QC Scientist I

Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD)

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Work Schedule

Environmental Conditions

Job Description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover impactful work, innovative thinking and a culture dedicated to working the right way, for the right reasons - with the customer always top of mind. The work we do matters, like helping customers find cures for cancer, protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe and delivering COVID-19 solutions. As the world leader in serving science, with the largest investment in R&D in the industry, our colleagues are empowered to realize their full potential as part of a fast-growing, global organization that values passion and unique contributions. Our commitment to our colleagues across the globe is to provide the resources and opportunities they need to make a difference in our world while building a fulfilling career with us.

Location/Division Specific Information

Pharmaceutical Services Group/ Soft Gel / Day Shift

Summary:

Provides moderately complex analyses in a chemistry or microbiological environment within defined procedures and practices. Performs analytical methods for moderately complex testing on raw materials, samples, stability, production intermediates, environmental monitoring, sterility tests, growth promotion, microbial limits tests, and/or and antimicrobial effectiveness tests. Supports internal development and/or manufacturing operations. Makes detailed observations and reviews, documents, and communicates test results; recommends solutions.

Essential Functions:

Conducts moderately complex chemical and physical testing of pharmaceutical raw materials, packaging components, finished products, microbiological, and stability samples by internally developed and compendial test methods. Executes validated test methods for pharmaceutical raw materials and finished products for strength, impurities, identity, and dissolution by HPLC, GC, dissolution, spectroscopy, and traditional quantitative analysis, utilizing HPLC, GC, LC/MS, dissolution, spectroscopy, and/or traditional wet chemical testing. Recognizes and reports out-of-specification or unexpected results and non-routine analytical and product problems; recommends solutions. Maintains and troubleshoots analytical instrumentation as needed. Clearly and accurately communicates the results of work by creating documentation of the testing/analysis and obtained results. Records and reports results of analysis in accordance with prescribed lab procedures and systems. May interact with clients. Prepares and assists in filing regulatory documents in support of internal projects. Provides communications with outside departments, corporate sites, agencies, and clients. Writes SOPs and other instructional documents. Cleans and organizes work area, instrumentation, and testing materials. Cleans HPLC and dissolution systems after use. Performs all duties in strict compliance with Standard Operating Procedures, Good Manufacturing Practices, Good Laboratory Practices, and Safety guidelines. Maintains the necessary compliance status required by company and facility standards.

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in physical science, preferably in Chemistry or Biology.

Experience:

Typically requires a minimum of 2 years of experience performing tests or analyses for pharmaceutical raw materials, finished products, or microbiological samples. Experience with common office software and chromatographic data acquisition systems.

Equivalency:

Equivalent combinations of education, training, and relevant work experience may be considered.

Competencies:

Good knowledge and understanding of chemistry and analytical instrumental technologies. Good knowledge of qualitative and quantitative chemical or microbiological analysis. Good knowledge of quality and regulatory requirements in the pharmaceutical industry, including pharmaceutical GMPs and descriptive organic chemistry. Good problem-solving skills and logical approach to solving scientific problems. Proficiency with HPLC, GC, LC/MS and Dissolution techniques. Good interpersonal and communication skills (both oral and written). Good presentation skills to present information to customers, clients, and other employees. Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical procedures and governmental regulations. Ability to write standard operating procedures, simple protocols, and reports. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers or regulatory agencies. Ability to apply mathematical operations, to such tasks as determination of test reliability, analysis of variance and correlation techniques.

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