Director - Chemistry

Job Description

Press Tab to Move to Skip to Content LinkAt Charles River, we are passionate about improving the quality of people’s lives. When you join our global family, you will help create healthier lives for millions of patients and their families.Charles River employees are innovative thinkers, who are dedicated to continuous learning and improvement. We will empower you with the resources you need to grow and develop in your career.As a Charles River employee, you will be part of an industry-leading, customer-focused company at the forefront of drug development. Your skills will play a key role in bringing life-saving therapies to market faster through simpler, quicker, and more digitalizedprocesses. Whether you are in lab operations, finance, IT, sales, or another area, when you work at Charles River, you will be the difference every day for patients across the globe.Job SummaryAt our world class facility in Elphinstone, Tranent (close to Edinburgh), we are currently recruiting for a Director of our Chemistry Department (High Resolution Mass Spectrometry and Residue Analysis)The successful applicant will lead a team of chemists who contribute to the safety evaluation of agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals by elucidating metabolic pathways and assaying chemical residues in food stuffs and environmental samples.Object of JobYou will be responsible for the effective operation of these teams. This will include the recruitment, training, and retention of staff, setting and achieving department budgets, ensuring regulatory compliance and continuous improvement. In addition, thesuccessful candidate will be expected to drive business growth in these areas by developing positive relationships with clients, staying aware of market changes, developing new opportunities for these groups and by raising our profile as a provider of theseservices.Key Responsibilities:· Manage a team of around 50 staff.· Optimize processes and drive high standards.· Ensure that staff are equipped with up-to-date knowledge of industry standards, regulations, and scientific best practice.· Maintain contact with industry groups.· Implement performance metrics to drive continuous improvement.· Oversee our commitments to our internal and external customers!· Manage the departmental budget.Ideal Applicants should have:· A Degree in a Chemistry or quality related field (Master’s degree/PhD would be an advantage).· Significant leadership experience in a regulated lab environment.· Extensive knowledge of GLP/GCP and UK & International regulations.· Good leadership, delegation, communication, and internal consulting skills.· A proven track record in successful and effective people-management, including leading cross-cultural teams.· Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.· A can-do self-starting attitude, comfortable with identifying the need for change, leading change, and adjusting to change.· Capacity for domestic and international travel.What you can expect from us:

• A clear career progression
• World Class Training and a structured progression scheme
• Private Health Care
• Subsidized electric car scheme open to all employees
• Personal life insurance equivalent to 6 times your annual salary
• Employee discount scheme – discounts across hundreds of retailers!
• Paid opportunity to volunteer for one day each year
• Discounted staff canteen

Closing date for applications is Thursday, 28 September 2023. About Safety AssessmentCharles River is committed to helping our partners expedite their preclinical drug development with exceptional safety assessment services, state-of-the-art facilities and expert regulatory guidance. From individual specialty toxicology and IND enabling studiesto tailored packages and total laboratory support, our deeply experienced team can design and execute programs that anticipate challenges and avoid roadblocks for a smooth, efficient journey to market. Each year approximately 300 investigational new drug (IND)programs are conducted in our Safety Assessment facilities.About Charles RiverCharles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP)and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing thisbroad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includesglobal pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helpsto improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly supported the development of 86% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2021.At Charles River Laboratories, we recognize and recruit all talent. We are a company committed to the principle of diversity and inclusion and work daily in this direction.For more information, please visit www.criver.com. #J-18808-Ljbffr