Scientist - Innovation
LGC Group Ltd, Fordham, Cambridgeshire
Scientist - Innovation
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LGC Group Ltd, Fordham, Cambridgeshire
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 1 week ago, 6 Sep | Get your application in now before you're too late!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
Job ref: 33cd4306b3b544958601db577f311dba
Location ref: Fordham, Cambridgeshire
Full Job Description
- Develop, optimise, and validate analytical methods, with a focus on LC-MS-based workflows
- Design and develop extraction approaches, including sample preparation techniques to achieve results
- Configure, operate, troubleshoot, and optimise LC-MS instrumentation to generate high-quality analytical data
- Analyse and interpret complex scientific data, using your expertise to identify trends, resolve issues, and support decision-making
- Support innovation projects across the business, working closely with teams to develop and improve analytical capabilities
- Balance your workload effectively, prioritising different projects and delivering high-quality outputs within agreed timelines
- Produce clear scientific documentation, including technical reports, validation summaries, and project updates
- Present scientific findings and project outcomes confidently to internal teams and external customers
- Support customer discussions by providing scientific insight, explaining analytical approaches, and contributing to technical solutions
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, helping enhance laboratory processes, methods, and ways of working
- Maintain accurate records and ensure all work is completed in line with ISO 17025 requirements and quality standards
If you are a scientist who enjoys problem-solving and working on new initiatives, this could be the ideal role for you., You are an experienced analytical scientist with a strong background in commercial laboratory environments and a passion for developing innovative scientific solutions. - A degree in Chemistry or a relevant scientific field
- Experience working in a busy analytical laboratory environment, ideally within a commercial testing or contract laboratory setting
- Strong practical experience with LC-MS instrumentation, including method development, optimisation, troubleshooting, and validation is crucial
- Experience developing extraction methods and sample preparation workflows
- Knowledge of chromatography techniques and analytical method validation principles
- Able to interpret complex analytical data and communicate scientific findings clearly
- Strong organisational skills, with the ability to handle multiple priorities and deliver to deadlines in a busy environment
- Excellent written communication skills, with experience producing technical reports and scientific documentation
- Confidence presenting scientific information to a range of audiences, both internally and externally
- A collaborative approach, with the ability to work effectively as part of a team while independently managing your own workload
- Knowledge of ISO 17025 accreditation standards and quality systems
- Experience with GC-MS/MS, high-resolution accurate mass (HRAM) analysis, or anti-doping/supplement testing would be advantageous but is not essential., Passion
- Curiosity
- Integrity
- Brilliance
- Respect
Direct job link
https://www.jobs24.co.uk/job/scientist-innovation-127357928