Senior Analytical Chemist
Position Summary:
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5:00pm EST.
100% On-site at the Greenville, NC site.
Catalent’s Greenville, N.C. facility specializes in end-to-end turn-key solutions for oral solid dosage forms, including integrated formulation development, analytical services, commercial manufacturing, and packaging. This state-of-the-art facility has had over $100M of investments in recent years and features fit-for-scale capacity with potent handling capabilities, ideal for orphan or targeted drug development.
The Senior Analytical Chemist performs routine and non-routine analytical testing in support of pharmaceutical products following all applicable safety, quality, and regulation requirements. This role provides laboratory troubleshooting for a team to assist in the successful and timely execution of laboratory analyses.
The Role:
Independently perform routine and complex testing for chromatographic and spectrophotometric methods (HPLC, GC, UV) of analysis for excipients, new chemical entities and/or drug products.
Compare laboratory data against specifications, prepare reports, and trend data where applicable to determine if results meet requirements.
Ensure accuracy of testing by following method/standard instructions and adhering to internal SOPs to eliminate the potential for repeat testing, deviations, and investigations.
Independently author standard operating procedures, analytical testing procedures, final submission ready documents, and create document templates for use by junior team members.
Review routine laboratory experiments for accuracy and provide guidance to junior team members to ensure future compliance. Serve as a point of contact for laboratory testing support and provide updates to laboratory supervision and/or client.
Serve as a method troubleshooting resource to identify and document critical factors that affect method performance and assist peers in resolving method issues in a timely, cost-effective manner.
Independently perform method evaluation/development/validation and troubleshooting instruments and improvement of processes.
Other duties as assigned.
The Candidate:
Requires Associate degree in Science-related field with seven years of professional experience in pharmaceutical analytical chemistry OR; Bachelor’s degree in Science-related field with six years of professional experience in pharmaceutical analytical chemistry OR; Master’s degree in Science-related field with five years of professional experience in pharmaceutical analytical chemistry OR; PhD in a science-related field with two years of relevant experience in pharmaceutical analytical chemistry.
Experience in a Catalent analytical laboratory in a role that is independent and proficient in Chromatography and data review as well as troubleshooting and technical understanding may be substituted for two years of professional experience.
Individual may be required to sit, stand, walk regularly and occasionally lift up to 10-50 pounds.
Why you should Join Catalent:
Day one benefits! Medical, dental, vision and 401K benefits effective on your first day.
152 hours of PTO + 8 Paid Holidays.
Dynamic, fast-paced work environment.
Opportunity to work on Continuous Improvement Processes.
Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career! Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference.
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