Compound Management Scientist

Concept Life Sciences Group; Chapel-en-le-Frith; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Health cash plan

Cycle to work

Retail discount scheme

Death in service

Discretionary bonus

Free on-site parking

Wellbeing platform

Job summary

Concept Life Sciences is seeking a Compound Management Scientist to join our team in Chapel-en-le-Frith. In this laboratory role, you will prepare, store, track, and distribute compounds to support drug discovery programmes, ensuring accurate, traceable, and high-quality samples within agreed timescales.

You will work alongside scientific project teams to prepare stocks, perform dilutions, and reformat where required, using automated systems and barcode readers.

Qualifications

• At least two years of hands-on compound management experience.
• BSc or MSc in chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacology, life sciences or related subject, or equivalent industry lab experience.
• Experience in weighing, dissolution, storage and retrieval of compounds; solid and liquid dispensing.

Responsibilities

• Prepare compound stocks and assay-ready plates in coordination with project teams.
• Register, track and store samples using management systems; operate lab automation equipment.
• Support shipments, monitor stock levels and sample quality; maintain accurate records and safe lab operation.

Skills

Compound management experience

Attention to detail

Numeracy

Communication within team

Education

BSc/MSc in chemistry or related

Tools

Automated/ semi-automated lab equipment

Compound inventory or sample management system

Job description

Job Role: Compound Management Scientist
Site: Chapel-en-le-Frith
Salary: Competitive - DOE

Concept Life Sciences seeks a Compound Management Scientist to join our team. In this laboratory-based role, you will support our drug discovery programmes by preparing, storing, tracking and distributing compounds. Your work will help ensure that project teams receive accurate, traceable and high-quality samples within agreed timescales.

What you will be doing:

As a Compound Management Scientist, you will work alongside our scientific project teams to prepare compound stocks and assay-ready plates. This will include weighing, dissolution, aliquoting, serial dilution, cherry-picking and reformatting.

You will register, track and store samples using our compound management systems and operate laboratory automation such as liquid handlers, plate sealers, tube handlers and barcode readers. You will also support compound shipments, monitor stock levels and sample quality, maintain accurate records, and help keep the laboratory running safely and efficiently.

About you:

• You will have at least two years of hands-on compound management experience, and a good understanding of the processes involved.
• You will have a BSc or MSc in chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacology, life sciences or a related subject, or equivalent practical laboratory experience gained in industry.
• You will have experience in areas such as weighing, dissolution, compound storage and retrieval, and solid and liquid dispensing.
• You will have used a compound inventory or sample management system and have experience with automated or semi-automated laboratory equipment.
• You will have strong attention to detail and good numeracy skills, particularly in dilution calculations, molarity and unit conversions.
• You will be well organised, able to follow procedures accurately and committed to safe working. You will also communicate well and work reliably within a busy, service-focused team.

What you will get:

In addition to a competitive salary, we provide generous holiday entitlement, a pension scheme with enhanced employer contributions, a health cash plan covering a range of therapy treatments, a cycle to work scheme, a retail discount scheme, death in service benefit, a discretionary bonus scheme, and free on-site parking.

You’ll also have access to our BHN Extras platform, offering cashback, discounts, and tech/home purchases via salary sacrifice.

Colleague wellbeing is important to us, we offer 24/7 virtual GP access, emotional support services, and a comprehensive wellbeing hub. We’re proud of our inclusive, supportive culture and provide a range of learning and development opportunities to help you grow both personally and professionally.

About Concept Life Sciences:

Concept Life Sciences is a multi-disciplined Contract Research Organisation based in the UK providing market-leading scientific services globally. Over the past 25 years, Concept Life Sciences and its heritage companies have played a pivotal role in guiding numerous clients along their path to clinical success and many of these clients have evolved into enduring scientific collaborators.

From our 4 sites across the UK, we provide world-leading expertise to the pharmaceutical, biotech, agrochemical, and material science industries. We have clients across Europe, Asia, and the US, who value our knowledge-based, science-led, and customer-focused approach.