12-Month Materials Scientist Placement — Lab Analytics

Viatris; Stone Cross; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Viatris is offering an Undergraduate Industrial Placement for a Materials/Analytical Scientist within the Global Respiratory Group at Viatris. Located in Sandwich, the 12-month placement provides hands-on experience in a pharmaceutical lab, applying your degree and learning new skills under supervision.

You will gain experience in analytical methods, data processing, and collaboration across teams, while developing professional and technical competencies for a career in the pharmaceutical

Qualifications

• Must be registered on an undergraduate chemistry or pharmaceutical sciences degree program and have completed at least 2 years of study.
• Must be familiar with the basic principles of analytical chemistry.
• Must possess good IT skills (Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint).
• Must be able to work collaboratively within a team environment.
• Must be able to organise tasks allocated by supervisor and plan own work to produce high-quality results.
• Must have enthusiasm to work in a lab-based role.
• Must have good written and oral communication.

Responsibilities

• Carry out analytical activities to deliver new respiratory products to clinical studies and commercialisation.
• Execute experiments to develop analytical methods, formulations and processes.
• Perform analyses related to clinical supplies, stability, and process scale up.
• Process data: highlight aberrant results and investigate with supervisor.
• Maintain laboratory documentation in line with good documentation practices.
• Maintain and troubleshoot instrumentation.
• Contribute to project delivery by handling additional tasks as required.

Skills

Analytical chemistry basics

Team collaboration

IT skills

Written and oral communication

Laboratory safety

cGMP knowledge

Inhalation product knowledge

Particle sizing knowledge

Education

Undergraduate chemistry or pharmaceutical sciences degree

Must have completed 2 years of study

Tools

FT-IR

SEM

Particle sizing

Thermal analysis

Job description

Viatris is offering an Undergraduate Industrial Placement for a Materials/Analytical Scientist within the Global Respiratory Group at Viatris. Located in Sandwich, the 12-month placement provides hands-on experience in a pharmaceutical lab, applying your degree and learning new skills under supervision.

You will gain experience in analytical methods, data processing, and collaboration across teams, while developing professional and technical competencies for a career in the pharmaceutical