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The Recruitment Co are currently recruiting for a Deputy Laboratory Manager, for a busy client based in Southport.

Job Purpose
As a Member of the Site Quality function and reporting directly to the QC and QA and Compliance Manager, the principal responsibility of this position is to support the QC Manager at the Southport Manufacturing Facility, to facilitate the testing and release of manufactured oral and topical products.

Major Duties and Responsibilities
Quality Control/Goods-In Laboratories
Supervision of a team of analysts in the Quality Control and Goods-In laboratories ensuring compliance with principles of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and Good Laboratory Practice (GLP).
Ensuring the department complies with site and laboratory health, safety and environmental requirements.
Liaising with Quality Assurance to prioritise the testing and release of manufactured products.
Assigning duties to the Quality Control/Goods-In Analysts dependant on production release requirements ensuring the laboratory operations are performed in an organised and efficient manner to prevent any delays in material/product release.
Ensure all equipment in the Quality Control/Goods-In Laboratories is calibrated and available for use.
Preparation and review of Standard Operating Procedures, Raw Material Documents, Analytical Test Reports, Validation Protocols and Reports.
Reviewing completed analytical testing reports. Electronic review, approval and signing of chromatographic data.
Update of raw material/finished product testing trend files.
To perform sampling and testing of raw materials and manufactured products. Method development and validation to current ICH guidelines.
Ensuring laboratory housekeeping is maintained to appropriate standards.
Performing investigations into ‘out of specification results’ to establish the root cause and raise appropriate CAPA actions.
Deputise to the QC Manager in his absence.
Provide technical support and troubleshooting and equipment and analytical methods.
Assist in the training of analysts.
Assist in the interface between Goods-In Laboratory, Quality Assurance, Purchasing and Production.
Inspection preparation – using GMP knowledge and experience to assist department inspection readiness
Review of analytical data against the relevant pharmacopeial and registered specifications.
Application of knowledge & experience to support colleagues and other Departments as required
Undertake such other reasonable duties as may be required from time to time to support the business.
Knowledge and Experience:
? Management skills and experience of managing a team of analysts.
? Experience of testing of raw materials to British Pharmacopoeia and finished products to registered specifications.
? Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with a passion for accuracy and attention to detail.
? Strong analytical thinking and problem solving/troubleshooting.
? Good computer literacy.
? Analytical experience, preferably including IR and NIR spectroscopy, High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Gas Chromatography .

The role owner will have proven supervisory/management experience within a of Quality Control/Analytical
laboratory in a pharmaceutical manufacturing environment. It is anticipated that the person will have a minimum of five years practical experience of testing of raw materials to British Pharmacopoeia and pharmaceutical products to registered specifications.
A Degree in Chemical Sciences is a requirement.

40hrs a week Mon-Fri 8am-4.30pm

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