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Darlington, England, United Kingdom

• Successfully project-manage and deliver a contract with the Government's Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and the Cell & Gene Therapy Catapult. Oversee 35 in-person courses and facilitate learning for 290 learners during the Covid Pandemic.• Contribute to the development of strategic initiatives as a member of the NHC's Senior Leadership Team, aligning with the University vision and corporate strategy.• Lead the development and implementation of the NHC's annual Continuing Professional Development (CPD) delivery plan, driving long-term business strategy.• Cultivate strategic partnerships with external stakeholders to identify and capitalise on current and future opportunities for the NHC's CPD programs and other activities.• Provide visionary leadership for NHC's CPD, ensuring alignment with University strategic objectives and monitoring performance.• Utilise management information to inform senior decision-making, drive strategic vision, and facilitate efficient business planning and project management.• Manage staff resources within the NHC CPD team, fostering a supportive environment, conducting personal development reviews, and promoting effective contribution through initiatives.• Exercise financial oversight, monitoring budget within area of responsibility and providing advice on financial implications for management decisions.• Represent the NHC and University at various events, conferences, and forums, enhancing the reputation of the NHC and University.• Conduct laboratory tours at the NHC and participate in business development meetings with potential industry partners.• Collaborate with colleagues across the University to optimise business, operational, and delivery systems supporting NHC CPD provision.• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation, integrating external best practices into organizational processes.

Darlington, England, United Kingdom

Billingham

• Demonstrate ownership and leadership within the manufacturing environment by ensuring relevant EHS and GMP standards are continually maintained. Lead by example and demonstrate the ability to challenge and change unacceptable practices to continually improve ways of working in manufacturing.• Line manage 5 Production Technologists and 1 Senior Production Technologist – Including performance reviews, setting/monitoring objectives, giving regular one-to-ones, giving/receiving difficult feedback, sickness/absence/underperformance discussions involving HR.• Act as the primary manufacturing contact throughout the lifecycle of Technology Transfer and process execution (GMP preparation, manufacture and batch disposition).• Create, monitor, execute, adjust, and communicate manufacturing plans and coordinate associated production team resource to achieve manufacturing schedule targets.• Being the first point of contact for escalation from senior production technologists; provide appropriate decision making and assessment of impact on product quality through a thorough understanding of the theoretical concepts and principles relating to cGMP manufacture.• Lead process related investigations in collaboration with development and engineering teams to establish the root cause of failures.• Interact with customers and regulatory agency personnel during visits, audits and manufacturing status communications.• Continue with training/coaching staff while focussing and maintaining plant standards and procedure adherence.

Billingham, Stockton-On-Tees, United Kingdom

Training, Development and Improvements Role:• Create a training package and assessment for the probation period of new staff operators• Perform the assessment and feedback to the trainee and their line manager involving some difficult conversations• Monitor progress, competency and confidence of new operators using self-designed spreadsheets to give relevant information to the management team – Heat maps/Confidence maps Training matrices etc.• Implement the use of Lean Six Sigma, 5S and ‘5Cs’ to make continuous improvements• Update Work Instructions to simplify, reduce duplications and rectify errors in the proceduresShift Lead Role:• Lead a small shift team, while prioritising tasks and managing the teams workload• Facilitate and perform training of newer less experienced colleagues• Report on progress in daily tier meetings• Document and impact assess non-conformance or process deviations• Liaise with QA and Supply Chain to ensure the ordering of RM/Consumables and documentation• Writing and reviewing batch documents, including time critical temporary documents • Creating and reviewing Bill Of Materials with the use of SAP

• Adhere to cGMP and GLP• Use of both Re-usable and Disposable Equipment• Worked with both Mammalian and Microbial Cell Lines• Processing Techniques:-- Buffer Preparation- Mammalian Cell Culture- Daily Sampling and Analytical Testing (Nova Bioflex, BGA, Osmometer, Vi-Cell)- Harvesting- Batch Centrifugation- Homogenisation- Depth Filtration and Chain Filtration- Chromatography Column Packing- Viral Inactivation- Viral Filtration- Use of Unicorn Software and Bio-Process Rigs for Chromatography- Refold- Ultrafiltration/Diafiltration- Final Formulation/Final Fill- Use of Flexact for Multiple Processing Steps• Creation and Review of Process Specific, Generic and Cleaning Batch Manufacturing Records• Creation of Work Instructions and Training Packages• SAP - Stock Control, Traceability and Equipment Notification Tracking• Equipment Trainer• Involvement in MHRA Audits

• Raw Material, Finished Product and Water Testing Including:- - Endotoxin Assays - Bioburden - Conductivity - FT-IR - UV Spectrophotometry - Wet Chemistry - Reaction Characteristics Assays• GMP and GLP• Working with Microsoft Office on a Regular Basis

Doncaster, United Kingdom

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc) Hons, Applied Biology, First Class Honours

Activities and Societies: Affiliate of the Society of Biology Dissertation Title - Biosprospecting novel actinobacterial secondary.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Orchestra, Concert Band, Jazz Band, Musical Production Orchestra,