Analytical Chemist

Analytical Chemist

Intertek Pharmaceutical Services

Lancashire, United Kingdom

Required skills and experience:

• IT literate
• Strong numeracy skills with the knowledge of calculating and tabulating results
• Clear written and verbal communications skills with the ability to clearly convey processes, results and key messages and able to build rapport, quickly and effectively
• Preferably knowledge and application of appropriate systems and procedures relevant to scientific and analytical methodologies, required regulatory standards, research/regulatory procedures and instructions
• Preferably knowledge of safety procedures, laboratory performance standards, handling chemicals, COSHH
• Degree level required within relevant science or hold significant experience which has been obtained within a scientific or industry setting
• Customer Focused
• Basic knowledge of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industry

Key activities:

• Trained in some practical aspects of one or more techniques, competent to generate useful data and to recognise artefacts, not fully conversant with range of capabilities of any technique
• Basic interpretation skills but will always require supervision
• Able to follow specified methods with minimal supervision, but reports will be checked. Work requiring significant interpretation or deviation from established methods will always require supervision
• Exposure to theoretical basis of the techniques, such as needed to understand practical aspects
• Exposure to some clients’ products and processes
• Limited problem-solving capability at this stage, work in new or ill-defined areas will always require significant supervision
• Occasional communication directly with clients with standard requests, but work normally assigned through laboratory/project manager/team leader
• Work priorities determined through Laboratory Manager and Team Leader with some limited input

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