Scientist

Caresoft Global Talent Solutions Ltd; Wokingham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment consultancy is seeking a Scientist based in Wokingham for a Junior Team Leader position requiring strong GMP Microbiology experience. The role involves delivering RDQ activities for product development and maintaining consumer specifications. The ideal candidate should have experience in a GMP environment and effective communication skills. Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK and available for Bank Holidays.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in a GMP Pharmaceutical Microbiology Environment.
• Experience with data reviewing and validation.
• Must have Line Management experience.

Responsibilities

• Deliver RDQ activities for product development and portfolio management.
• Organize and communicate project status and risks.
• Write technical reports and maintain consumer-led specifications.

Skills

Food science

GMP Microbiology

Effective communication

Problem solving

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Scientist

Location: Wokingham, RG41 2TZ

Rate: £28.31ph Umbrella (Inside IR35)

Start Date: 2nd October 2025 (TBC)

End Date: 5th April 2026

Hours: 36 hours per week / Thursday to Monday / 9am - 5pm (Including Bank Holidays and working over the Festive Period)

The candidate will join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It With Pride. Working as part of a cross functional team, you deliver the RDQ activities required to complete new product development, portfolio maintenance and/or productivity projects with an emphasis on meeting the desired consumer experience.

Responsibilities

• Working as part of a cross functional team, you deliver the RDQ activities required to complete project and/or productivity projects with an emphasis on meeting the desired consumer experience.
• With the support and guidance of a manager, you will organize and execute projects in line with client requirements, effectively communicating status and risks.
• You will plan and conduct projects in accordance with good manufacturing practice and GMP requirements and validation activities.
• You will also write technical reports that will require the analysis and interpretation of results and that lead to conclusions and recommendations and create and maintain accurate consumer-led specifications.

What you will bring

• A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:
• Food science, science, or engineering ideally in a fast-moving consumer goods market.
• Working on teams and independently with the guidance of a manager.
• Prioritizing and managing activities.
• Identifying problems proactively and creating and implementing solutions independently.
• Applying fundamental technical understanding to interpret and analyze data to reach clear conclusions.
• Communicating effectively verbally and in writing, including technical writing.
• Putting the consumer at the heart of development activities.

Experience

• Strong experience in a GMP Pharmaceutical Microbiology Environment with testing and data review responsibilities is highly required for this role.
• Will have Line Management / People Management experience - do 1:1's, etc.
• Must have a technical mind in Microbiology.
• Must have been a Line Manager of at least 1-2 people.
• This position is a Junior Team Leader Position, not a Manager/Senior Manager.

Comments / Special Instructions

• Extensive experience of GMP Microbiology background - recent experience being within the lab testing.
• Data reviewing & Validation experience preferred.
• Must be able to work Bank Holidays and throughout Christmas Period.

Additional Information

• This role is INSIDE IR35
• Our Clients are unable to provide sponsorship for Tier 2 General Visas; therefore, only candidates eligible to work in the UK need apply!
• Caresoft Global Limited operates as an Employment Business and Employment Agency.
• We are an independent highly-experienced recruitment consultancy dedicated to specialist markets within the Automotive, Aerospace, Agricultural & Construction Industries.
• No terminology within this advert is intended to unlawfully discriminate on the grounds of age, sex, race or disability and we welcome all applications