Job Description

Kindeva Drug Delivery

Temporary Position

Role Title: Analytical Chemist

Pay Rate: £15.31 p/h

Kindeva is a global pharmaceutical contract developer and manufacturer (CDMO) business, where we combine life enhancing drugs with state-of-the-art inhalers to provide customers and patients, with top quality respiratory devices.

Our role as a Contract Manufacturer is one, we are incredibly proud of and is one which allows us to be at the forefront of new manufacturing technologies and processes, bringing lifesaving products to patients worldwide.

The Kindeva site in Loughborough manufactures and packages pharmaceutical and medical products in various forms.

This role will be working as part of a team responsible for the testing and development of new inhalation pharmaceutical products as part of a successful CDMO organisation.

Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Customer at the core
◦ Carry out analytical testing compliant with GMP regulations, delivering to plan on time in full.
◦ Deliver robust data and outcomes whilst working in a fast, flexible environment, with a strong focus on right first time.
Safety
◦ Promote a “safety first” culture and environment
◦ Raise and report any safety incident as required
◦ Complete Corrective Action Preventative Action (CAPA) closures on time in full

Skills & Experience:

◦ Experience in pharmaceutical product testing is preferable
◦ Testing of pressurised metered dose inhalers is preferable
◦ Good understanding of GMP and GLP
◦ Knowledge of Analytical Chemistry and its practical application
◦ Working knowledge of Analytical instrumentation. HPLC/UHPLC knowledge is desired. GC, MS and spectroscopy are beneficial.
◦ Understanding of basic statistics and experimental design, desirable
◦ Computer literate, familiar with Microsoft Word and Excel
◦ Strong verbal and numerical aptitude skills
◦ Good communication skills
◦ Strong team player with the ability to work independently

Key Capabilities:

◦ Good organisational, interpersonal, and time management skills
◦ Enthusiastic, flexible, conscientious and proactive in approach
◦ Ability to work efficiently with supervision or unsupervised as required
◦ A positive approach to own training and development
◦ Good decision-making skills
◦ Good problem-solving skills

Qualifications:

Ideally a degree (or higher) in a relevant scientific discipline with practical laboratory elements or relevant previous experience

Additional Information:

Working Hours: Monday to Friday 37.5hrs per week

Location: Charnwood Campus with Free on-site parking.

All applicants must be eligible to work in the UK.

Applications are reviewed as they are received, we do not provide feedback for unsuccessful applications. Successful applications will be pay rolled through our payroll provider.

Kindeva does not accept unsolicited assistance from headhunters or recruitment firms for any of our job openings. Any resumes or candidate profiles submitted to Kindeva employees—regardless of format—without a valid, signed agreement and an approved job order from an authorized signatory in Talent Acquisition will be considered the sole property of Kindeva. No fees will be paid in the event that a candidate is hired as a result of an unsolicited resume or referral.

Kindeva is an Equal Opportunity Employer