Our client, a leading global healthcare company in Sligo, is seeking to recruit a Technical Support Scientist on an initial 12 month contract.
We are looking to speak with suitably qualified candidates, ideally with a PhD in a Life Science discipline or a Masters with 2 years relevant industry experience. These positions come with full benefits after probation is completed.
Our client is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. The company’s portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines and serve people in over 160 countries.
Responsibilities:
To provide the necessary technical support to strategic programmes, ensuring plant meets its customer quality, service, regulatory, financial and safety goals.
To provide the necessary technical support to the product manufacturing team, ensuring that production targets are attained.
Conduct business in a manner that will protect human health, safety and the environment by complying with all applicable EHS laws, as well at the Global and Technical standards.
To assist in product development/improvement projects.
To ensure the smooth transfer of new products from other sites.
To complete and document investigations per site procedures.
To design and manage process improvement projects and validations.
To work in concert with the manufacturing & quality teams to identify, document, investigate and remedy the cause of product non-conformance in compliance with site CA/PA system requirements.
To participate in laboratory maintenance programs, for example instrument maintenance and calibrations, waste disposal and ordering of laboratory reagents.
To update statistical process control charts and circulate information, highlighting any issues identified.
Requirements:
We are open to considering candidates with a minimum of a Masters and 2 years relevant industry experience or PhD graduates. We are open to candidates with a higher level of experience also who may suit more Senior level Scientist positions.
Two years experience in the development or support of diagnostic assays or relevant post-graduate qualification. desired.
For a confidential discussion and more information on the role, please contact Colin Byrne.
colin.byrne@collinsmcnicholas.ie
(071) 9140255