Technical Manager Responsibilities
* Serve as Technical Manager for assigned methods, with overall responsibility for technical operations, competence, and method performance monitoring; define competence requirements, authorisations, and ongoing training.
* Maintain the laboratory's management system in alignment with ISO/IEC 17025 Clause 8 (documentation, document control, records, risk & opportunities, improvement, corrective action, internal audits, and management review).
* Oversee participation in proficiency testing / inter‑laboratory comparisons, trending of quality control data, and timely investigation of out‑of‑trend / non‑conforming results.
* Define, apply, and document decision rules when issuing pass/fail statements against specifications.
Project Management Responsibilities
* Demonstrate organisation skills – ability to work to agreed timelines, prioritise own work and that of others, providing direction where required.
* Assess resource requirements, communicate requirements to management/resourcing, and develop awareness of project cost vs. gain.
* Initiate problem solving of adverse events during method development, validation, study and non‑study work; encourage others to assist in providing solutions and document issues correctly with the Project Lead/Study Director.
* Identify process improvements and new or further method developments and share with the appropriate individual(s).
* Provide regular updates on project delivery, highlighting any potential issues that may affect timelines, quality, or cost to the Project Lead.
Associated Documentation Responsibilities
* Review/write laboratory SOPs and lab sheets in line with process improvements for study‑related work.
* Prepare new SOPs and lab sheets in relation to new assay types/product lines.
* Prepare/assist with the development of training guides/records in relation to new assay types/product lines.
* Prepare reports prior to QA audit and dispatch to the client as audited draft within chosen scientific discipline (10%).
* Produce a summary report of any method development/validation process undertaken and completed.
* Address eQA comments regarding procedures, raw data, and reports.
* Assist Project Lead to prepare protocol and report templates for new product lines.
* Assist in the preparation of validation protocols for new study types and/or method developments.
Compliance and Expertise
Do you have demonstrated experience in providing scientific and technical expertise and support to ensure compliance with laws, regulatory agency guidelines, Good Laboratory Practice (GLP), Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's), and Study Protocols?
Are you passionate about developing yourself and others?
Qualifications
* Degree in Biomedical / Forensics / Biological Sciences or equivalent (preferred but not essential); must have recognised project management and in‑vitro toxicology experience.
* Technical competence in routine and specialised aerosol generation techniques across a wide range of industrial applications.
* Experience of cross‑site collaboration helping to drive harmonisation.
About the Role and Company
We are currently recruiting for a Project Manager/Technical Specialist at our site in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. Labcorp is a global, world‑leading Life Sciences Contract Research Organisation that provides dedicated and fully comprehensive laboratory testing and drug development services to the pharmaceutical, crop protection and chemical industries.
Labcorp strives to make a difference to people's everyday lives by bringing essential medicines to the market. This role is to provide scientific and operational leadership across assay development, validation, and study delivery to achieve ISO 17025 compliance for designated methods. The role will be a project and technical manager and will ensure valid, reliable results; robust data integrity; and an effective management system aligned with ISO 17025 and applicable GxP regulations (e.g., GLP, GCP) to support accreditation and client confidence.
Contract type: 12‑month fixed‑term.
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