Catalent Pharma

Senior Analytical Chemist

Position Summary

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. The Senior Analytical Chemist 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 product.
• Ensure accuracy of testing by following method/standard instructions and adhering to internal SOPs to eliminate the potential for repeat testing, deviations, and investigations
• Compare laboratory data against specifications, prepare reports, and trend data where applicable to determine if results meet requirements
• Independently author standard operating procedures, analytical testing procedures, final submission ready documents, and create document templates for use by junior team members
• Serve as the secondary interface with internal/external client organizations to ensure timely and complete reporting, problem-solving and the highest level of service and responsiveness.
• Identify and recommend opportunities for improved efficiencies, internal/external client service and teamwork within the analytical group
• 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
• All other duties as assigned.

The Candidate

• Associate degree in Biotechnology, Chemistry or equivalent science degree with 7 years of professional experience in pharmaceutical analytical chemistry.
• BS or BA degree in a science-related field (e.g. Biology, Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences) with 6 years of professional experience in pharmaceutical analytical chemistry.
• Master’s degree in a science-related field with 5 years of professional experience in pharmaceutical analytical chemistry.
• PhD in a science-related field with 4 years of relevant experience in pharmaceutical analytical chemistry.
• Majority of work day is performed while standing, walking, lifting, pulling, pushing.
• Requires the ability community effectively using speech, vision and hearing.
• Requires the use of hands for simple grasping and fine manipulations.
• Requires the ability to stand for extended periods of time.
• Some exposure to hazardous chemical and other active chemical ingredient.

Why You Should Work At Catalent

• Spearhead exciting and innovative projects
• Fast-paced, dynamic environment
• High visibility to members at all levels of the organization
• 152 hours of PTO + 8 paid holidays

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. 

Catalent is committed to the health and safety of its employees, visitors and the customers and patients we serve. As a result of the global pandemic, we have modified many of our recruitment and on-boarding processes to maintain everyone’s safety. The Human Resources teams will communicate all necessary safety processes and procedures throughout each stage.

personal initiative. dynamic pace. meaningful work.

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Catalent is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.

If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, you may submit your request by sending an email, and confirming your request for an accommodation and include the job number, title and location to DisabilityAccommodations@catalent.com. This option is reserved for individuals who require accommodation due to a disability. Information received will be processed by a U.S. Catalent employee and then routed to a local recruiter who will provide assistance to ensure appropriate consideration in the application or hiring process.

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