Laboratory Supervisor

Laboratory Supervisor

Are you looking for a new challenge to drive and improve quality control testing, with a chance to broaden your leadership skills?  If so, this Senior Quality Control Chemist role could be a great opportunity to consider. As a Senior Quality Control Chemist, you will play an integral role in the continued success of our analytical laboratories.  You will have responsibility to train new chemists/microbiologist in the laboratory and thus set the tone for the way in which a new analyst generates data for the release of products and materials. This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career, these responsibilities include some of the following…

Responsibilities:
 

• Conduct routine analytical/microbiological testing of raw materials, packaging materials, finished products and environmental samples using approved methods and various instrumentation while adhering to cGMP and established policies.
• Assist in analytical/microbiological method development, validation, revision and transfer including automated methods.
• Interpret validity of own test data and generate accurate results.
• Evaluation and interpret results of analytical/microbiological testing performed by others.
• Support all aspects of laboratory investigations.
• Assist in basic technical writing such as specifications, laboratory work sheets, standard operating procedures and technical reports.
• Troubleshoot test methods and laboratory instrumentation.
• Provide technical support by executing protocols and evaluating results for non-routine testing.
• Independently organize daily work activities and those of other staff, as needed.
• Conduct training of laboratory personnel on methods, instrumentation and computer systems.
• Clear understanding and application of data integration and calculation of results.
• Participate in interdepartmental project teams or committees.

Basic Qualifications

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent
• 2 or more years of industry experience
• Proven experience working in teams to improve processes or resolve problems using organizational effectiveness tools.
• Experience providing Quality Control (QC) testing support to at least one value stream.

Preferred Qualifications

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Developing knowledge and application of the QMS (Quality Management System).
• Knowledge of company products and quality impact as it relates to those products.

Why GSK?

Our values and expectations are at the heart of everything we do and form an important part of our culture.

These include Patient focus, Transparency, Respect, Integrity along with Courage, Accountability, Development, and Teamwork. As GSK focuses on our values and expectations and a culture of innovation, performance, and trust, the successful candidate will demonstrate the following capabilities:

• Operating at pace and agile decision-making – using evidence and applying judgement to balance pace, rigour and risk.
• Committed to delivering high quality results, overcoming challenges, focusing on what matters, execution.
• Continuously looking for opportunities to learn, build skills and share learning.
• Sustaining energy and well-being.
• Building strong relationships and collaboration, honest and open conversations.
• Budgeting and cost-consciousness.

*This is a job description to aide in the job posting, but does not include all job evaluation details.

Why GSK?
Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

Contact information:
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