Chemist I

Job Description

Job Summary:

• 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, analytical platforms for medical device manufacture.
• The Chemist I will work in conformance with company policies and current Good Lab Practices (GLP), 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.
• Conducts exploratory research to produce new knowledge and potential products.
• Conceives, organizes, promotes, and executes ideas and plans to increase chemistry’s role in product discovery.
• Develops research proposals for evaluating new or improved products, synthetic methods, processes, and analytical and physical testing techniques.
• Recommends utilization of results or changes in project Product.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry, Biology, or related technical discipline.
• 0 years of laboratory experience acceptable.
• Experience with UPLC/HPLC, GC, ICP, DSC, Karl Fischer, FT-IR, UV-Vis.
• Experience with chromatography software (e.g., Empower).

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Microsoft Word and Excel proficiency.
• Ability to work in a laboratory with solvents and pharmaceutical substances.
• Solid technical ability with equipment setup and troubleshooting skills.
• Must be able to stand/sit/walk up to 8 hrs/day.
• Capable of performing experiments at bench height, light lifting, bending/stretching.
• Able to use computers and phones for meetings.
• General wet chemistry laboratory techniques.