Senior Synthetic Organic Chemist - Strathclyde Business Park, United Kingdom - STEM RECRUITMENT SOLUTIONS LIMITED T/A Stem Recruitment Solutions

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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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