Job Title: Chemist

Job Description

This is an entry-level role responsible for performing a variety of routine and non-routine tasks in a regulated laboratory environment to support and help develop pharmaceutical platforms. The Chemist will work in accordance with company policies and current Good Laboratory Practices (GLP), regulatory requirements, and standards to meet quality and accuracy requirements. The role involves conducting procedures for process analysis and assisting managers and peers with routine and non-routine Quality Control and Research procedures.

Responsibilities

• Comply with all quality system requirements.
• Perform preparation, collection, measurement, and recordkeeping of samples.
• Document test and data analysis results.
• Participate in cross-functional teams for continuous improvement activities.
• Communicate with team members to ensure schedule requirements are met.
• Apply knowledge of performed tasks to elucidate test method failures.
• Analyze and deduce data and collate test results.
• Communicate priority and timeliness for completion of customer requests.
• Help drive the team to meet business goals.
• Support development area as needed for commercial QC release.
• Learn and understand the manufacturing organization that the lab supports.

Essential Skills

• Degree in Chemistry or related science.
• 3+ months of experience in chromatography (HPLC, GC, UPLC), wet chemistry, analytical chemistry, FTIR, and pharmaceutical processes.
• 6+ months of experience with GMP/cGMP/GLP.
• Ability to maintain good time management.
• Excitement and desire to learn.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• 6+ months of industry wet chemistry experience.
• Experience with chromatography software such as Empower.
• Equipment troubleshooting experience.
• Working experience with UPLC, HPLC, dissolution GC-FID/MS, FT-IR, and UV-Vis.

Work Environment

The laboratory is part of a shared service for other businesses, emphasizing professional development. There is a gym and cafeteria on site. The team supports QC pharma devices with drug components, completing tests on specific product lots. The team consists of about 25 people, working closely with an analytical development lab of 15 people. The lab is equipped to handle solvents and pharmaceutical substances.