Operations scientist

Role: Operations scientist

Location: Witney

Salary: £33,500 p.a

Work hours: 37.5 hours a week

Job type: 6 Months

Client:Abbott

Roles and Responsibilities

• Perform testing to protocol or procedure whilst adhering to good laboratory practice
• Develop protocols to accomplish goals
• Produce prototype product or communicate protoype requirements to support experiments.
• Utilise analytical instruments and train others in their operation
• Participate in experimental design discussions, identify variables that may impact experimental results
• Analyse data, evaluate results and form conclusions
• Prepares effective summaries of results and communicates these to wider team
• Compile and maintain records as required by good laboratory practice
• Writes clear and technically correct reports with feedback from colleagues
• Liase with other departments and present technical information to team meetings
• Have awareness of change control procedures applicable to role
• Know and apply knowledge of health and safety procedures
• Responsible for own laboratory notebook and for the accuracy, quality and timeliness of experimental results
• Ensures that all work complies with the quality system
• Uses scientific and industry literature to broaden technical and theoretical understanding
• Highlights improvement opportunities to manager
• Consistently demonstrates recognised behaviours

Basic Qualifications

• A Levels (± 16 years) STEM subjects desirable but not required
• Experience of working in a laboratory, scientific or technical environment or other relevant industry
• Experience of writing technical reports and presenting results
• Limited technical knowledge
• Good working knowledge of software packages such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Randstad Business Support is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.