PET QC Chemist

LE4001 Imanova Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Private healthcare

Dental insurance (optional)

Cycle to Work scheme

Company pension (matching 5%)

Life assurance

Annual bonus

Season ticket loans

Job summary

Perceptive in London is seeking a QC Analyst to perform radiotracer method development and routine QC analysis in a GMP environment. You will support clinical and pre‑clinical studies with analytical chemistry expertise.

The role requires 2+ years in QC, HPLC experience, GMP familiarity, and preferred GC knowledge. Training and collaboration across teams are essential, with opportunities to contribute to method development and audits.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in a QC laboratory.
• Experience with HPLC in a GMP setting.
• GMP experience required or preferred.
• GC experience is advantageous.
• Desirable: experience with radiotracers (short-lived isotopes).
• Experience with change control is preferable.

Responsibilities

• QC of assigned radiotracers according to project distribution and scanning schedule.
• Implement QC for newly assigned radiotracers: method development, validation and documentation.
• Provide routine QC support to clinical and pre-clinical studies.
• Provide analytical chemistry support for precursor characterization, radiotracer and radioligand purification.
• Data processing including HPLC and GC.
• Document QC records to ensure cGMP compliance.
• Raise and investigate OOS results and deviations within QMS.
• Present technical QC issues during audits if required.
• Train others in your area of expertise.
• Keep up to date with procedures, policies, and new analytical techniques.
• Present results to internal/external audiences when required.
• Maintain stocks of laboratory supplies.
• Complete routine lab tasks (HPLC buffers, calibration standards).

Skills

QC experience

HPLC

GMP environment

GC

Radiotracer handling

Change control

Education

Undergraduate degree in Chemistry

Tools

LIMS

Job description

What can we offer you? Apart from job satisfaction, we can offer you:

YOURSELF

• 25 days’ holiday (with the option to buy more)

HEALTH

• Private Healthcare
• Optional dental insurance, health assessments and health cash plans
• Cycle to Work scheme

WEALTH

• Company Pension Scheme, matching contributions up to 5% of salary
• Life assurance
• Annual staff bonus scheme
• Season ticket loans

Job Summary

In this role you'll perform QC method development and routine analysis of PET radiotracers to support clinical and pre-clinical studies in a GMP environment.

Job Responsibilities

• QC of assigned radiotracers according to project distribution and the scanning schedule.
• QC implementation of newly assigned radiotracers: method development, validation and documentation.
• Providing routine QC support to clinical and pre-clinical studies.
• Providing analytical chemistry support for precursor characterization, radiotracer and radioligand purification.
• Data processing including HPLC and GC.
• Documenting QC records to ensure compliance with cGMP.
• Raising and investigating Out Of Specification (OOS) results and Deviation within QMS.
• Presenting technical QC issues to internal and external audits, if required.
• Training and educating others in your area of expertise.
• Keeping up to date with relevant procedures and policies, as well as new analytical techniques and processes (small molecules and biological products).
• Presenting results to internal and external audiences, when required.
• Maintaining adequate stocks of laboratory supplies.
• Completing routine laboratory tasks, e.g., preparing HPLC buffers, calibration standards, etc.

Required Skills

• Minimum 2 years' experience in a QC laboratory.
• Experience in HPLC
• Experience in a GMP environment
• Experience in GC is an advantage.
• Experience working with short-lived radioisotopes preferable (especially carbon-11 and fluorine-18) is desirable.
• Experience in change control is preferable.

Education

• Undergraduate degree in Chemistry or a related scientific discipline

At Perceptive, we enable the world’s pharmaceutical, biotech, and clinical research organizations to rapidly discover and advance life-changing treatments. Together, our global team delivers unmatched scientific and technological expertise, global operational experience, and end‑to‑end solutions to help the global research community realize tomorrow’s new therapies. To do this, we need people like you. At Perceptive, your work will enable our customers to bring lifesaving and life‑improving options to patients around the world.

Learn how you can make a difference by joining our team and uniting under our shared goal – serving science to improve people’s lives.