# Analytical Chemist

Under contract to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), LGC hosts and operates the UK’s combined Official Medicines Control Laboratory (OMCL) for chemical testing and the British Pharmacopoeia (BP) Commission Laboratory. The work of The MHRA Laboratories at LGC helps the MHRA protect public health by ensuring that medicines and healthcare products are safe for those who use them. The laboratories are operated under Government Owned, Contractor Operated (GOCO) model at our site in Guildford. One of The MHRA Laboratory's primary roles is to procure, establish and maintain reference standards (British Pharmacopoeia Chemical Reference Substances - BPCRS). The laboratory also supports the work of the British Pharmacopoeia Commission in establishing methods (known as monographs) for generic medicinal products (including herbals) available in the UK. The monographs established by laboratory staff are subsequently published in the British Pharmacopoeia. Join our team of ~30 Analytical Scientists and play a key role in protecting public health. We are seeking a skilled Analytical Chemist to support MHRA Laboratories with high-quality physico-chemical testing. Abou

- **Id**: 3974833
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/lgc-group-analytical-chemist-3>
- **Role**: Biotech
- **Role family**: Biotech
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Guildford, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T15:12:54Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T17:39:36Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5446
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- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Laboratory Equipment, Testing, Inspection & Certification

## Company

- **Id**: 4750
- **Name**: LGC Group
- **Domain**: lgcgroup.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/lgc-group>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: SmartRecruiters

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 75
- **Open postings**: 6
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 30
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Technologies

- **HPLC** — Optional: no
- **Mass Spectrometry** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T17:39:36Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 30
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T19:33:10Z

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