Senior Synthetic Organic Chemist - Strathclyde Business Park, United Kingdom - STEM RECRUITMENT SOLUTIONS LIMITED T/A Stem Recruitment Solutions
2 weeks ago
Description
Senior Chemist
Responsibilities include;
- Custom synthesis/NPI projects (including design of synthetic routes, improvement of existing routes, syntheses, troubleshooting and optimisation of problematic steps) are efficiently and effectively completed.
- Direct line management of Junior Chemist, Chemist I, Chemist II, Senior Chemist I
- An ability to plan and manage PD (product development) projects
- Up to date knowledge of relevant current literature and technical developments
- Meet the required key performance indicators:
- Number of batches submitted to QC on time as a % of batches scheduled per month
- Number of batches within specification (yield and QCS specification) as a % of batches scheduled per month
- Batches completed ontime
- Productivity (number of batches/reactions per chemist per month)
Knowledge, Understanding and Technical Skills.
- Project management experience
- Ideally experience working in a quality led laboratory environment
- Batch manufacture from <10 g to at least 1 kg
- Experience in working on PD (product development) projects
- Experience on working on contract/custom synthesis projects
- Experience in process improvement projects including scale up
- Desirable knowledge of oligonucleotide synthesis
Knowledge and experience in:
- Synthetic organic chemistry
- Setting up and working up reactions
- Purification of materials (column chromatography, crystallisation, precipitation, distillation)
- Analysis by TLC, HPLC, LCMS, NMR
- Process improvement projects
- Enthusiastic team player with exceptional communication skills
- Attention to detail and accuracy of work
- Flexibility to changing operating conditions
- An ability to work methodically and reliably in a highly organised manner
- Proactively works to resolve tough situations and pushes through solutions
- Commercial awareness and ambitious for personal and business growth
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