Job Description

Are you looking for a new challenge to drive and improve quality control testing, with a chance to broaden your leadership skills? If so, this Senior Quality Control Chemist role could be a great opportunity to consider.

As a Senior Quality Control Chemist, you will play an integral role in the continued success of our analytical laboratories. You will have responsibility to train new chemists/microbiologist in the laboratory and thus set the tone for the way in which a new analyst generates data for the release of products and materials.

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career, these responsibilities include some of the following\xe2\x80\xa6

• Conduct routine analytical/microbiological testing of raw materials, packaging materials, finished products and environmental samples using approved methods and various instrumentation while adhering to cGMP and established policies.
• Assist in analytical/microbiological method development, validation, revision and transfer including automated methods.
• Interpret validity of own test data and generate accurate results.
• Evaluation and interpret results of analytical/microbiological testing performed by others.
• Support all aspects of laboratory investigations.
• Assist in basic technical writing such as specifications, laboratory work sheets, standard operating procedures and technical reports.
• Troubleshoot test methods and laboratory instrumentation.
• Provide technical support by executing protocols and evaluating results for non-routine testing.
• Independently organize daily work activities and those of other staff, as needed.
• Conduct training of laboratory personnel on methods, instrumentation and computer systems.
• Clear understanding and application of data integration and calculation of results.
• Participate in interdepartmental project teams or committees.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s Degree or equivalent
• 2 or more years of industry experience
• Proven experience working in teams to improve processes or resolve problems using organizational effectiveness tools.
• Experience providing Quality Control (QC) testing support to at least one value stream.

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Developing knowledge and application of the QMS (Quality Management System).
• Knowledge of company products and quality impact as it relates to those products.

Why GSK?

Our values and expectations are at the heart of everything we do and form an important part of our culture.

These include Patient focus, Transparency, Respect, Integrity along with Courage, Accountability, Development, and Teamwork. As GSK focuses on our values and expectations and a culture of innovation, performance, and trust, the successful candidate will demonstrate the following capabilities:

• Operating at pace and agile decision-making \xe2\x80\x93 using evidence and applying judgement to balance pace, rigour and risk.
• Committed to delivering high quality results, overcoming challenges, focusing on what matters, execution.
• Continuously looking for opportunities to learn, build skills and share learning.
• Sustaining energy and well-being.
• Building strong relationships and collaboration, honest and open conversations.
• Budgeting and cost-consciousness.

*This is a job description to aide in the job posting, but does not include all job evaluation details.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose \xe2\x80\x93 to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together \xe2\x80\x93 so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns \xe2\x80\x93 as an organisation where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of 2030. \xe2\x80\x8b

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it\xe2\x80\x99s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves \xe2\x80\x93 feeling welcome, valued and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.\xe2\x80\x8b

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