Project Manager

Job Summary

Required Qualifications

• •Educated to Degree or PhD in a relevant scientific discipline or equivalent relevant experience in a laboratory
• •Scientific understanding and ability to independently conduct chemical analysis in relevant area
• •Experience of working in a regulated environment
• •English fluency (written and spoken)
• •Computer literate in standard MS office applications
• •Primary Accountabilities / Responsibilities: Technical Provide high quality customer service at all times by ensuring effective organisation of assigned workload, integrity of analytical data generated and timely/accurate provision of results
• •Manage internal/external projects ensuring effective work programmes to agreed timescales
• •Acting as primary contact for client and managing all communications
• •Hosting review meetings
• •Providing project updates
• •Preparing high quality project reports
• •Liasing with departments to ensure practical work is scheduled and invoicing of external projects
• •Project manage a variety of projects within Food Sciences including but not limited to novel food projects, stability studies, product development activities, method development and validations
• •Demonstrate good organisational skills including engagement with relevant analytical co-ordinators/lab managers
• •Facilitate colleagues from other sites and support where required
• •Assist with generation of client proposals for method development, transfers, stability studies and validations
• •Generate certificate analysis or external interpretive reports
• •Provide training and supervise junior staff in routine activities and methods
• •Will be expected to cross train and work in different laboratories if the demand is required
• •Work as part of an efficient analytical team
• •Liaise with clients, business development and line management to ensure effective communication of project proposals and results
• •Participate in client and stake holder meetings
• •Deliver presentations to technical stakeholders and clients as required
• •Manage projects of various sizes across Food Sciences
• •Plan own workload and plan routine projects for junior staff
• •Manage a team of Scientists and Technicians
• •Work to the highest standards of safety and quality by ensuring that appropriate COSHHs, risk assessments and SOPs are understood and followed
• •Complete assigned quality actions in a timely manner
• •Assist with the documentation of SOPs for simple equipment and tests and generation of Risk Assessments and COSHH
• •Maintain a clean, tidy and safe working environment
• •Understand and work to the requirements of GMP and UKAS
• •Ensure training records are accurate
• •Accountable, honest, hardworking and able to work efficiently in a team
• •Flexible and adaptable to meet customer/business requirements
• •Well organised and capable of working on multiple activities concurrently
• •Meticulous attention to detail
• •Good verbal and written skills with the ability to communicate with client's and colleagues
• •Self motivated, enthusiastic and quick to learn
• •Able to organise own work and others to maximise output