Equipment Validation Assistant - up to 12 months contract

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Job Introduction

Sodexo are currently recruiting for an Equipment Validation Assistant at a leading Pharmaceutical site in Montrose. This is an exciting short-term (approx. 6-12months) contract with an attractive remuneration package for the successful candidate.

Role Responsibility

The Equipment Validation Assistant is a full time, site based role, supporting the Quality Labs Analytical Development group.
The Quality Labs Analytical Development group manage the purchasing, installations and validations of cutting edge laboratory equipment. They are creating an integrated role working closely with the existing team, with variation daily from contacting suppliers to manage installations & training, preparing validation documentation and conducting equivalency testing of various instruments.
We require key personnel with experience in some or all off the following skill sets:
Experience:
Time served analytical experience within a GxP laboratory, working on various instrumentation including classical.
Experience of quality and compliance or validation desirable.

The Ideal Candidate

Qualifications:
Degree level in Science related discipline
Roles/Responsibilities:
•   Preparing validation documentation
•   Liaising with suppliers for Installation qualifications (IQ) and Operational Qualifications (OQ) in accordance with current procedures
•   Co-ordinating on-site training from manufacturers
•   Conducting equivalency testing
•   Creating maintenance plans
•   Creating LSOPs (local standard operating procedures)
•   Ensuring instrument is qualified and released for use in accordance with site validation requirements.

Desirable additional skills and experience:
•   Experience in using various instrumentation including particle sizers (Malvern/Sympatec), Ion Chromatography (ICP), Karl Fisher (KF), Polarimeter, surface area analysers
•   Experience in the use of SAP/MERPs
•   Good communication and customer focussed skills
•   Good knowledge of excel and IT literate.

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 35,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process

Salary	Competitive
Frequency	Annual
Job Reference	SDX/TP/RF1255/KI
Contract Type	Fixed Term – Full Time
Closing Date	14 November, 2018
Job Category	Facilities Management
Business Unit	UK Corporate Services
Location	Montrose
Posted on	06 September, 2018

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