Project Manager - In Vitro Toxicology - Fixed Term Contract in Harrogate

Energy Jobline ZR; Harrogate; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Life Sciences Contract Research Organisation in Harrogate is seeking a Project Manager/Technical Specialist. This role focuses on scientific leadership in assay development and compliance with ISO 17025 standards. Candidates should have project management and in vitro toxicology experience and demonstrate technical competence in aerosol techniques. This is a 12-month fixed-term contract offering the opportunity to impact essential medicines in the market.

Qualifications

• Recognised project management experience is essential.
• In vitro toxicology experience is a must.
• Technical competence with aerosol techniques across industries.

Responsibilities

• Provide scientific and operational leadership for assay development.
• Ensure compliance with ISO 17025 for designated methods.
• Oversee technical operations and method performance monitoring.
• Maintain and improve laboratory management systems.
• Manage resource requirements and assess project costs.

Skills

Project management

In vitro toxicology experience

Technical competence of aerosol techniques

Cross-site collaboration

Education

Degree in Biomedical / Forensics / Biological Sciences

Job description

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Job Description

Are you looking to develop your In Vitro Toxicology career further?

Do you have demonstrated experience in providing scientific and technical expertise and support to ensure compliance with laws, regulatory agency guidelines, Good Laboratory Practice (GLP), Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's) and Study Protocols.

Are you passionate about developing yourself and others?

We are currently recruiting for a Project Manager/Technical Specialist at our site in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. Labcorp is a global, world-leading Life Sciences Contract Research Organisation that provides dedicated and fully comprehensive laboratory testing and drug development services to the pharmaceutical, crop protection and chemical industries.

We strive to make a difference to people's everyday lives by bringing essential medicines to the market.

This role is to provide scientific and operational leadership across assay development, validation, and study delivery to achieve ISO 17025 compliance for designated methods. The role will be a project and technical manager and will ensure valid, reliable results, robust data integrity; and an effective management system aligned with ISO 17025 and applicable GxP regulations (e.g., GLP, GCP) to support accreditation and client confidence.

Please note, this is a 12 month fixed term contract.

ISO/IEC 17025 Technical Management

• Serve as Technical Manager for assigned methods with overall responsibility for technical operations, competence, and method performance monitoring; define competence requirements, authorisations, and ongoing training.
• Maintain the laboratory's management system in alignment with ISO/IEC 17025 Clause 8 (documentation, document control, records, risk & opportunities, improvement, corrective action, internal audits, and management review).
• Oversee participation in proficiency testing/interlaboratory comparisons (as applicable), trending of quality control data, and timely investigation of out-of-trend/nonconforming results.
• Define, apply, and document decision rules when issuing pass/fail statements against specifications.

Project Management

• Demonstrates organisation skills - ability to work to agree timelines; to prioritise own work and that of individuals working on the project, providing direction where required.
• Assess resource requirements, communicate requirements to management/resourcing, develops awareness of project cost vs gain.
• Initiates problem solving of adverse events during method development, validation, study and non-study work, encourages others to assist in providing solutions. Works with the Project Lead/Study Director to ensure that any issues/obstacles are documented correctly.
• Identifies process improvements and new/further method developments and shares with appropriate individual(s).
• Provides regular updates on projects delivery, highlights any potential issues which may affect timelines, quality and/or cost to Project Lead.

Associated Documentation

• Reviews/writes laboratory SOPs and lab sheets in line with process improvements for study related work.
• Prepares new SOPs and lab sheets in relation to new assay types/product lines.
• Prepares/assists with the development of training guides/records in relation to new assay types/product lines.
• Prepares reports prior to QA audit and dispatch to the client as audited draft within chosen scientific discipline (10%).
• Produces a summary report of any method development/validation process undertaken and completed.
• Addresses eQA comments regarding procedures, raw data, and reports.
• Assist Project Lead to prepare protocol and report templates for new product lines.
• Assists in the preparation of validation protocols for new study types and or method developments.

Education/Qualifications

• Degree in Biomedical / Forensics / Biological Sciences or equivalent is but not essential.

Experience

• Must have recognised project management and in vitro toxicology experience.
• Technical competence of routine and specialised aerosol techniques across a wide range of industrial applications.
• Experience of cross-site collaboration helping to drive harmonisation.

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