Salary: High Earning Process Chemist Opportunity
About the Role:
We are seeking an experienced Process Chemist to join our team on a 12-month contract. This is a shift role working on a four-shift cycle, supporting a world-class manufacturing organization. The successful candidate will be responsible for the manufacture of APIs and Intermediates, including the technical transfer and validation of new chemical processes.
Key Responsibilities:
• Perform batch manufacturing, cleaning, validation, troubleshooting, and support Operational Excellence and other department projects as appropriate.
• Ensure plant operations are executed in a safe manner and to expected cGMP standards.
• Work on New Product Introductions collaborating with R&D and other departments as appropriate.
• Supporting business development with plant tours for potential customers.
• Participate on-site emergency response team (if required).
• Responsible for carrying out real-time data entry and transactions for operations within the shift, e.g., SAP, IT & Delta V systems
• Ensuring the plant is in an audit-ready state and that all documentation is completed to expected cGMP standards.
• Meeting plant key performance indicators such as throughput, yield, safety, quality, and changeover targets.
Requirements:
• Have a degree in Chemistry/Chemical Engineering or other science discipline and/or previous experience (4+ years) working within the pharmaceutical industry. API/small molecule experience is highly valued.
• Possess good interpersonal and communication skills, with a proven ability to troubleshoot and problem-solve.
• Have strong collaborative skills with an ability to work effectively in a team environment or on one's own initiative without close supervision.
• Previous experience in the scale-up or tech transfer of new products would be beneficial.
• Hold an Operational Excellence certification (yellow, green, black belt) would be advantageous.
• Demonstrate creativity to identify improvement opportunities and the initiative to see them through.