Laboratory Analyst – Respiratory Supply Chain QA (RSC)

GlaxoSmithKline; Ware; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking team at a leading biopharma company, where you will play a vital role in ensuring the highest quality medicines reach patients. As a Laboratory Analyst, you will be at the heart of product testing and analysis, working collaboratively to maintain compliance and drive continuous improvement. This role offers the chance to innovate processes in a fast-paced environment while being part of a close-knit team dedicated to excellence in quality assurance. If you thrive on challenges and are passionate about making a difference in healthcare, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in a GMP laboratory is essential.
• Experience in chemical or analytical testing techniques is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct product testing and analysis to support laboratory operations.
• Ensure compliance with GMP and EHS regulations.

Skills

Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)

Analytical Testing

HPLC

Problem Solving

Report Writing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in chemical sciences

Tools

Laboratory Methodologies

Job description

Site Name: UK - Hertfordshire - Ware
Posted Date: Dec 20 2024

We are looking for a forward-thinking person to join our world class teams supporting our Respiratory Supply Chain QA (RSC) Laboratory. We are seeking someone who can innovate our processes and work within a team to drive the lab forward, whilst ensuring continued product supply is maintained.

The RSC Laboratory at GSK Ware GSC (Global Supply Chain) site forms a crucial part of the RSC Value Stream on site, ensuring that we are delivering the absolute highest quality medicines to our patients. This involves product testing, laboratory investigations, and trend analysis of results. Experience of analytical testing (assays, impurities, water content) and HPLC would be advantageous.

Job Purpose:

The Laboratory Analyst role is at the core of what we do at site. You would be responsible for carrying out product testing and analysis, to support the laboratory team to provide a consistent flow of safe, efficacious, and compliant product for the site. Within your job you must ensure that Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and compliance with EHS regulations within the laboratory are maintained at all times. Our team work as part of a close-knit team, collaborating within the lab and with external departments and customers, to maintain supply, solve problems and drive improvement.

About You:

This role would suit a motivated person who has strong experience of working in a GMP laboratory, with experience of chemical or analytical testing techniques. You should work well in a fast-paced environment and thrive on opportunities to solve problems and continuously improve. Strong people skills and a proven ability to work in a team are essential, as well as good report writing skills. Following standardized procedures and processes are crucial in a GMP environment, so you should have a keen eye for detail, but you must also have a strong continuous improvement mindset and drive to improve on the standards in place.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical sciences or related discipline.
• Good understanding of laboratory methodologies.

Preferred experience:

• Understanding / knowledge of current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP).
• Experience of HPLC testing methodologies.

CLOSING DATE for applications: Monday 13th of January 2025 (COB).

If you would like to learn more about our company wide benefits and life at GSK we would suggest looking at our webpage Life at GSK | GSK.

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are open to all talent. In the US, we also adhere to Affirmative Action principles. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to neurodiversity, race/ethnicity, colour, national origin, religion, gender, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class*(*US only).

We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.