Senior Process Scientist – Purification required for our client, a top pharmaceutical company based in Limerick. This is a permanent, full time position offering an excellent salary and benefits package.

Job Summary:

Supports the Process Sciences Department through small scale laboratory experiments, as well as analysis, troubleshooting, and validation of manufacturing bioprocesses.

Responsibilities :

• Provides technical support for Technology transfer purification activities.
• Performs purification investigations in the laboratory and creates associated reports.
• Develops and writes responses for technical sections of Regulatory documents.
• Conducts scaled-down production procedures to improve the efficiency and yield of candidate or existing bioprocesses.
• Develops and writes protocols for small-scale process validation studies.
• Carries out small-scale purification process validation studies.
• Assists in the analysis of samples generated from lab scale studies.
• Tabulates results and writes summary reports of process evaluation and validation studies.
• Presents findings at group and possibly at interdepartmental meetings.
• Maintains lab supplies and equipment.
• Produces and maintains accurate records.
• Provides coaching and mentoring to junior members of the team.
  

• PhD in Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering or a related field
• 3+ years’ experience; may consider another discipline with added relevant experience.
• Candidates with an MSc Biotechnology or related field with 6+ years’ experience will also be considered