QC Lead

Manchester
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re you an experienced QC Specialist looking for an exciting new challenge to help shape the Quality Control Department of a contract pharmaceutical manufacturing organisation?

Job Title: Principal Scientist - Quality Control

Type: Permanent

Salary: Highly attractive with great benefits

Location: Northwest, England

SRG is currently working exclusively with a highly successful, award winning, contract development and manufacturing organisation, focused on providing expert intelligence and support to their partners, driven by their capabilities.

As a result of rapid expansion, we are looking for an experienced QC Expert to help lead and grow the quality testing capabilities of the QC Department in their new GMP Facility with a specific focus on solid oral dosage forms, driving the day-to-day QC analytical activities across client projects and provide mentoring and technical leadership to junior analytical staff.

Typical responsibilities/accountabilities:

Act as a key technical expert for QC Analytical services, ensuring fit-for-purpose analytical methods are developed, transferred, validated, and maintained for solid oral dosage forms.
Directly support and coach junior QC team members, building technical capability within the team.
Oversee and troubleshoot analytical challenges across HPLC, Dissolution, Karl Fischer, and FTIR, ensuring results are scientifically sound and compliant with GMP.
Contribute to client project strategies, ensuring analytical requirements are aligned with regulatory CMC submission expectations.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams, ensuring seamless communication between QC, manufacturing, QA, and other teams.
Support the authoring and review of analytical documentation, including analytical methods, reports, Certificates of Analysis, and Stability Study Reports.
Ensure all analytical work is performed in accordance with regulatory requirements, ICH guidelines, and Seda's internal quality standards.
Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within QC, driving scientific excellence and operational efficiency.

Essential Requirements:

The successful candidate will have a strong background in GMP QC Analytical testing within a CDMO environment, bringing expertise in HPLC, Dissolution, Karl Fischer, and FTIR.
Experience in communicating directly with clients on technical matters is essential, alongside a strong understanding of how analytical timelines impact manufacturing and product release schedules.
This is a full-time, on-site role based at our GMP manufacturing facility.
This is a client-facing role, and some flexibility in working hours may be required to accommodate client communication across time zones.
Full UK driving license required

SRG are the UK number 1 recruitment company specialising in the science, engineering, clinical, pharmaceutical, food/FMCG, renewable, biotech, chemicals and medical devices sectors.

As scientists ourselves, our specialist sector knowledge and our passion are second to none. It's this combination that makes us different. We're committed to providing outstanding temporary, contract and permanent career opportunities of all levels for our candidates and a comprehensive range of expert strategic recruitment services for our clients.

If you have a scientific background and this position is not relevant / suitable for you please feel free to get in touch or visit (url removed) to view our other vacancies.

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