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Materials Characterisation & Formulation Scientist
Kent
£18 – £21/hr
Posted about 22 hours ago
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Job Title: Materials Characterisation & Formulation Scientist
Location: Sandwich, UK
Contract: 18 months
Hours: 37 hours per week
Pay: £18.19 p/h to £20.79
Role Responsibilities
- Design and execute laboratory studies to evaluate the impact of material variability and supplier changes on drug product performance.
- Apply Science of Scale principles to develop representative small-scale models of pharmaceutical manufacturing processes.
- Utilise computational modelling and data-driven approaches to predict process and product performance during material change assessments.
- Design and perform formulation-based performance prediction studies to assess manufacturing and quality risks.
- Investigate relationships between material attributes, process parameters, and critical quality attributes.
- Develop and execute experimental programmes covering:
- Powder blending and content uniformity
- Granulation processes (wet and dry granulation)
- Powder flow and feeding behaviour
- Tablet compression and compaction performance
- Tablet sticking and manufacturing challenges
- Film coating performance
- Stability and product robustness assessments
- Interpret experimental and modelling data to understand scale-dependent manufacturing behaviour.
- Collaborate with formulation scientists, manufacturing engineers, analytical scientists and project teams to provide scientific recommendations.
- Document laboratory work in accordance with Good Laboratory Practice (GLP), departmental procedures and applicable SOPs.
- Prepare high-quality technical reports and presentations summarising findings, conclusions and recommendations.
- Track project progress and communicate updates to programme leads and stakeholder teams.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives and laboratory excellence activities including My Green Lab and 5S programmes.
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Skills Needed
- Strong understanding of pharmaceutical formulation development and drug product manufacturing processes.
- Experience applying scientific principles to understand and predict formulation and process performance.
- Knowledge of material attributes and their impact on manufacturability, process robustness and product quality.
- Experience with process modelling, data analysis, simulation tools or predictive modelling approaches.
- Demonstrated understanding of unit operations including blending, granulation, compression and coating.
- Ability to interpret complex datasets and convert findings into practical scientific recommendations.
- Excellent technical writing skills with experience producing technical reports and scientific presentations.
- Strong problem-solving and critical thinking capabilities.
- Effective communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating within multidisciplinary global teams.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and managing multiple priorities simultaneously.
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Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor's degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmaceutics, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related scientific discipline.
- Minimum 3-5 years of industrial experience in pharmaceutical formulation development, process development, manufacturing sciences, or related fields.
- Experience working with oral solid dosage forms and pharmaceutical manufacturing processes.
- Experience designing experimental studies and interpreting scientific data.
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