Job description
Site Name: UK - North Ayrshire - Irvine
Posted Date: Jul 9 2025
We have a new opportunity for a Senior Scientist to join our team here at GSK Irvine. The Senior Scientist is responsible for completing the required product testing in a safe and compliant manner in order to ensure the generation of accurate data enabling product release.
You will act as point of contact to assist lab scientists in resolution of any equipment, analytical or GLP related issues as well as providing guidance as required to ensure flow within the laboratory workspace.
This is a site based role on a 2 days 2 nights shift basis, they are 12 hours shifts 6am -6pm.
In this role you will
* Sample, test, report and validate analytical data for final products, intermediates, raw materials and in process samples in line with procedural expectations.
* Consistently operate to cGMP/GLP to ensure compliant product testing.
* Maintain / calibrate a wide range of analytical equipment to ensure accuracy and precision of data.
* Assist laboratory analysts in troubleshooting, equipment fixes, LI management and remediation of issues from an analytical perspective.
* Utilisation of skills and experience to minimise equipment downtime and optimise the laboratory ways of working thereby ensuring all targets are met.
* Ensure adherence with operator standard work and propose improvements using GPS principles to assist.
* Train, mentor, and coach laboratory analysts as required in order to optimise ways of working and enhance analytical knowledge / experience
Why you?
Basic Qualifications & Skills:
We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:
* HND / Degree in a relevant science subject (or) suitable extensive experience in an appropriate discipline within a pharmaceutical environment.
* Experience of training and coaching in analytical techniques, instrument and method troubleshooting.
* Comprehensive knowledge both theoretical and practical of analytical processes, procedures and theories.
* Strong understanding of M-ERP, EMPOWER, GPS tools and processes.
Preferred Qualifications & Skills:
Please note the following skills are not necessary, just preferred, if you do not have them, please still apply:
* NEBOSH certificate / Degree in scientific discipline.
Closing Date for Applications – 27th July 2025 (COB)
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Why GSK?
Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.
GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).
Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s 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 – 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.
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