Programme: Technician Scientist, level 5

Training Provider: Cogent

Expected duration: 39 months

Closing date for applications: 27 June 2022

Interview date: July 2022

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What will the apprentice be doing?

The role holder will rotate around 5 groups that form the Analytical Sciences team, spending approximately 4-6 months in each group, before specialising in a single group for the final year.

The 5 Analytical Sciences departments are:

• Analytical Development
• Characterisation
• Molecular Biology and Bioassay (Analytical Molecular Biology)
• QC Microbiology
• Analytical Applications

Main Tasks of Job:

Analytical Sciences:

• Performing routine and cGMP testing for new product development programmes.
• Development, optimisation, validation, and transfer of analytical methods.
• Collaborate effectively across cross functional teams to deliver requirements of projects
• Compliance with all company systems and procedures.
• Understand and comply with HSE policies and procedures associated with working within a laboratory area and within a manufacturing facility.
• Health and Safety checks.
• Control of contaminated/hazardous waste disposal.
• Responsible for the following administration duties:
  • Document Control
  • Collation of metrics including sample submission
  • Generate SOP’s and test instructions
  • Receipt of chemicals and consumables
  • Receipt of samples
  • Check expiry dates of chemicals and consumables
  • Archiving of data.

• General laboratory housekeeping on a daily basis:
  • Stock Management
  • Equipment maintenance and back up
  • Laboratory cleaning
  • Waste Disposal.

Typical Activities performed in each department

Analytical Development:

• Testing of samples to support Process Development.
• Supporting the development/ establishment of analytical methods focusing on UHPLC and Capillary Electrophoresis.
• Analytical method qualification and transfer.

Characterisation:

• Physicochemical characterisation of samples to support Process Development
• Support the development/ establishment of characterisation methods focussing on Mass Spectrometry and biophysical characterisation
• Method Qualification

Molecular Biology and Bioassay:

• Biological characterisation of samples to support Process Development
• Support the development/ establishment of biological methods focussing on PCR, QPCR, plate-based methods, impurity analysis and biological characterisation
• Method Qualification, validation, transfer, release testing.

QC Microbiology:

• Carry out the following laboratory tasks:
• Microbiology media receipt, testing, and release
• Utility sampling and testing, including TVC and endotoxin
• Environmental monitoring
• Microbial identification of isolates
• Learning clean room behaviours such as gowning and aseptic technique

Analytical Applications

• To perform routine testing for:
• Utility testing including TOC, Conductivity and Nitrates.
• Analytical development testing including techniques such as HPLC, electrophoresis and immunoassays.
• QC batch release and stability testing.
• Analytical method transfer.

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