Senior Flavour Scientist & Technical Leader

Mondelēz International; Reading; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance Related Bonus

Contributory pension

Life assurance

Personal Medical (Self)

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Flexible benefits programme

Job summary

Reading Scientific Services Ltd (RSSL) is a renowned CRO and analytical science provider, supporting Mondelez International and other clients in food, pharma and consumer goods sectors.

The Flavour Senior Scientist II/Associate Principal Scientist role leads technical direction, method development, data interpretation and client liaison, supervising junior staff and delivering high-quality results within strict timescales and GMP/UKAS standards.

Qualifications

• Educated to Degree or PhD in a relevant scientific discipline or equivalent relevant experience in a laboratory.
• Excellent understanding of chromatography systems including GC-O, GC-MS and LC-MS.
• Scientific understanding and ability to independently conduct chemical analysis in relevant area
• Good knowledge of laboratory quality and accreditation systems (GMP/UKAS)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English, with the ability to network with external clients and internal teams.

Responsibilities

• Always provide high quality customer service by ensuring effective organisation of assigned workload, integrity of analytical data generated and timely/accurate provision of results.
• Provide Technical direction within own area of expertise across departments.
• Perform a range of analysis using GC-O, GC-MS and LC-MS independently.
• Perform complex method development and design validation protocols.
• Perform maintenance and troubleshooting of lab equipment.
• Perform data checking and provide interpretation of results for routine testing.
• Generate certificates of analysis and/or external interpretive reports.

Skills

GC-O

GC-MS

LC-MS

Data interpretation

English communication

Team mentoring

Lab data integrity

Project management

MS Office

Education

Degree or PhD in a relevant scientific discipline

Laboratory experience

Tools

LIMS system

ELN

Q-Pulse

Chemstation

Mass Hunter

Job description

Reading Scientific Services Ltd (RSSL) is a renowned CRO and analytical science provider, supporting Mondelez International and other clients in food, pharma and consumer goods sectors.

The Flavour Senior Scientist II/Associate Principal Scientist role leads technical direction, method development, data interpretation and client liaison, supervising junior staff and delivering high-quality results within strict timescales and GMP/UKAS standards.