Formulation Scientist

Eurofins Food & Water Testing UK & IE; Sittingbourne; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A life sciences company in Sittingbourne is seeking a degree holder in Chemistry to support formulation and pre-formulation activities in drug product development. The role involves practical support for manufacturing, product characterization, and data reporting. Candidates should have a good understanding of Organic Chemistry and relevant analytical techniques. Join the team to help innovate for a safer and healthier world.

Benefits

Reward & Recognition

Enhanced Annual Leave

Free parking

Company pension plan

Healthcare cash plan

Employee Assistance Programme

Health and wellbeing programmes

Qualifications

• Sound knowledge and practical application of Organic Chemistry to pharmaceutical drug design is essential.
• Appropriate experience of materials science and analytical tools within a group organization.
• Good foundation with traditional analytical techniques as well as modern instrumentation.

Responsibilities

• Support small-scale manufacturing and pre-formulation activities.
• Characterization support including tablet characterization and particle size analysis.
• Write laboratory reports ensuring accurate data reporting.

Skills

Organic Chemistry knowledge

Analytical techniques

Materials science

Education

Degree in Chemistry or related discipline

Tools

Particle size analysis

PXRD

DSC

TGA

Job description

Overview

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company providing analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries to help make life and the environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. Eurofins laboratories work with major companies to ensure products are safe, ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.

Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the network of Eurofins companies. We are an armed forces-friendly place to work and welcome applications from reservists, armed forces veterans (including the wounded, injured and sick), as well as cadet instructors, and military spouses and partners.

If you want to continue to help make our world a safer and healthier place, apply for the role below and become part of the extraordinary Eurofins network.

Job Description

This is a permanent full-time position, working a 37-hour week, flexibly between 7am and 7pm, Monday–Friday. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role. The purpose of this job within the formulation group is to support the client in Manufacturing and R&D efforts by conducting formulation, pre-formulation activities with analysis and characterization of generated samples.

Responsibilities

• Practical support for small-scale manufacturing and pre-formulation activities for the development of drug product batches to be utilised in oral solid dosage forms, including planning, execution (set up and clean down) and writing up of lab work. Examples include roller compaction, blending, tablet compression, coating, encapsulation, and supporting in-use stability activities.
• Product and materials characterization support (including techniques such as tablet characterization, Particle Size Analysis, powder flow, and bulk properties of formulations such as rheology and polymer characterization).
• Interpretation of data and contribution to writing internal development protocols and reports.
• Write laboratory reports ensuring accurate and timely data reporting and analysis.
• Support design, prototype and scale-up of drug product formulations and manufacturing processes.
• Provide technical support to downstream activities, including product control strategy, technology transfer and launch, and relevant protocols and reports.
• Equipment and instrumentation ownership, assisting with maintenance, upkeep and calibration.
• Assist in wider scientific capability development via internal technical networks and ongoing Technology initiatives.
• Research, compile and summarise information from multiple sources to inform gap analysis and formulation development.
• Conduct analysis using fully electronic media including eNotebook.
• Support continuous improvement processes.
• Perform and assist in additional duties as directed by the client contact.
• Familiarisation with electronic lab notebooks and ALCOA principles for data recording.
• Write or constructively review SOPs, protocols, technical reports, and risk assessments as required.

Qualifications

• A degree in Chemistry or a related discipline is required.
• A sound knowledge and practical application of Organic Chemistry to pharmaceutical drug design is essential.
• Appropriate relevant experience of materials science and analytical tools and techniques within a group organisation.
• Good foundation and experience with traditional analytical techniques as well as modern instrumental equipment (e.g., Particle size, PXRD, DSC, TGA). Must possess sound knowledge of analysis methods and tools.

Additional Information

At Eurofins we are growing, innovating and always learning. We celebrate the achievements of our employees through annual long service awards, recognise colleagues’ special life events, and we are committed to charitable causes through global fundraising activities.

Employee Benefits

• Reward & Recognition.
• Enhanced Annual Leave Entitlement.
• Additional annual leave at employees' set service dates.
• Free parking.
• Company pension plan.
• Life assurance scheme (4x annual salary).
• Healthcare cash plan (6+ months service).
• Enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity schemes.
• Employee Assistance Programme 24/7 confidential.
• Health and wellbeing programmes.
• Worldwide career opportunities.

What Happens Next

Our people are the backbone of what we do. You’ll be invited to meet the team through an assessment centre or a staged interview process, depending on the role and its requirements, to understand your key skills and strengths and to experience what working for Eurofins is like.

Your data

As part of any recruitment process, the company collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. The company is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations.

Closing Date

We reserve the right to close or extend this position depending on application numbers. Please submit your application as early as possible. If you do not receive a response within 4 weeks of the vacancy expiry date, your application may be unsuccessful.

We embrace diversity

Eurofins is an Equal Opportunity Employer and believes in diversity, with no discrimination based on gender identity or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or other protected characteristics.

Sustainability

We encourage sustainable changes at the local level and have a carbon reduction team to help achieve goals.

Find out more on our career page: careers.eurofins.com