Scientist - Medicinal Chemistry - 12 Month FTC

at  Charles River Laboratories

For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.

JOB SUMMARY

Are you a BSc graduate with a chemistry discipline?
Have you got the desire to join a company who play a part in improving health and lives?

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• An effective communicator and team player.
• To have good attention to detail, organisational and time management skills.
• To have a dynamic, can-do attitude and a flexible approach to problem solving.
• A desire to develop a career discovering new medicines for the future.
• BSc / MSc qualified (minimum 2.1) within a chemistry related discipline.
• A commitment to personal development to enable future career progression.
• A passion for practical synthetic chemistry.
• Identify synthetic chemistry problems and work with colleagues to implement solutions.
• To be able to interpret NMR and mass spectrometry data.
• To be able to use scientific literature and provide solutions to technical problems.

• Contribute to the design of routes, plan and efficiently perform the synthesis of target compounds.
• Work closely with colleagues in multidisciplinary teams to deliver results for your clients.
• Communicate clearly and effectively with key stakeholders, interfacing directly with clients.
• Find solutions to technical problems using the scientific literature.
• Use a variety of modern synthetic techniques (microwave technology, parallel synthesis, photo- and electrochemistry).
• Use modern purification techniques (automated column chromatography and HPLC).
• Gain experience in medicinal chemistry and develop an understanding of project biological data.
• Learn about the drug discovery process as part of a fast-moving and dynamic contract research organisation.
• Be willing to expand your non-lab skills within areas such as presentation, scientific writing and operational or continuous improvement initiatives.