Analytical Chemist I

Analytical Chemist I

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 Analytical Chemist I primarily performs routine analytical testing in support of pharmaceutical products following all applicable safety, quality, and regulation requirements. The Analytical Chemist I will need to ensure proper usage, care, and return of calibration standards including, but not limited to, reference standards, timers, thermometers, and instrumentation.

Catalent, Inc. is a leading global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) whose mission is to develop, manufacture, and supply products that help people live better and healthier lives. Catalent is dedicated to delivering unparalleled service to pharma, biotech, and consumer health customers, supporting product development, launch, and full life-cycle supply. With time-tested experience in development sciences, delivery technologies, and multi-modality manufacturing, Catalent supports the acceleration of development programs and the launch of more than a hundred new products every year. Powered by thousands of scientists and technicians and the latest technology platforms at more than 40 global sites, Catalent supplies billions of doses of life-enhancing and life-saving treatments for patients annually.

This position is 100% on-site at the Greenville site.

The Role

• Maintain data integrity and employ good documentation practices when performing experiments.
• Compare laboratory data against specifications and trend data where applicable to determine if results meet requirements.
• Ensure accuracy of testing by following method/standard instructions and adhering to internal SOPs to eliminate the potential for repeat testing, deviations, and investigations.
• Under general supervision, perform primarily routine testing for chromatographic and spectrophotometric methods of analysis in support of pharmaceutical excipients, API and/or drug product.
• Testing can include but is not limited to assays (potencies, related substances, residual solvents, metals, etc.), rate of release (dissolution), moisture, identification, and other various wet chemistry-based measurements; HPLC and/or GC based methods are commonly employed along with titrations, UV and IR.
• Enter data into established reports/templates or software-based systems.
• Conduct peer review of basic laboratory experiments and ensure accuracy of the testing procedure.
• All other duties as assigned.

The Candidate

• Bachelor's degree a science-related discipline (e.g. Biology, Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences) or;
• Associate degree in Biotechnology, Chemistry or equivalent science degree with 1 year of professional experience in pharmaceutical analytical chemistry.
• Experience in a Catalent analytical laboratory in a role that is independent and proficient in Chromatography and data review as well as troubleshooting and technical understanding may be substituted for 2 years of professional experience.
• Position requires the ability to lift 10-50lbs, unassisted.
• Majority of the work day is performed while standing, walking, lifting, pulling, and pushing.
• Requires bending, squatting, crawling, climbing, reaching.
• Some exposure to hazardous chemical and other active chemical ingredients.
• Requires the ability community effectively using speech, vision and hearing.

Why You Should Join Catalent

• Competitive medical benefits and 401K
• 152 hours of PTO + 8 Paid Holidays
• Dynamic, fast-paced work environment
• Opportunity to work on Continuous Improvement Processes

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.

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