ABOUT CPI

CPI helps make great ideas and inventions a reality. We’re a team of intelligent people using advances in science and technology to solve the biggest global challenges in healthcare and sustainability.
Through our incredible people and innovation infrastructure, we collaborate with our partners in industry, academia, government, and the investment community to accelerate the development and commercialisation of innovative products.
From health technologies and pharmaceuticals to sustainable food and materials innovations, we turn the entrepreneurial spirit and radical thinking of our people and partners into incredible impact that makes our world a better place.

SCIENTIST

Key tasks in the role will include (but are not limited to the below), please download the job description for full details available on the CPI careers page:

• To build and maintain a network of relevant internal stakeholders, to represent self and the wider team as a credible professional in networks and groups (SS2).
• To keep self up to date with developments in areas relevant to role, and/or legislative and SHE related changes as communicated by senior colleagues, ensuring understanding of these and any associated new best practice, methods, or techniques.
• To support in Business Development and Bid Proposal activities, to contribute to proposal / project development and direct customer engagement (SS2).
• To present and formally report experimental conclusions and supporting data for internal peer review and submission to clients, to agreed timescales and standards.
• To actively engage in hazard studies / SRA studies and discussions, as appropriate to role level.
• To set up, plan and execute experimental / pilot scale runs and analyse, interpret, and report the results of these within agreed timescales and quality standards, and in accordance with project / client requirements.
• To be responsible for providing clearly documented records of technical data, decisions, methodologies, calculations and software use in an agreed format.
• To take ownership in agreeing weekly workplans with line manager, project manager(s) and other relevant stakeholders, and delivering plan to agreed schedule.
• To be responsible for the maintenance and calibration of equipment to ensure it operates in a safe and efficient manner and is available to meet customer needs.
• To take responsibility for general housekeeping of technical areas, to contribute to a safe and healthy workplace.

SENIOR SCIENTIST

Key tasks in the role will include (but are not limited to the below), please download the job description for full details available on the CPI careers page:

• To design, develop and scale-up downstream processes for the separation/purification of bio-based feedstocks and the use of relevant analytical techniques.
• Development, optimisation, scale-up and characterisation of primary recovery/separation-based processing methods such as centrifugation, cell disruption and filtration.
• Development, optimisation, scale-up and characterisation of isolation-based processing methods such as chromatography and tangential flow filtration techniques.
• Development, optimisation, scale-up and characterisation of drying techniques such as freeze, spray and fluidised bed drying.
• To contribute to the continuous design and technical expertise of downstream processing within the DSP team via internal projects to increase knowledge/capability for greater client offering. With guidance from experienced DSP members to be responsible for the planning, execution, and on-time delivery of these projects.
• To work within the technical area of Wilton laboratories performing experimental work and generating technical data for downstream development programmes in line with CPI strategy and collaborative R&D/commercial demand.
• To work between the laboratory, pilot/demonstration facilities at Wilton & other business areas / technology teams (i.e., biologics and formulations) to deliver internal and external projects.
• To contribute to the efficient operation of the DSP laboratory at Wilton via input to laboratory and equipment maintenance programmes.
• To provide support to senior colleagues to develop technical plans for internal and external R&D/commercial projects.

WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT FOR CPI’S WORK

CPI has an exciting opportunity for a Scientist / Senior Scientist with expertise in downstream processing (DSP) to join a growing team based at the Wilton Centre, Redcar. The role is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the research and development and scale-up of processes across multiple market segments including biopharmaceutical, food & feed, agritech, and healthcare.
As a Scientist / Senior Scientist – DSP, you will deliver technical projects, working across multidiscipline teams including fermentation, microbiology, quality, operations, and engineering. The team also works on scale-down DSP models, continuous improvement, identifying new technologies and championing new ideas to increase CPI’s DSP capabilities year on year. Within this role you will have the opportunity to develop knowledge on multiple DSP technologies across a variety of projects, from laboratory scale-down development through to demonstration scale at 10,000L. The variety of projects and associated bioproducts across multiple markets, ensures a diversity of downstream processes with no two processes the same, to support our clients towards commercialisation.

Key tasks in the role will include (but are not limited to the below), please download the job description for full details available on the CPI careers page:

• To build and maintain a network of relevant internal stakeholders, to represent self and the wider team as a credible professional in networks and groups (SS2).
• To keep self up to date with developments in areas relevant to role, and/or legislative and SHE related changes as communicated by senior colleagues, ensuring understanding of these and any associated new best practice, methods, or techniques.
• To support in Business Development and Bid Proposal activities, to contribute to proposal / project development and direct customer engagement (SS2).
• To present and formally report experimental conclusions and supporting data for internal peer review and submission to clients, to agreed timescales and standards.
• To actively engage in hazard studies / SRA studies and discussions, as appropriate to role level.
• To set up, plan and execute experimental / pilot scale runs and analyse, interpret, and report the results of these within agreed timescales and quality standards, and in accordance with project / client requirements.
• To be responsible for providing clearly documented records of technical data, decisions, methodologies, calculations and software use in an agreed format.
• To take ownership in agreeing weekly workplans with line manager, project manager(s) and other relevant stakeholders, and delivering plan to agreed schedule.
• To be responsible for the maintenance and calibration of equipment to ensure it operates in a safe and efficient manner and is available to meet customer needs.
• To take responsibility for general housekeeping of technical areas, to contribute to a safe and healthy workplace

Key tasks in the role will include (but are not limited to the below), please download the job description for full details available on the CPI careers page:

• To design, develop and scale-up downstream processes for the separation/purification of bio-based feedstocks and the use of relevant analytical techniques.
• Development, optimisation, scale-up and characterisation of primary recovery/separation-based processing methods such as centrifugation, cell disruption and filtration.
• Development, optimisation, scale-up and characterisation of isolation-based processing methods such as chromatography and tangential flow filtration techniques.
• Development, optimisation, scale-up and characterisation of drying techniques such as freeze, spray and fluidised bed drying.
• To contribute to the continuous design and technical expertise of downstream processing within the DSP team via internal projects to increase knowledge/capability for greater client offering. With guidance from experienced DSP members to be responsible for the planning, execution, and on-time delivery of these projects.
• To work within the technical area of Wilton laboratories performing experimental work and generating technical data for downstream development programmes in line with CPI strategy and collaborative R&D/commercial demand.
• To work between the laboratory, pilot/demonstration facilities at Wilton & other business areas / technology teams (i.e., biologics and formulations) to deliver internal and external projects.
• To contribute to the efficient operation of the DSP laboratory at Wilton via input to laboratory and equipment maintenance programmes.
• To provide support to senior colleagues to develop technical plans for internal and external R&D/commercial projects