Medical Devices jobs in Sidney Sussex

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Research & Development

In Research and Development, we're full of highly skilled talents that include Scientists, Engineers, Medical, Clinical and Regulatory professionals - all working to create a cleaner, healthier world. With nine Centres of Excellence, we continually seek out new opportunities by using science, our entrepreneurial flare and our fearless innovation to develop and enhance our existing portfolio, never compromising on quality or performance.

We do the right thing, always, by ensuring we act with responsibility and integrity, by complying with regulatory legislation across the globe, whilst ensuring our products are safe for our consumers and are to the highest quality.

The size of our organisation means you'll have the opportunity to learn and work in different functions within R&D, giving you exposure to different disciplines, teams and environments. You will also have access to our Research and Development Academy, designed to develop our team and allow you to grow in our great organisation.

About the role

The role is to work within a dynamic and high performing team on delivering projects associated with the Sore Throat portfolio. This role will mainly focus on performing R&D activities required to support the implementation of key compliance and supply projects, such as raw material changes, method development/validation and medicinal licence maintenance.

Your responsibilities

• Provide accurate technical support for multiple product classifications, including lab scale manufacture of lozenge products, development and validation analytical test methods, and finished product stability testing.
• Support in solving complex technical problems using experience, knowledge, research and advice.
• Author required documentation in line with current best practice and internal SOP requirements.
• Maintenance of good standards with respect to compliance, H&S and audit readiness.
• Work with other teams globally across R&D, supply, quality and regulatory to ensure projects are delivered on time and to a high quality.

The experience we're looking for

• Degree in a relevant scientific discipline such as Chemistry or Biological Science.
• Desirable, but not essential, to have relevant experience of product development within one of an R&D Healthcare, CDMO, FMCG or Medical Device environment

• Confidence to perform laboratory tasks to a high standard.
• Results orientated and self-motivated.
• Ability to work under pressure and multitask without compromising quality and delivery.
• Strong intellectual curiosity ability to think out of the box.

The skills for success

R&D, Product Lifecycle Management, Commercial Awareness, Business Partnership, Collaboration, Partnership building, Collaborator, Ability to challenge the status quo, Propose improvement, Accountability, Adaptability, Analytical, Formulation, Science, Chemistry.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.