Research and Development Scientist Bellshill, Scotland
Job description
Location: BioCity Laboratory, Glasgow.
Reward and Benefits: Up to £33,000 (DoE),health insurance, 33 days holiday, x4 life assurance, 5% pension contribution, £200 annual health and wellbeing allowance and a dynamic culture.
Job Overview
Are you a R&D Scientist looking for a fantastic opportunity to move into a new role which offers real potential for development of your skills and excellent industrial experience in a clinical-stage Scottish pharmaceutical company?
To be considered for this role, you will have proven experience working as a R&D Scientist/Associate or similar within a fast-paced environment. You will also be motivated, resilient and have a real interest in continuous personal development.
What will you be responsible for?
· Designing, developing, optimising and executing a broad range of microbiological processing and analytical approaches suitable for research or other areas of the business.
· Performing experimental data analysis, authoring company reports, quality documentation, standard operating procedures, scientific publications and presentations to a variety of stakeholders.
· Delivering progress and data reports at laboratory and inter-disciplinary meetings.
· Help to identify and develop novel scientific techniques bespoke to product presentations within EnteroBiotix.
· Play an active role in laboratory management tasks such as maintaining inventories of consumables, ordering, budget tracking, and scheduling equipment maintenance.
· Contribute to a safe working environment by participating in Health and Safety activities such as Risk Assessments, COSHH and near miss reporting.
· Collaborating with colleagues across other technical areas of the business, including working closely with Manufacturing and Quality Control.
· Develop commercial awareness, networking and project management skills.
· Be responsible for personal standards of safety and cleanliness.
· Maintaining own training records and pro-actively seeking out development opportunities.
What are we looking for?
Essential
· Proven experience in a similar role.
· PhD or equivalent scientific experience in microbiology or another relevant life science discipline.
· Experience performing practical microbiological techniques such as anaerobic culture, strain isolation, and genetic analyses.
· Good document and record keeping.
· Experience with laboratory Health and Safety such as COSHH and Risk Assessments.
· Experience in the field of microbiome and/or complex microbial communities.
· Strong IT literacy skills: including use of MS suite of software and statistical analyses
of microbiological data.
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
· Able to work within a fast-paced environment and prioritise workload effectively.
· Must display personal accountability for results and integrity.
· Able to demonstrate problem solving, decision making and influencing skills.
· Right to work in the UK.
Desirable
· Hands on experience in the field of faecal microbiology or microbiome research.
· Prior experience working in an industrial research environment.
· Experience handling and interpreting large and complex datasets.
· Familiarity with viability assays, anaerobic sample handling and 16s rRNA sequencing.
· Working knowledge in bacterial identification and pathogen detection techniques.
About EnteroBiotix
EnteroBiotix is pioneering a new field of science and medicine. Our company is made up of a diverse group of medical professionals, scientists and pharmaceutical executives that are united by a common sense of purpose: to unlock the therapeutic potential of the gut microbiome through novel microbiome modulating therapeutics. When people go to work at EnteroBiotix they take on more than a job - they have the opportunity to change the standard of care for patient populations suffering from hard-to-treat diseases and infections.
We will only achieve this through our people and our culture, as individuals we are extremely ambitious, knowledgeable, collaborative and adaptable. We want all of our employees to thrive at EnteroBiotix bringing their unique experiences, ensuring they feel good and to enable them to keep growing their careers. As a candidate for a role, we want you to feel the same way. So, if you’re ready to improve the lives of people, then join us at this exciting moment in our journey.
Job Type: Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months
Salary: Up to £33,000.00 per year
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Bellshill: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
