Assoc. Expert - Technical Development

Major accountabilities:

• Meet quality, quantity and timelines in all assigned projects.
• Plan, organize, perform and document scientific experiments /plant activities in collaboration with experienced team members if necessary.
• Seeks proactively for support and coaching from Project Leader, Scientific Expert or other team members during the whole process if necessary.
• Plan and perform scientific experiment /plant activities and plan, perform and contribute to project related scientific/technical activities under minimal guidance from more experienced team members under guidance.
• ( eg.
• contribute to interpretation and report results ) -Provide efficient and robust processes for the manufacture and /or specialized facilities with adequate guidance.
• Provide efficient and robust processes for the manufacture and /or specialized facilities with adequate guidance.
• Provide raw data documentation, evaluation and results interpretation.
• Propose and provide input for the design of next experiments.
• Optimize existing methods (lab or plant) and develop more efficient ones.
• Optimize existing methods (lab or plant) and develop more efficient ones.
• Generate lab procedures, reports and /or instructions and/or SOP’s -Actively transfer procedures /instructions to pilot plant or production, including troubleshooting, process steering controls etc. -Actively transfer procedures /instructions to pilot plant or production, including troubleshooting, process steering controls etc. -Uses professional concepts and company's policies and procedures to solve a variety of problems.
• Receives detailed instructions on all work -Receives detailed instructions on all work -SANDOZ : -Plan, organize, perform and document scientific experiments/plant activities under supervision.
• Provide raw data documentation, evaluation and results interpretation.
• Propose and provide input for the design of next experiments.
• Adherence to Sandoz standards, in particular quality (cGxP, data control), ethical, health, safety, environment (HSE), and information security (ISEC).
• Review and verify raw data generated by others -Perform the transfer of procedures to other departments or qualification/validation of procedures under supervision-Optimize or troubleshoot existing methods/processes and develop new methods /processes based on published methods/processes under supervision -Address and solve problems of high complexity under minimal supervision.
• Provide solutions on deviations and unexpected results from experiments.
• Participate in function-specific teams and fulfil assigned project tasks and responsibilities under supervision.
• Actively maintain laboratory inventory (e.g. chemicals, raw materials, consumables) within own area of responsibility -Collaborate within and with other groups and sites.
• Schedule and perform maintenance and qualification of instruments /equipment including responsibility for selected equipment.
• Contact supervisor / vendor in case of unresolvable problems.
• Generate lab procedure

Key performance indicators:

• Successful execution of assigned tasks within given timelines at expected quality; right first time and right in time -Adherence to appropriate standards as defined in Quality Manual, SOPs, ethical, health, safety, environment (HSE), and information security (ISEC) guidelines -Adherence to quality, quantity and timelines for all assigned tasks.
• Ensures reproducibility of experiments and results.
• Refer to annual individual and team objective settingSANDOZ: Associate Scientist: • Successful execution of assigned tasks and work packages• Successful interactions within department• Compliance with Novartis / Sandoz rules and guidelines• Feedback from relevant stakeholders• First -time -right -Technician: -Successful execution of assigned tasks within given timelines at expected quality; right first time and right in time -Adherence to appropriate standards as defined in Quality Manual, SOPs, ethical, health, safety, environment (HSE), and information security (ISEC) guidelines -Adherence to quality, quantity and timelines for all assigned tasks.
• Ensures reproducibility of experiments and results.
• Refer to annual individual and team objective setting

Minimum Requirements:
Work Experience:

• Collaborating across boundaries.
• Operations Management and Execution.

Skills:

• Environment.
• Health And Safety (Ehs).
• Laboratory Equipment.
• Manufacturing Process.
• Materials Science.
• Process Simulation.
• Sop (Standard Operating Procedure).

Languages :

• English.