Analytical scientist/Analytical chemist - TekWissen ® : Job Details

Job Title: Analytical scientist/Analytical chemist

Location: Morristown, NJ 07962

Duration:12 Months

Job Type: Contract

Work Type: Onsite

Pay rate: $26-26.00/Hourly/W2

Overview:

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. This client is a German multinational Pharmaceutical and biotechnology company and one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, headquartered in Leverkusen, and areas of business include pharmaceuticals; consumer healthcare products, agricultural chemicals, seeds and biotechnology products.

POSITION SUMMARY:

• The Analytical Scientist I performs extensive laboratory work to support specialized software-based stability studies
• The Analytical Scientist I, with minimum supervision, ensures all tests are completed on time, results are accurate, and all activities are documented.
• The Analytical Scientist I effectively present the results in the AD meetings.

REQUIREMENTS/PREFERENCES

Education Requirement(s):

• A bachelor's degree in science, or international equivalent, with 3+ years of proven Pharmaceutical Analytical Laboratory experience.
• A Master's degree or higher in Science, or international equivalent, with 2+ years of proven Pharmaceutical Analytical Laboratory experience.

POSITION DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Performs extensive laboratory work to support the specialized software-based stability studies for the determination of shelf-life of the drug product
• Write SOPs/guidelines/OI/reports related to the stability studies, specialized stability software and any other as needed.
• Must be able to perform the Assay method, Impurities method and dissolution method for the drug products
• Accurately and timely documents the experiments and results into the notebooks, ELN and LIMS (if required)
• With minimum supervision, manages projects to ensure all tests are completed on time, results are accurate, and all activities are documented.
• Effectively communicates to all stakeholders the analytical activities and findings.
• Follows SOPs/OIs and analytical laboratory practices to ensure the work quality and compliance
• Interacts with analysts on the data review to recommend appropriate corrections / modifications / improvements needed to build consistency with respect to documentation practice guideline
• Perform other duties as assigned.

SKILL & COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS:

• Must have a minimum of 2 year experience in the QC or R&D in pharmaceutical industry
• Must have Hands-on experience with Waters & Agilent HPLC / UPLC and dissolution apparatus (USP Type 1 and 2)
• Understands fundamental analytical chemistry and chromatography.
• Able to quickly learn specialized-stability studies software
• Able to troubleshoot testing and/or analytical method related issues.
• Understands and follows GMP / SOP requirements
• Familiar with analytical laboratory documentation practices
• Hands-on experience in using Waters Empower3 software would be a plus but not compulsory.
• Expertise in MS Office, such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• This individual must be highly motivated, have a positive “can-do” attitude and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment as a collaborative team player
• Practical knowledge and experience with application of analytical method development and method validation activities.

Preferences:

• Go the extra mile to get things done at high quality
• Ownership of the work

TekWisen® Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.