Chemist

Job Description

The Chemist in this position is responsible for performing routine and non-routine quality tests to help ensure quality and further the development of their pharmaceutical platforms. The primary instrumentation utilized in this lab includes HPLC, UPLC, and GC. The chemist is expected to follow Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) regulatory requirements and standards to meet quality and accuracy requirements.

Responsibilities

• Perform preparation, collection, measurement, and recordkeeping of samples.
• Document test and data analysis results.
• Support development area as needed for commercial QC release.
• 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 and understand the manufacturing organization that the lab supports.

Essential Skills

• Degree in Chemistry or related science.
• 6+ months of chemistry experience in medical device or pharmaceutical industries.
• 6+ months of experience with GMP/cGMP.
• 6+ months of chromatography experience (HPLC, GC, UPLC).
• Experience with wet chemistry, analytical chemistry, FTIR, and pharmaceutical testing.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Ability to maintain good time management (verified by references).
• Excited/desire to learn (verified by references).
• Ability to work in a laboratory with solvents and pharmaceutical substances.
• Previous pharmaceutical experience.
• Additional experience with HPLC, GPC, GC-FID/MS, FT-IR, and UV-Vis.
• Additional experience with chromatography software such as Empower and LIMS.