Undergraduate Industrial Placement Materials Scientist

What You Will Be Doing

The role will work within the Global Respiratory Group at Viatris helping Viatris to achieve its mission of empowering people worldwide to live healthier at every stage of life through the development of respiratory medicines (e.g., DPIs, MDIs, Nebulised products).

About the Role

The Undergraduate Industrial Placement at Viatris, Sandwich, offers the opportunity to gain 12 months of invaluable experience in a working laboratory at one of the top 20 global pharmaceutical companies.

Responsibilities

• Carry out analytical activities required to deliver new respiratory products to clinical studies and commercialisation.
• Execute experiments to generate scientific understanding in the development of analytical methods, formulations and processes.
• Perform analyses related to clinical supplies, stability, and process scale-up.
• Process data: highlight aberrant or suspect results and work with supervisor to investigate.
• Maintain laboratory documentation in accordance with good documentation practices.
• Maintain and troubleshoot instrumentation.
• Contribute to project delivery by carrying out other tasks (e.g., laboratory housekeeping, ordering, shipping samples) as required.

Requirements

• Must be registered on an undergraduate chemistry or pharmaceutical sciences related degree program, must have completed at least 2 years of study and must not have graduated at the start of the placement.
• Must be familiar with the basic principles of analytical chemistry.
• Possess good IT skills (Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint).
• Able to work collaboratively within a team environment.
• Able to organize tasks allocated by supervisor and plan own work to consistently achieve output of high-quality results in a timely manner, following established analytical methods and operating procedures.
• Enthusiastic to work in a lab-based role.
• Good written and oral communication.

Qualifications

• Has knowledge and/or experience of modern instrumental methods of analysis, e.g., particle sizing, FT-IR, SEM and thermal analysis techniques.
• Experience or knowledge in development and testing of Inhalation Products.
• Experience or knowledge of physical properties testing, e.g., particle size, surface area, amorphous content.
• Good understanding of laboratory safety and best practice.
• Knowledge of cGMP.

Skills

• Effective communication.
• Collaborative working.
• Problem solving.

Benefits

At Viatris, we offer competitive salaries, benefits and an inclusive environment where you can use your experiences, perspectives and skills to help make an impact on the lives of others.

• Top Employer Accreditation, demonstrating that we provide excellent people policies and practices.
• Emphasis on Health & Wellness programmes.
• 100% paid medical insurance and Employee Assistance Programme.
• Life cover.
• Excellent employer-matched pension scheme with Viatris contributing up to 11%.
• 2 paid volunteer days per year.

Sustainability

Corporate social responsibility is fundamental to the Viatris mission. We work to advance responsible and sustainable operations and leverage our collective expertise to empower people to live healthier at every stage of life, recognizing that our actions affect the stakeholders and communities we serve.