Process Analytical Technology Scientist

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Macclesfield; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health cash plan

Life Assurance

Company Pension

Perkbox

Volunteer days

Free on-site car parking

Job summary

Eurofins Scientific is seeking a PAT Scientist for a world-class pharmaceutical client in Macclesfield. You will deliver real-time analytics and lead PAT initiatives across early to late-stage development.

Collaborate with chemists and engineers to implement PAT solutions, manage data with Matlab/Python, and ensure GMP compliance while supporting continuous manufacturing.

Qualifications

• BSc, MSc or PhD in a relevant scientific discipline.
• Experience in R&D, manufacturing, academia, or chemical/pharmaceutical industries.
• Experience in chemical/analytical lab environments supporting APIs.
• PAT expertise and spectroscopic/analytical techniques including NIR, Raman, IR, UV or LC.
• PAT applications in drug substance development with real-time monitoring.
• Coding in Matlab, Python or similar; strong data analytics mindset.
• GMP environments and SHE principles.

Responsibilities

• Provide real-time laboratory data analytics to support process chemistry activities.
• Collaborate with chemists and engineers to develop PAT solutions across development, with monitoring and continuous manufacturing.
• Utilise reaction monitoring and continuous manufacturing strategies to generate meaningful insights.
• Provide scientific and technical leadership within PAT and share best practices.
• Demonstrate ownership of PAT strategy on drug substance projects.
• Contribute to ongoing development of Chemical Development capabilities and continuous improvement.

Skills

PAT expertise

Real-time data analytics

GMP awareness

Coding in Matlab

Coding in Python

Education

BSc/MSc/PhD in relevant science

Tools

UPLC

GC

Karl Fischer

Job description

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their 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 entire network of Eurofins companies.

Eurofins PSS Insourcing Solutions® is a global, award-winning insourcing solution. We place our skilled team directly at the client site, managing operations seamlessly and eliminating complexities. We ensure a strategic, long-term service commitment that delivers value directly at the client’ site, utilising their facilities, equipment, and methodologies, while maintaining the same service, expertise, and cGMP compliance available at the Eurofins facility. If you're an employee seeking an exceptional career journey, Eurofins PSS Insourcing Solutions® is your gateway to a future where innovation, collaboration, and success converge. Join us in a world where excellence knows no boundaries!

We’re proud to be 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.

Job Description

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

This is a full time, permanent position, working a flexible 36.5 hour week, Monday – Friday.

We are currently recruiting for an experienced, enthusiastic and innovative PAT Scientist. This is an exciting opportunity based at our client’s facility, a world class Pharmaceutical company based in Macclesfield. You will have a proven track record of delivering in-line and at-line analytical technology to pharmaceutical development projects and collaborating with project scientists to help support key Client projects.

Job Responsibilities that you be covering:

• You will provide real-time laboratory data analytics to support process chemistry activities, delivering high-density insights that enable accelerated process understanding and decision-making.
• You can expect to collaborate closely with chemists and engineers to develop and implement Process Analytical Technology (PAT) solutions for complex drug substance projects, ensuring delivery against project milestones across early to late-stage development with reaction monitoring as well as continuous manufacturing.
• You will utilise reaction monitoring and continuous manufacturing strategies to generate meaningful scientific insights that support client project requirements and drive successful outcomes.
• The successful applicant will provide scientific and technical leadership within PAT, solving complex challenges, identifying key learnings, and sharing best practices across the wider department.
• You canexpecttodemonstrate ownership of PAT strategy and development on drug substance projects, representing Chemical Development as required and providing expert challenge to enhance project delivery and innovation.
• You will contribute to the ongoing development of Chemical Development capabilities by supporting current and future client portfolios, driving continuous improvement initiatives, and promoting new ways of working and scientific advancement.

Qualifications

What skills, qualifications and experiences you will hold as an Medical Device Development Specialist:

• You will hold a BSc, MSc or PhD in a relevant scientific discipline, with experience gained within Research & Development, manufacturing, academia, or the chemical and pharmaceutical industries.
• You will have significant experience working within chemical or analytical laboratory environments, supporting analytical development for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) using techniques such as UPLC, GC and Karl Fischer analysis.
• You will be expected to have practical expertise in Process Analytical Technology (PAT) and one or more key spectroscopic or analytical techniques, including NIR, Raman, IR, UV or LC, enabling you to provide specialist guidance to project teams.
• You will have experience working with PAT applications in drug substance development, with exposure to quantitative model development, real-time process monitoring, and ideally scale-up activities within clinical or commercial manufacturing environments.
• You will hold coding experience in Matlab, Python or similar programming languages, alongside a strong data-centric mindset and a willingness to further develop expertise in chemometrics and advanced data analysis.
• You will have experience operating within GMP-regulated environments and a sound understanding of Safety, Health and Environmental (SHE) principles, demonstrating a commitment to maintaining the highest standards of compliance and safety.

Additional Information

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

As a Eurofins employee you will benefit from:

• Being part of a Reward and Recognition Scheme, recognising great work across our teams.
• Holiday entitlement increases with service.
• The option to opt into our Health Cash Plan, designed to help look after your everyday health and wellbeing. This allows you to claim back the cost of routine healthcare expenses such as dental check-ups, eye tests, glasses or contact lenses and other everyday medical treatments.
• Life Assurance from day one, providing cover of four times your annual salary.
• Automatic enrolment into our Company Pension Plan after three months (with the flexibility to opt out if you choose)
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme, offering 24/7 confidential support for both personal and work-related matters.
• Being able to register your interest in volunteering days, which are designed to support employees who wish to do voluntary work during working hours as part of a wider strategy to contribute positively to the local community.
• Free on-site car parking.
• The opportunity to explore worldwide opportunities.
• Everyone who joins our team also gets access to Perkbox, allowing you to save money all year round. Whether its supermarket savings or days out, the daily coffee or a summer holiday – there’s something to suit everyone’s lifestyle.

What Happens Next

Our people are the backbone of what we do, so it's incredibly important we find the right individuals to join us. As a potential new recruit you'll be invited to meet the team in the form of an assessment centre or a staged interview process dependent on the role and it's requirements, this will give you the opportunity to see what working for Eurofins is really like and enable us to get you know your key skills and strengths.

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.

We embrace diversity! Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.