1,342 Scientific Research & Development jobs in the United Kingdom

• To manage delivery of studies in the early phases of project development, with accountability for the quality, budget and schedule.
• To be the primary interface with clients in study delivery and to work collaboratively to develop a full understanding of the project objectives, constraints, options and decision making processes.
• To manage the necessary multi-disciplinary technical and commercial inputs to allow robust study recommendations and decision making, with an understanding of technical and commercial options; health, safety and environmental aspects; cost and schedule impacts and project risk and opportunity.
• To ensure client needs are met and manage any emerging changes to the basis, scope of work, time frames or budgets.
• To assist our clients in the process and energy industries in development of overall strategies to deliver and accelerate the energy transition, supported by innovation and appropriate technologies.
• To identify resource requirements and support in resource planning across a portfolio of projects as appropriate.
• To work with project controls team to provide reporting on project performance both internally and to client.
• To work with cost estimating function to develop estimates of total installed cost, understand level of uncertainty and identify project risks and opportunities
• To prepare and check key project and technical study deliverables, and ensure high levels of quality.
• To support line managers in managing performance and development of engineers and consultants in the team.
• To develop relationships with customers, supply chain and other third parties, and represent Costain in discussions and meetings on proposals, studies and projects.
• To support Business Development in winning repeat business with existing clients and identifying and winning new business from new clients
• To ensure personal and project compliance with current company policy, relevant legislation and company and customer's requirements for Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental matters and work in such a manner not to cause personal harm or injury to fellow workers, customer and subcontractor employees or the environment.
• The role is to be based in Costain's Aberdeen Office and may require travel to company, supplier or customer offices or sites for business purposes. The company operates a dynamic working policy which offers the opportunity to work by agreement with the individual considering the needs of the project, client and business.

• First degree in a relevant engineering discipline, preferably in Chemical Engineering, but other discipline degrees will be considered along with the relevant experience
• Chartered Engineer preferred and the candidate should have more than 10 years' experience including significant experience of UK energy infrastructure, and facilities development, preferably in an engineering consultancy or contracting environment.
• Energy industry experience in UK regulatory environment
• Wide knowledge of processes and technologies employed in energy production, processing and in decarbonisation of industry and power generation
• Ability to frame problems, identify diverse options, and prepare robust evaluations to screen and select options, understanding and accounting for appropriate selection criteria
• Ability to guide team in developing solutions and preparing deliverables
• Awareness of process safety and environmental aspects of design
• Project capital and operating cost estimating, interfacing with estimating function
• Commercial awareness, including overall project execution strategies

Circa £40,000 per annum, salary dependant on skills and experience 

Location: Lincoln , covering Lincoln and the Lincolnshire area

Permanent & 37 Hours a week 

 Anglian Water offers a flexible approach, this role offers you the flexibility to work from home, site and from an Anglian Water office.

This is a great opportunity for someone who is looking to progress their career within Water Quality or develop their skills in risk assessment and management.  

Our services are at the heart of every single family and community in our region. Our Water Services team clean water to the highest standard, deliver it to millions of homes, and carefully manage it to ensure it never runs out. We borrow water from the environment, store it and treat it to world-class standards to supply safe drinking water to 4.3 million customers in towns and villages from Grimsby in the northeast of our region to Milton Keynes at the south-western tip. 

An opportunity has arisen for a Water Quality Risk Scientist to join the Regional Quality Team.

Reporting to the Water Quality Risk Manager, working closely with the wider business, you'll be responsible for ensuring that risks to water quality are investigated and effectively and efficiently managed. You'll also provide strategic operational risk analysis, assessment and risk management to the business. 

Responsibilities will also include: 

• Identifying and utilising all water quality risk analysis tools from across the business. 

• Undertaking strategic risk assessments and maintaining drinking water safety plans (DWSP).

• Providing scientific input into the development of maintenance programmes. 

• Developing short- and medium-term strategies to reduce risks to water quality. 

• Scientific input into operational Impact plans. 

• Providing expertise and advice for Regulation 31 compliance. 

• Monitoring pesticide levels aiding effective Abstraction Management decisions. 

As a valued employee, you'll be entitled to:  

• Personal private health care 

• 26 days annual leave - rising with length of service 

• Flexible working 

• Competitive pension scheme - Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6% 

• Bonus scheme 

• Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle. 

What does it take to be a Water Quality Risk Scientist?  

• Demonstrable expertise in water treatment and distribution is highly desirable. As well as being an excellent communicator at all levels, you should have strong customer service, project management and data evaluation skills. 

• A proven problem-solving ability paired with good IT and time management skills are also essential to this role. 

Why Anglian Water?   

 We are passionate and committed to the learning and development of our people making sure they have the right skills and knowledge to be successful and to help achieve their potential. We also take Health and Safety very seriously in everything that we do. 

If successful in your application, you will benefit from access to a company vehicle, so a full driving licence is essential. 

There will be some travel involved to our different office locations around the area we serve. 

Inclusion at Anglian Water:

Join us and make a difference. Our customers come from a wide range of backgrounds, and we think our workplace should reflect that. We are committed to making sure all our colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. Together with our fellow water companies, we are committed to the Social Mobility Pledge; we are also a signatory to Business in the Community's Race at Work charter; we hold the Armed Forces Gold Covenant for Employers; we are an accredited Disability Confident employer, and we play a leading part in the Women's Utility Network.

Closing date: 28/08/2025

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• Supporting Quality/Vigilance leadership and the QPPV as applicable in maintaining oversight and inspection readiness of the global vigilance system in accordance with external requirements, including relevant EU legislation and guidelines on GVP, national regulatory requirements and those for non-medicinal product classifications.
• Risk assessing, planning and performing regular audits of vigilance activities both internally and for external partners conducting delegated tasks, and maintaining awareness of external inspection schedules in order to facilitate preparation, hosting and supervision of action plans.
• Ensuring metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are reported to the leadership team, including preparation and conduct of regular cross-functional management review. Guiding the cross-functional team in finding solutions to associated challenges and ensuring actions are implemented.
• Performing Quality review and approval of cross-functional QMS activities and providing guidance on good practice, including but not limited to SOPs, deviations and change controls; authoring QMS records when under Quality ownership.
• Inputting Quality information to the Pharmacovigilance System Master File, such as audit and deviation information.
• Facilitating the training of relevant personnel regarding the Vigilance QMS and external requirements, including overall cross-functional vigilance responsibilities.
• Advocating for Quality and Vigilance requirements in projects, improvement initiatives and regulatory intelligence updates as required, championing a right first time approach and a culture of quality in all vigilance-related activities.
• Overseeing the preparation and analysis of data for the purpose of continual improvement.

• Working with cross-functional partners in the wider Quality team and other functions to ensure vigilance expectations are built in to their local ways of working.
• Managing Quality team activities relating to vigilance, including workload planning, mentorship and collaboration to best enable vigilance Quality support.

• You have relevant experience in vigilance or healthcare quality environments and a Bachelor's or Master's degree, with an advanced degree and/or certification in a related science preferred.
• You have in depth and up to date knowledge of EU Good Vigilance Practice, and ideally other international regulatory standards for safety and vigilance across a variety of product classifications and markets, and are comfortable coaching others based on your knowledge and experience.
• You have vigilance inspection/audit experience as an auditee, ideally also as a qualified lead auditor with experience in conducting vigilance audits.
• You are experienced in quality activities such as QMS management, deviations, change controls, continual improvement and risk management, and can interpret external requirements into pragmatic solutions for compliance.

• You have excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to audit and influence stakeholders in good practice at multiple levels of the organisation and in various team capacities both internally and with external partners. You have the ability to communicate complex information to those less familiar with the subject area to gain buy in for change.
• You are a trusted business partner with a proven track record of working closely with cross functional teams to deliver effective outcomes.
• You have the ability to consistently deliver under pressure, meeting time and quality expectations across multiple projects and complexities
• You are proactive and self-directed with a high level of initiative and persistence, with excellent organisational skills, both of tasks and people

We are seeking a highly motivated research assistant to join the NanoImmunology and Molecular Pharmaceutics group , led by Dr. Iris Da Luz Batalha , within the Department of Life Sciences. 

Specifically, the successful candidate will be working on a highly interdisciplinary project, funded by the Raymond Schinazi Award , in collaboration with Prof. David Tosh and Dr. Albert Bolhuis . The project aims to investigate how the metabolism of lung-relevant commensal bacteria influences the ability of the pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa to infect the lungs and how this process might involve the Major Histocompatibility Complex class I-related protein (MR1) and specific T cell populations.

Your role within this project will be as a principal researcher responsible for project deliverables, including:

• Generation and characterisation of stem cell-derived lung epithelial cells, encompassing both wild-type and MR1-overexpressing phenotypes
• Establishment of air-liquid interface (ALI) cultures using the generated lung epithelial cell lines, with and without Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection, for in vitro modelling of respiratory pathogenesis
• Study the impact (or lack thereof) of commensal bacterial metabolism on MR1 presentation in the context of Pseudomonas infection
• Measure the activation of the specific T cell populations as a response to the presence of commensal bacteria and determine whether this was influenced by the overexpression of MR1

Ultimately, the goal is to understand the complex interplay between commensal bacteria, pathogen infection, and the immune response mediated by MR1 and specific T cells, with the potential to develop new therapeutic strategies for persistent lung infections like those seen in cystic fibrosis.

In addition, the successful candidate will be assisting with lab management tasks, including (i) equipment maintenance; (ii) ordering, stocking, and keeping an up-to-date inventory of lab supplies; (iii) maintaining a clean and organised lab environment; and (iv) ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations.

• A postgraduate degree in a relevant subject, such as Biology, Biochemistry, Pharmacy, Pharmacology, Biomedical Sciences, or similar. 
• Lab experience in a relevant research field.
• Hands-on experience in mammalian cell culture, molecular biology techniques, flow cytometry, and bacterial culture. 
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Proven ability to excel at collaboration and teamwork, fostering productive relationships across multiple working groups and institutions.

Please note, this is a full time, fixed-term contract of 4 months.

For an informal discussion relating to the role, please contact Iris Da Luz Batalha,

As a member of Research Staff at the University of Bath, you will be encouraged to take up a minimum of 10 days of professional development pro rata per year.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader ; autism friendly university , committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff . 

We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Free counselling services through Health Assured
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Bath gym
• Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
• Staff discount on language courses
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
• Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
• Local discounts and more
• A family-friendly workplace  
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• Relocation allowance
• Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses

Find out more about our benefits and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the University of Bath a great place to work as well as following us X and LinkedIn .

Closing Date: 27 Aug 2025

Department: Education & Research

Salary: £31,236 to £37,694

About Capgemini Invent

At Capgemini Invent, we believe difference drives change. As inventive transformation consultants, we blend our strategic, creative and scientific capabilities, collaborating closely with clients to deliver cutting-edge solutions. Join us to drive transformation tailored to our client's challenges of today and tomorrow. Informed and validated by science and data. Superpowered by creativity and design. All underpinned by technology created with purpose.

YOUR ROLE

Capgemini Invent is hiring proven Life Sciences leaders to drive transformational change for our clients and their customers; a team who are relentless in the pursuit of improving patient outcomes within Pharma & MedTech. As part of the sector leadership team, you will help to set a visionary direction that maximises the market opportunity lead delivery of the strategy, develop our team and position our offers and services for positive outcomes with our clients.  We are looking for individuals with experience selling professional consulting services and building CXO relationships within the Life Sciences sector. You will work on a range of engagements across the value chain and provide breadth of knowledge as well as utilising your own specialism and expertise. 

As we continue to grow our focus on MedTech (Medical Technology sector), we seeking a Director with domain experience and a track record of delivering value for clients or organisations who are focused on the development and commercialization of medical devices and technologies that improve patient care and healthcare outcomes. This role will contribute to the overarching Life Sciences sector performance, with a clear focus and accountability on building our MedTech business growth. 

In this role you will play a key role in: 

• As a Life Sciences Director focusing specifically on MedTech, you’ll help set the direction, driving forward the business, inspire others with an entrepreneurial attitude to a new growth area, model our values and behaviors, and coach and develop junior members of the team.  

• You’ll be able to use your deep sector and consulting expertise to help clients in your chosen area of specialism (in one or more of the following): Enterprise Transformation and Healthcare Integration, Research & Development, Device Commercialisation and Connected Health 

• You’ll be able to draw on practical experience and knowledge of Medical Devices and the strategic capability required to maximise their success within one or more of the following product categories: Diagnostics , Remote Monitoring, Procedure and Connected/ Wearables. 

• You will be able to demonstrate strong experience within a sell & deliver model, balancing your commercial ability to seek out growth with clients and leading project teams to achieve successful outcomes for our client’s problems and strategic ambitions 

• You will lead the growth of our key MedTech Accounts developing strong C-suite relationships, demonstrating account leadership, setting account strategy, collaborating with our global capabilities and leading strategy execution. 

• You’ll take an active role in the growth and development of the team, building our capability through recruitment, coaching and professional development – with a focus on harnessing the MedTech capability in-house and seeking future talent in line with our growth areas.  

• Be an authority and thought leader within the MedTech sector with a strong grasp of the wider healthcare ecosystem, proven track record and highly regarded amongst the network 

As part of your role you will also have the opportunity to contribute to the business and your own personal growth, through activities that form part of the following categories: 

• Business Development – Leading/contributing to proposals, RFPs, bids, client pitch contribution, client hosting at events. 

• Group Collaboration – Harnessing the capabilities across Capgemini Group alongside Invent, accountability for sector growth, building capability and GTM proposition development for MedTech 

• Internal contribution – Campaign development, internal think-tanks, whitepapers, practice development (operations, recruitment, team events & activities), offering development. 

• Learning & development – Training to support your career development and the skills demand within the company, certifications etc. 

YOUR PROFILE

• To be successful you’ll bring strong consulting and personal skills with the ability to overcome internal barriers with drive, determination and influencing skills. You’ll have a natural ability to work in mixed teams of colleagues and senior executives and possess outstanding communication and interpersonal skills. You’ll understand the importance of developing a collaborative style and of having fun in the work we do. 

• Currently working in a major Consulting firm, and/or in industry but having a Consulting background Proven ability to be successful in a matrixed organisation, and to enlist support and commitment from peers in selling and delivering consulting solutions. 

• Experience of proposition building and delivery.  

• Business development – utilising a combination of the organisation’s broader pre-existing relationships, company relationships and your own network, you’ll be generating c.£2m of consulting revenues (Director

WHAT YOU'LL LOVE ABOUT WORKING HERE?

NEED TO KNOW

At Capgemini we don’t just believe in Diversity & Inclusion, we actively go out to making it a working reality. Driven by our core values and Active Inclusion Campaign, we build environments where you can bring you whole self to work.

We aim to build an environment where employees can enjoy a positive work-life balance. We embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements.

Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas. We have also invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.

CSR:

We’re also focused on using tech to have a positive social impact. So, we’re working to reduce our own carbon footprint and improve everyone’s access to a digital world. It’s something we’re really serious about.  In fact, we were even named as one of the world’s most ethical companies by the Ethisphere Institute for the 10th year.  When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a team that does the right thing.

Whilst you will have London, Manchester or Glasgow as an office base location, you must be fully flexible in terms of assignment location, as these roles may involve periods of time away from home at short notice.

We offer a remuneration package which includes flexible benefits options for you to choose to suit your own personal circumstances and a variable element dependent grade and on company and personal performance.

ABOUT CAPGEMINI

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2023 global revenues of €22.5 billion.

Job Opportunity: Product Development Technologist (8 months)

Location: Worksop (onsite requirements)

Why Greencore?

We're a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make every day taste better.

We're a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing around 13,600 colleagues across 16 manufacturing units and 17 distribution depots across the UK. We supply all the UK's food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals, and in FY23, we generated revenues of £1.9bn.

Our vast direct-to-store (DTS) distribution network, comprising of 17 depots nationwide, enables us to make over 10,400 daily deliveries of our own chilled and frozen produce and that of third parties.

Role:

Join our Grocery team as a Product Development Technologist and play a pivotal role in delivering exciting new business opportunities with major retailers. You'll work on high-profile projects managing critical deadlines while also driving innovation across projects and key initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Input recipes into the management system to assess cost and nutritional information.
• Coordinate with NPD buyers and the packaging innovation team for material requirements.
• Prepare and ensure accuracy of all necessary documentation for product approval.
• Assist with kitchen-made samples for internal panels, nutritional testing, and presentations.
• Plan and prepare product samples, including ordering and transportation, and document findings.
• Conduct kitchen organoleptic testing throughout the product's shelf-life and suggest recipe adjustments.
• Follow critical path timelines and escalate any risks or delays.
• Ensure sustainability considerations are included in product development.
• Accurately label and box samples for external shipment.
• Purchase ingredients and benchmark samples as needed.

As there will be travel to our customers and sites involved in this role you must hold a full UK driving license.

Requirements:

• Degree in Food/Nutrition Science, apprenticeship, or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge of the food industry.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills.
• Excellent communication skills
• Full UK driving license

Why Greencore?

We're a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make everyday taste better.

We're a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing 13,300 colleagues across 16 manufacturing units and 17 distribution depots across the UK. We supply all the UK's food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals, and in FY24, we generated revenues of £1.8bn.

Our vast direct-to-store (DTS) distribution network, comprising of 17 depots nationwide, enables us to make over 10,500 daily deliveries of our own chilled and frozen produce and that of third parties.

Here at Selby we employ a team over 750 colleagues. A site steeped in history, we are the UK's number one manufacturer of customer private label cooking sauces and pickles. We have been serving our customers out of our Selby site since 1914.

We produce more than 160 million units per year across 600 different product lines for customers such as Morrisons, Tesco & Asda.

What you'll be doing

As Food Safety Technologist, you will support the implementation of the food safety and quality management systems by verifying that standards, customer requirements and legal obligations are being met in full.

• Execute microbiological swab plans, complete hygiene audits and update training documentation to ensure legal, safety and customer compliance
• Investigate customer complaints to establish any failures within the manufacturing process to ensure that any issues can be addressed in the short and longer term
• Provide insight from audit results to site governance meetings to drive audit compliance, to share best practice and to encourage continuous improvement of quality systems
• Ensure that procedures, allergen matrices and hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP) are up to date to maintain the integrity of the quality management system (QMS) documentation
• Represent the technical team at New Product Development (NPD) forums and complete follow up actions to ensure that all new products have food safety considerations included from the outset
• Complete internal audits on food safety processes as part of the Internal Audit team to ensure that the sites are always audit ready
• Complete root cause analysis of any audit failures and feedback conclusions and recommendations to relevant managers to ensure that the issue is eliminated for the future

What we're looking for

We're not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity.

• Experience of working in an entry-level technical management role in a food environment
• Practical experience of working to Level 3 HACCP and Level 3 food hygiene standards
• Practical experience of internal technical auditing at entry-level technical management responsibility levels
• Practical experience of problem solving and risk assessment
• Good written and verbal communication skills

If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.

What you'll get in return

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Pension up to 8% matched
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
• Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.

Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

Full time, Fixed Term for 18 Months

We are looking for one 18-month Postdoctoral Research Associate on a full-time basis, to support the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council funded grant: Transparent Transmitters and Programmable Metasurfaces for Transport and Beyond-5G (TRANSMETA) based in the Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering (Wolfson).

Please note the project must end by30 June 2027 . The successful candidate should be available to start in 2025 or January 2026.

The successful applicant will work on different aspects of the project that span simulations and measurements of electromagnetic metasurfaces, analytical coding, printing, expertise in materials, and writing high quality journal papers.

The scope of the job is as follows:

• To design and simulate optically transparent electromagnetic mmWave metasurfaces.
• To develop analytical model based on theory.
• To fabricate optically transparent metasurfaces.
• To develop measurement rigs in collaboration with technicians.
• To carry out measurements of material properties, such as dielectric constant and loss.
• To carry out metamaterial, radiofrequency (RF) and antenna measurements.
• To collaborate with colleagues.
• To contribute to funding applications.

For more information refer to the Job Description and Person Specification. 

Our Benefits

• Generous annual leave allowance up to 44 days (inclusive of Bank Holidays & University closure days)
• Competitive pension schemes
• A range of childcare support initiatives and benefits including childcare vouchers; on-site university nursery (with salary sacrifice scheme); and holiday play schemes.
• We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies.
• BUPA Cash Plan (100 scheme)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Season ticker loan scheme
• On campus parking with charging points for electric vehicles
• Fantastic range of sports facilities and preferential membership packages available

Loughborough University is committed to achieving equality and valuing diversity in all aspects of employment and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. 

Informal Enquiries

Informal enquiries should be made to Prof. Will Whittow, by email at or by telephone on 01509 227105.

Application Closing Date: 1 September 2025