CK Group are recruiting for a Environmental Scientist, to join our client who are Consultants in Damage Assessment & Business Recovery, in the damage management industry, at their site in Sheffield.
This is a permanent role with a salary of £30,000 to £40,000 per annum, depending on experience. This role will include travel, so you must hold a full driving licence and have access to a car.
The Company:
Our clients are independent consultants in damage assessment and business recovery. This company provides their clients with scientifically and technically supported advice on complex losses in both commercial and residential property. They are a well-established family run business, known and respected throughout the damage management industry.
Location:
This role is located in Sheffield with travel to other sites as and when required.
The Role:
Analysing test samples, including: Gravimetric moisture testing, Ion chromatography, FT-Infrared spectroscopy, Scanning electron microscopy, DNA sequencing of biological samples.Collation of analysis of data.Preparing technical reports.Carrying out site inspections and a variety of on-site environmental test sampling.Undertaking technical surveying methods such as 360 photogrammetry and drone surveys.
Your Background:
Academic background in a chemistry or environmental science related discipline.3+ years of experience of collecting, analysing, interpreting and reporting on environmental samples.Organised and diligent, with the ability to record and report information quickly and accurately.Process driven, and able to adhere to stringent scientific methodology and processes.Analytically minded, with experience of field and/or laboratory testing methodologies.Independently minded, with a willingness to balance laboratory work with customer s needs in attending properties to undertake sampling.
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CK Group are recruiting for a Development Technologist, on behalf of a leading multinational producer of household plastic products.
This is a full time, permanent position, based at their site in Cramlington.
Salary:
Approximately £38,000 upwards, depending on experience.
Your main duties will be:
Design and trial new decorative designs for polymeric films using gravure printing, aligned with market trends and customer expectations.Develop and optimize solvent-based ink systems, with a focus on pigment selection, dispersion and stability.Evaluate and support the development of primers to ensure strong bonding of films to polymeric substrates.Conduct lab and pilot-scale gravure printing trials, managing all print parameters including cylinder selection, drying and ink transfer.Troubleshoot printing issues such as colour issues, poor adhesion, solvent retention and miss printing.
Candidate requirements - skills and experience:
Technical qualification or degree in Printing Technology, Materials Science, Chemistry or a related field.Proven experience in gravure-printing.Strong understanding of pigments.Working knowledge of primers and adhesion promoters.
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CK Group are recruiting for an Analytical Scientist, to join a company in the pharmaceutical industry, on a contract basis for 12 months.
Salary:
Up to £17.67 per hour PAYE or £19.80 per hour Umbrella.
Analytical Scientist Role:
You will be determining chemical profiles (both organic and elemental) of API s, excipients, drug products and packaging materials to enable understanding of composition and impurities including development of appropriate sample preparation methods.Measuring of drug product dissolution using USP apparatus,fibre-optic, UV and/or HPLC quantitation.Measurement of drug product elemental impurities by ICP-MS in accordance with ICHQ3D.Execution of accelerated drug product stability studies, including trending of assay, impurities and dissolution.Perform experiments in accordance with good laboratory practices (GLP), established business processes and protocols, and applicable SOPs.
Your Background:
Understanding of the application of analytical methods for the characterisation of pharmaceutical materials (HPLC, Dissolution, ICP-MS/ICP-OES).Strong working knowledge of quantitative analysis (chromatographic/spectroscopic) gained through working in an industrial lab setting. Ability to work independently, and to document analytical results and conclusions through presentations and technical reports.Oral and written communication skills, with emphasis on clarity of communication.Ability to follow scientific protocols/methods, and departmental procedures, with excellent attention to detail.
Company:
Our client is one of the world's premier innovative biopharmaceutical companies, discovering, developing and providing over 160 different medicines, vaccines and consumer healthcare products to help improve the lives of millions of people in the UK and around the world every year.
Location:
This role is based full time at our clients site in Sandwich, Kent.
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Please note:
This role may be subject to a satisfactory basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
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CK Group are recruiting for a Biospecimen Services Supervisor, to join a company in the pharmaceutical sector, to be based at their site, based in Hull, on a permanent basis.
The Company:
Our client provides resources to the pre-clinical research market.
The Role:
The purpose of the Biospecimen Services Supervisor is to support the company and customers activities in the provision of biospecimen supply and the scheduling for company and customer diagnostic services programs.By using the most appropriate methods ensuring assays/reporting is completed accurately and on time, by:Engagement in the clients UK s mission, culture, and vision.Collaboration with the Company and UK Customer leads to Co-ordinate, schedule and perform Health Monitoring programmes. Provide excellent laboratory service, meeting company and customer expectations.Completion of customer documentation to accompany orders; check all documentation prepared by other laboratory technicians.Selection and packing of Biospecimens to meet customer requirements.Ensuring products are shipped in accordance with client requirements and to company standards.Ensure all orders are completed to customer specifications, when unable to meet specifications ensure that the customer is contacted and made aware of the current situation and/or alternative availability.Perform microbiological culture techniques, ELISA, Multiplex Fluorometric Assays, IFA, HIA and PCR.Travel will be required in the UK with this position.
Your Background:
Hold a scientific degree in a related field: bio-medical, bio-vetinary, and/or veterinary qualification. Operational experience in areas relevant to this role.Experience in microbiological culture techniques, ELISA, Multiplex Fluorometric Assays, IFA, HIA and PCR.Understand Customer focus and Commercial awareness.Familiar with technical tasks and the organisation and distribution of associated work activities.Individual will proficiently interact with cross-functional teams and possess good organisational, written and verbal communication skills.ISO 9001:2015 quality systems and procedures, to effectively maintain quality documentation.Full UK driving license essential - candidates without this will not be progressed as it is essential for travel.
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CK Group are working in partnership with Nxera Pharma, to recruit a Membrane Protein Biochemist, to join their Protein Sciences division.
This role is ideal for a scientist passionate about GPCRs and biochemistry of membrane proteins. It offers a unique opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge drug discovery in a highly collaborative and innovative environment.
Applications are welcomed from candidates with a PhD in Biochemistry, Biophysics or similar, with proven experience in membrane protein expression and purification.
Location:
Granta Park, Cambridge.
About the company:
Nxera Pharma (formerly Sosei Heptares) is a technology powered biopharma company, in pursuit of new speciality medicines to improve the lives of patients with unmet needs globally. Their pipeline is focused on addressing major unmet needs in some of the fastest-growing areas of medicine across CNS, GI and immunology, metabolic disorders and rare diseases, and leverages the power of their unique and industry leading GPCR-targeted structure-based drug discovery NxWave platform to provide a sustainable source of best- or first-in-class candidates.
In Cambridge UK, Nxera have built outstanding capabilities across their platform, discovery and translational medicine teams, to advance multiple programs from pre-clinical through to early clinical development.
About the role:
In this role you will focus on the expression and purification of challenging membrane proteins destined for biochemical, biophysical and structural studies to support Nxera s structure-based drug design process.
Responsibilities will include:
Express and purify membrane proteins for biochemical, biophysical and structural biology applications.Design and engineer membrane protein expression constructs to maximise functional expression in mammalian and insect cell expression systems.Optimise protein expression and fine-tune protein purification workflows to obtain pure, homogeneous and stable membrane proteins.Biochemically and biophysically characterise purified membrane proteins using a range of analytical techniques (fSEC, DLS, SEC-MALS, DSF, FP, etc ).Reconstitute purified membrane proteins in membrane mimetic environments (lipid nanodiscs, liposomes, amphipols, etc ).Assemble and purify homogeneous and stoichiometric multi-component protein complexes.Keep up to date with relevant scientific literature, propose, develop, implement and optimise new methodologies in the fields of membrane protein expression, purification and biochemical characterisation.Prepare and effectively present results (written and oral) to project teams.Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills and collaborate effectively with other Nxera scientists to successfully progress membrane protein targets through the Nxera structure-based drug design pipeline.Maintain detailed and accurate laboratory records.
Skills and Experience:
A PhD in biochemistry, biophysics or a related discipline Proven molecular biology skills enabling the design and engineering of membrane protein expression constructs tailored to downstream applications.Proficiency in the expression of membrane proteins in mammalian and insect cells expression systems (transfection and transduction-based methods).Practical expertise in optimising purification protocols for membrane proteins.Deep understanding of what constitutes a good membrane protein sample for structural (X-ray crystallography and/or cryo-EM) and biophysical studies (SPR, mass spectrometry).Demonstrable experience in a broad range of biochemical and biophysical techniques.
Desirable:
Ability to design and interpret protein construct optimisation using in silico methods (e.g. AlphaFold) with wet lab impact.Ability to effectively analyse experimental or predicted structures of membrane proteins (cryoEM, X-ray, in silico).Experience using molecular graphics software (e.g. Pymol, Chimera, Coot ).Experience with assay development and optimisation for small molecule drug discovery.Experience in the reconstitution of purified membrane proteins in membrane-mimetic environments.
What s in it for you?
State-of-the-art R&D centre located in the heart of the Cambridge science cluster.Competitive compensation package including discretionary cash bonuses.Eligible for grants of Restricted Stock Units.26 days annual leave in addition to public holidays.Employer contribution to pension.Private Medical Insurance for employees and family and a cash plan for dental and optical reimbursement.Health and wellbeing benefits including a subsidised individual gym membership.Income protection to cover long term absences due to ill health.Group Death in Service equal to 4x basic annual salary.
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CK Group are recruiting for a Pathology Equipment Specialist, to join a diagnostics company. This is a field-based role, covering Scotland and the North of England, on a contract basis for 12 months.
Salary:
Rates £200 - £230 per day PAYE or £265.27 - £305.06 per day UMB.
Pathology Equipment Specialist Role:
Be responsible for providing application, technical or scientific support to internal/external customers.Handle customer enquiries from the acceptance of application product problems through to case resolution.To deliver sustainable solutions for support cases.Deliver customer training.Provide on site support activities.
Your Background:
Essential:
Laboratory Experience in hospital / research lab setting.Tissue/Cellular Pathology/Histology background.Track record of user support in laboratory setting.Customer support and working under pressure.Must have Full (and clean) UK driving licence & car.
Desirable:
Platforms - Cobas 4000, 6000, 8000, pro or pure (or equivalent platform).MSc Biomedical Science/Cellular Pathology.Track record of troubleshooting experience.Knowledge of CRM tools and their use.
Company:
Our client is a global pharmaceutical company, with a major presence in the UK. Their purpose is to deliver life-changing medicines and to do this they are completely science-led and like to share this with the scientific, healthcare and business communities within the UK.
Location:
This role is field based, covering Scotland and the North of England. We are looking for candidates who are located in the central belt of Scotland, or willing to relocate to the area.
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Please note:
This role may be subject to a satisfactory basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
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CK Group are recruiting for a Process Engineer, to join a well-established and successful global pharmaceutical company, based in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, on a permanent basis.
Role:
To provide operational and project engineering support in order to maintain reliable and compliant operation of the manufacturing and packaging equipment within the facility at Hatfield.
To ensure that operations carried out within your area of responsibility are carried out in accordance with the requirements of the Quality System, GMP Guidelines and Industry Standards.
Key duties will include:
Provide engineering technical expertise to support the operations of site in accordance with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and Good Engineering Practice (GEP).Optimisation of Manufacturing and Packaging plant and equipment to ensure reliability and efficiency in terms of cost and availability.Deliver improvements to equipment reliability and availability, maintaining metrics and KPI to demonstrate performance.Co-ordinate and participate in the development of risk assessment and method statements associated with specified work.Undertake Change Management, Deviation Investigation, Corrective Action and Preventative Action (CAPA) activities, root cause analysis (RCA) and continuous improvement projects.Participate in internal and external audits.Define maintenance regimes for process equipment taking account of manufacturers recommendations, production drivers and GMP and GEP requirements.Management of external contractors for the execution of specialist maintenance activities, including feeding back and monitoring on performance.Define equipment spares requirements, identifying specifications, sources of supply and stock levels.Advise on equipment selection, participating in detailed design development and working with technical services to ensure robust solutions are implemented to ensure reliability.Leads or coordinates project planning, resourcing, reporting, commissioning activities for engineering projects.
Your Background:
HNC/HND/Degree qualified in a relevant engineering discipline (e.g., chemical, electrical, mechanical engineering).EngTech / IEng or working towards professional status. Project Management training CAPM / PMQ (or equivalent).Understanding / training in Lean Six Sigma.Professional membership - IMechE, IET, PMI, APM, ISPE (or similar).Practical experience of GMP manufacturing, packaging processes &/or equipment within MHRA / FDA regulated facilities.Demonstrable awareness of commissioning, qualification, and validation project activities.Comfortable with technology.
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CK Group are recruiting for a Head of Lab Systems and Engineering, to join a growing and exciting research facility in Oxford, on a permanent basis. This role will be fully on-site and requires the successful candidate to come from both a science and engineering background, as this role has both IT and laboratory crossovers.
The Company:
A research-driven organisation led by talented scientists and entrepreneurs, dedicated to creating sustainable solutions for global challenges through interdisciplinary collaboration. This exciting new campus will feature state of art R&D facility, specialised laboratories, oncology clinics and focus on bridging scientific discovery with real-world applications by integrating expertise from various fields, including biomedical science, engineering, and public health.
Location:
Oxford
The Role:
A key leadership role, the successful candidate will lead the design, implementation and maintenance of the laboratory IT infrastructure (including data systems, networks, and digital platforms). You will drive the engineering strategy, optimise lab processes fostering a culture of operational excellence and continuous improvement.
Responsibilities:
Partner with research leaders, IT, and external vendors to deliver scalable and future-ready lab technology and infrastructure solutions.Identify emerging lab technologies and IT innovations to enhance research capabilities and improve operational workflows. Ensure the maintenance, calibration, and lifecycle management of laboratory equipment and technology to guarantee maximum uptime and performance.Ensure laboratory systems meet all regulatory, health, safety, and data security standards.
Your Background:
Degree qualified in relevant scientific and IT degree.Significant experience managing laboratory operations, engineering systems, and IT infrastructure in a research-intensive or technical environment.Strong knowledge of laboratory information management systems (LIMS), electronic notebooks, cloud computing, data storage.Laboratory experience (wet-lab skills) and understanding of regulatory compliance (e.g., GLP, ISO standards) in laboratory environments.Proven skills in leadership and managing infrastructure projects.Understanding of laboratory technology, IT infrastructure, automation platforms, and engineering best practices.Experience with cybersecurity protocols and vendor relationships.
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CK Group are recruiting for a Pathology Equipment Specialist, to join a diagnostics company. This is a field-based role, covering Scotland and the North of England, on a contract basis for 12 months.
Salary:
Rates £200 - £230 per day PAYE or £265.27 - £305.06 per day UMB.
Pathology Equipment Specialist Role:
Be responsible for providing application, technical or scientific support to internal/external customers.Handle customer enquiries from the acceptance of application product problems through to case resolution.To deliver sustainable solutions for support cases.Deliver customer training.Provide on site support activities.
Your Background:
Essential:
Laboratory Experience in hospital / research lab setting.Tissue/Cellular Pathology/Histology background.Track record of user support in laboratory setting.Customer support and working under pressure.Must have Full (and clean) UK driving licence & car.
Desirable:
Platforms - Cobas 4000, 6000, 8000, pro or pure (or equivalent platform).MSc Biomedical Science/Cellular Pathology.Track record of troubleshooting experience.Knowledge of CRM tools and their use.
Company:
Our client is a global pharmaceutical company with a major presence in the UK. Their purpose is to deliver life-changing medicines and to do this they are completely science-led and like to share this with the scientific, healthcare and business communities within the UK.
Location:
This role is field based, covering Scotland and the North of England.
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It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK. Please quote job reference in all correspondence.
Please note:
This role may be subject to a satisfactory basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
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CK Group are recruiting for a Technical Sales Specialist, to join a specialist company providing inspection, calibration and testing services, based in Staffordshire, on a permanent basis.
You will be leading operations, for a dedicated team of scientists, making measurements on gas mixtures, using a range of bespoke gas chromatographs.
Salary:
£30,000 - £32,000 per annum, depending on experience.
Your main duties will be (but not limited) to:
Support the development and implementation of the business development strategy.Liaising with clients for the issue of quotations/proposals and receipt/acknowledgement of sales orders.Ensuring the contract and job databases are continually monitored and updated with in-date information.Liaising closely with production, laboratory services staff and logistics staff.Sales of laboratory services/products and site services to new and existing clients.Completing and submitting tender documents for high value major contracts.
Your Background:
The ideal candidate for this role will have:
The job holder should hold a degree qualification in a science discipline.Good understanding of the principles of measurement.Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.They should have sound organisational ability with the capacity to work individually or within the team.
Benefits:
Contributory company pension scheme.Performance-based bonus scheme.Company bonus scheme.25 days holiday plus statutory bank holidays.Company sick pay scheme.
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