Chemist I
Job Description
Job Description:
- This is an entry level role with responsibility for performing a variety of routine and non-routine tasks in a regulated laboratory environment in order to support, as well as help develop, pharmaceutical platforms.
- The chemist I will work in conformance with company policies, current Good Lab Practices (GLP), Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), and regulatory requirements and standards to meet quality and accuracy requirements.
- Individuals will perform procedures for process/analysis and assist their manager and peers with routine and non-routine Quality Control and Research procedures.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Complies with all quality system requirements.
- Performs preparation, collection, measurement and recordkeeping of samples.
- Documents test and data analysis results.
- Participates on cross-functional teams for continuous improvement activities.
- Communicates with team members to ensure schedule requirements are met.
- Applies knowledge of performed tasks to elucidate test method failures.
- Analyzes and deduces data and collates test results.
- Communicates priority and timeliness for completion of customer requests.
- Helps drive the team to meet business goals.
- Supports development area as needed / commercial QC release.
- Learns and understands the manufacturing organization that the lab supports.
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, biology or related technical discipline with 0+ years of laboratory experience.
- Must be able to stand/sit/walk up to 8 hrs/day
- Perform experiments at bench height, perform light lifting/bending or stretching to support test apparatus setup or teardown.
Nice to have:
- General wet chemistry laboratory techniques and/or experience with liquid chromatography (UPLC/HPLC), gas chromatography (GC), dissolution (Apparatus 2 and 7), Karl Fischer, FT-IR, and UV-Vis.
- Experience with chromatography software (Empower).
- Microsoft Word and Excel skills.