Senior Scientist

Placed: 30/11/17
Region: Tyne and Wear
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Category: Jobs


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Senior Scientist
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Scientist to join a leading global life science company in Newcastle on a permanent basis. As senior scientist you will be responsible for developing and expanding the company as an effective and efficient developer of high quality new products and to ensure cost effective and timely product development.
Overall the role will involve:
The generation and evaluation of antibodies for use in vitro diagnostic (IVD) assays for use in cancer diagnosis in manual and automated staining systems.
To provide technical leadership to a project; develop, plan, and execute experiments to drive the development of robust IVD assays, ensuring that delivery of the project to business is within budget and on schedule
Driving and supporting departmental innovations programmes and interacting with Innovations Department to initiative novel product development
To manage multiple internal stakeholders throughout the product development process, from tissue culture production to manufacturing, to quality control and quality assurance for the benefit of the project
Provide supervisory support and mentoring for a small project team.
Devising detailed plans for the development, verification and validation of new products.
Ideally the successful candidate will have experience in the following areas:
Proven experience of working in a Supervisory or Project Management role.
Experience of working within a regulated environment
Significant experience of scientific techniques including IHC, molecular biology and histology
Competencies
Ability to undertake research with minimal supervision
Proven ability to write reports and supporting documentation to a high standard.
Excellent communication skills (verbal/written)
Ability to manage complex technical projects
Strong motivator of teams and results oriented
The senior scientist will be educated to degree level (or equivalent) within a relevant Biomedical/Biological science. Further degree (PhD or MSc) would be advantageous, but isnt a necessity. This is a great chance to join a rapidly expanding R&D team at a global leader in their field. Please apply now with your CV, and feel free to contact Tom Kirkpatrick at CY partners for more information