About the role

As an Analytical Scientist, you will be responsible for developing, optimising and validating analytical methods for Animal Health pharmaceuticals, as well as performing routine analysis against validated methods for commercial production. You will be directly supervised by our Principal Scientist but should be capable of working on your own.

Core Responsibilities:

• Developing, optimising, and validating analytical methods.

• Performing routine analysis to support commercial production.

• Operating and maintaining analytical instruments, such as UV-Vis, HPLC, and GC.

• Efficient and accurate sampling, testing and recording of findings in alignment with the laboratory procedures.

• Assisting with the continual improvement of laboratory procedures, reporting and issue resolutions.

• Ensuring the laboratory practices, equipment, and data are aligned with the Laboratory Quality System.
  

Key Attributes:

• A relevant tertiary qualification.

• Solid knowledge and expertise in analytical techniques, particularly GC-FID and HPLC.

• Previous experience with ISO 17025 and sound knowledge of GMP and ICH principles.

• The ability to diagnose and fix common technical issues with HPLC and GC.

• Excellent written and verbal communication.
  

About the company:

We are a team of designers, engineers, scientists and innovators of intelligent medical devices and veterinary pharmaceuticals.

Based in Hamilton, New Zealand, ESP Medical is proudly kiwi owned and operated, with 30+ years of experience in product design, plastic manufacturing and tool making. We pride ourselves on being a specialised team that works very closely with our customers.

ESP Medical's laboratory is GMP certified and we operate an ACVM Approved Clean Room for Veterinary Pharmaceutical manufacturing. ESP Medical also holds ISO 13485:2016 Certification for medical device manufacturing and ISO 17025 Certification for mechanical testing.

We pride ourselves in having the ability to manage the quality and delivery of our customer's projects from concept to postproduction. Our products have the ability to enhance the lives of humans and animals, so quality is our top priority.