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A growing diagnostics business offering both production and R&D services from its Berkshire facility requires an R&D Senior Scientist to join its team. You will support the applications team in the development of the company's ELISA product range. You must have commercial lab experience with a strong ELISA focus and a proven history of designing your own experiments. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing R&D team.
Description of Essential Job Functions
- Planning and conducting experiments
- Taking ownership of projects with minimal guidance and in accordance with current SOP
- ELISA maintenance and development
- Can apply the development process to non-ELISA projects as company need dictates
- Can design conjugation and purification processes as required during product development
- Review processes, procedures, and systems to improve workflow and reduce errors
- Processing and analysing results and data
- Presenting data to internal and external audiences
- Collaborating with individuals both within and outside the business to deliver projects on time
- Advising other departments on technical matters
- Contribute to weekly R&D meetings
- Able to suggest ways to improve assay performance
- Trained on conjugation procedures, and has knowledge to troubleshoot the process and support production issues in this manner
- Knowledge of various purification methods, how to apply them, and run the associated methods on Akta
- Able to design most appropriate method for antigen processing/purification
- Conduct performance reviews of Technicians
- Training and support of R&D technicians in running and interpretation of ELISA and assist them in designing and recording experiments
- Effectively manage multiple projects to delivery on-time
- To act as deputy for the R&D manager as required
Job Requirements
- Minimum BSc in relevant scientific discipline
- Several years of industrial experience within an R&D function
- Design and development of ELISA essential
- Experience in supporting and training junior members of staff
- Experience in running and reporting of projects
- Experience in planning, conducting, and analysing experiments
- Comfortable presenting data to a wide audience
- Experience in technology transfer and manufacturing support activities would be advantageous
- Protein purification and conjugation desirable
Skills/Abilities
- Ability to work proactively both individually and in a team
- Good communication skills
- Strong protocol in report writing, data analysis and statistical skills
- Flexibility and adaptability
- Time management
- Comfortable using Microsoft Office
- To maintain a high level of integrity, motivation, and reliability in all work
- To be decisive where needed, display decision making skills, provide relevant guidance, mentoring and leadership to the team
