R&D Operations Assistant

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.

Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

​Research & Development​

In R&D, we're full of highly skilled talents that include Scientists, Engineers, Medical, Clinical and Regulatory professionals - all working to create a cleaner, healthier world. With nine Centres of Excellence, we continually seek out new opportunities by using science, our entrepreneurial flare and our fearless innovation to develop and enhance our existing portfolio, never compromising on quality or performance. 

We do the right thing, always, by ensuring we act with responsibility and integrity, by complying with regulatory legislation across the globe, whilst ensuring our products are safe for our consumers and are to the highest quality.

The size of our organisation means you'll have the opportunity to learn and work in different functions within R&D, giving you exposure to different disciplines, teams and environments. You will also have access to our R&D Academy, designed to develop our team and allow you to grow in our great organisation.

About the role

As an R&D Operations Assistant at Reckitt, you will thrive in our fast-paced environment alongside a team of expert scientists dedicated to maintaining product safety, quality and efficacy. Your meticulous attention to detail, technical curiosity in problem solving and collaborative approach will be crucial in supporting and delivering New and Existing product developments on projects.

This role is fast-paced and requires a high-performing scientist with an eye for technical detail to join an R&D team supporting compliance project requirements.

Your responsibilities

• Analytical chemistry – Own and execute testing for stability studies in support of existing products currently on market globally. Collaborate and be responsible for data processing, interpretation and report writing.
• Technical dossier – Author technical documents (Module 3 CTD) relating to chemistry, manufacturing and controls to support regulatory licence variations across a multitude of products in the global market. Respond to health authority questions with good scientific basis to ensure timely variation approval.
• Formulation and raw material management – There is the potential to be trained and apply your new knowledge and skills to facilitate with the support of formulation activities in the team and maintain required documentation for control and use of raw materials within the formulation laboratory area.

The experience we're looking for

• Degree Qualified in a Scientific discipline- Chemistry based degree is desirable.
• Experienced in a GMP Analytical laboratory.
• Self-starter and motivated to learn. The role is fast-paced, and the candidate must be comfortable with changing priorities based on business needs.  
• Results orientated, dynamic and self-motivated with an ability to evaluate and take calculated risks.
• Excellent organisation and communication skills and the ability to positively interact and communicate within a diverse team.
• Proven ability to work under pressure without compromising quality and delivery. 

The skills for success

Task Execution Under Pressure, Business Acumen, Commercial Awareness, Objective Setting, Accountability, Consumer Insight, R&D, Product Lifecycle Management, Business Partnership, Collaboration and partnership building, Adapt to changes in technological development plans, Ability to challenge the status quo and propose improvement, Innovation Processes.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.

We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.