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CPI helps make great ideas and inventions a reality. We’re a team of intelligent people using advances in science and technology to solve the biggest global challenges in healthcare and sustainability.

Through our incredible people and innovation infrastructure, we collaborate with our partners in industry, academia, government, and the investment community to accelerate the development and commercialisation of innovative products.

From health technologies and pharmaceuticals to sustainable food and materials innovations, we turn the entrepreneurial spirit and radical thinking of our people and partners into incredible impact that makes our world a better place.

CPI is looking to recruit a Technician to join our growing team at the state-of-the-art Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre (MMIC). Located in Renfrewshire, the MMIC is a collaboration between CPI, the University of Strathclyde, UK Research & Innovation, Scottish Enterprise and founding industry partners, AstraZeneca and GSK.

Recently, there has been a rapid increase in the number of oligonucleotide therapeutics in development. Understanding these complex molecules and processes is challenging with huge potential to advance understanding in this area. A new collaborative project at CPI will address this challenge by developing a novel digital tool to allow the simple definition of an oligonucleotide, prediction of impurity profile, identification of impurities from mass spectrometry data, and models describing the relationship between the manufacturing process and product quality.

This role is for a Technician and we are looking for someone who has experience working in a lab environment, working with analytical or automated chemistry instruments and has great attention to detail.

You can read more on the exciting work we are doing on oligonucleotides here.

To see where you would be working and learn more about MMIC, please watch this video:

From unused Scottish land to global health impact: our Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre

Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre set to Transform UK Pharma

Key tasks in the Technician role will include (but are not limited to the below), please download the job description for full details available on the CPI careers page:

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  To maintain consistent and documented compliance with all relevant Safety, Health and Environmental (SHE), Data Integrity (DI), quality and best practice requirements.
• To actively engage in hazard studies / SRA studies and discussions, as appropriate to role level
• To perform experimental work, solution preparation, sample preparation and other general lab duties in a timely manner and to a high standard.
• Use and support of routine calibration and maintenance of oligo synthesizers, preparative chromatography and other similar equipment
• Document lab work and analytical characterization in the electronic lab notebook systems to a high standard
• To maintain cleanliness and housekeeping in the lab area
• To take ownership in agreeing weekly workplans with line manager, project manager(s) and other relevant stakeholders, and delivering plan to agreed schedule.
• With support from other team members, communication of results with the wider project team

To be successful, you need to:

• Have significant relevant industrial experience in a chemical lab based role or educated to HNC/HND or foundation degree level plus industrial experience.
• Possess practical knowledge of synthetic chemistry experiments and analytical chemistry including excellent experimental write-up skills and basic data trending.
• Be familiar in working with chemicals and following actions identified in COSHH assessments
• Have strong attention to detail with a thorough approach and good organisational skills.
• Have the ability to work in fast paced environment, flexibility to adjust with moving priorities and ensuring attention to detail remains first class.
• Be able to demonstrate conformance with SHE standards and has experience working in an environment with similar hazards to MMIC.
• Have confidence to use own judgement and initiative within standard lab practices, as well as an understanding of when to seek advice from colleagues

It would be great if you also had:

• Experience in COSHH assessment and other risk assessments in a lab environment
• Experience of working in highly regulated environments e.g. pharmaceuticals, diagnostics or QC

At CPI, we offer a wide range of benefits to our employees, this includes:

• Up to 36 days holiday, including bank holidays – Plus a holiday purchasing scheme
• Generous pension scheme
• Life assurance and accident insurance schemes
• Flexible working
• Learning and Development Opportunities
• Free parking

Find out more about our culture and benefits.

CPI is an organisation based in the UK. Commencement of employment is conditional to demonstrating right to work in the UK, sponsorship may be available.