal candidate will therefore have a pharmaceutical background and have ideally gained experience within a cGMP, FDA and MHRA regulated environment.

Key responsibilities and accountabilities:

1. Work as part of a team to design formulations and manufacturing processes for encapsulated drug products to meet the required target product profile
2. Communicate effectively with the customer/client and internal project teams
3. Plan, design, conduct and report relevant experiments/investigations to meet project timelines
4. Provide training and support, guidance and development for less experienced team members
5. Analyse and report data accurately in a clear and concise manner: suggested conclusions and recommendations
6. Compilation of customer/client protocols and project reports to a high standard where required.
7. Small scale manufacture of technical and clinical batches to GMP standards
8. Support process development and the transfer formulations to commercial manufacture
9. Provide support to Manufacturing e.g. troubleshooting, process optimisation

Person Profile: Formulation Scientist

The ideal candidate will be:

• Composed; cool under pressure and energised by challenges
• Has demonstrable integrity and trust; can present the facts in an appropriate and helpful manner; keeps confidences and admits mistakes
• Makes good decisions based on analysis, wisdom, experience and judgement
• Accomplished at setting priorities; spends own time and that of others on what is important, can remove roadblocks and create focus
• Uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions and excels at analysis

Personal Situation

Flexible and able to work extended hours when required.

Specific Job Skills:

Required:

• A BSc similar educational level in Pharmaceutical sciences or a Chemistry based subject
• Direct experience within the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry
• Experienced in oral formulation, preferably with soft gel or liquid fill hard shell
• Able to demonstrate previous success in R&D projects from concept to completion and understands the technical issues involved with drug development and preferably drug delivery
• Able to communicate well via written media with specific emphasis on report writing
• Able to work with minimal supervision

Desired:

• 2+ years direct technical experience of formulation and drug delivery within the industry
• Experience of product development within a pharmaceutical environment
• Experience with lipid based formulations and / or bioavailability enhancement technologies
• Have a broad knowledge with and experience of working within a cGMP/GLP environment

Computer skills: Must be competent in the use of MS Office, particularly Excel and Word,
e-mail and internet;

Literacy and Numeracy: Must be competent in writing reports both for internal use and for clients/customers. Must be competent in the interpretation of analytical data.

Business Presentation Skills: Must be an excellent face-to-face and telephone communicator.

Management Skills: Must be skilled in leading/ training/guiding/mentoring others

It's time for your next chapter:

We look forward to receiving your application.