Chemist I

Job Title: Chemist I Job Location: Minneapolis, MN Job Duration: 11-12 Months (possibility of extension) Payrate: $28.00/ hr. on w2 Nice to Have: Basic wet lab skills Dissolution analysis Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) Gas Chromatography HPLC/UPLC analysis Job Description: Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned. Entry level role with responsibility for performing a variety of routine and non-routine tasks in a regulated laboratory environment in order to support, as well as help develop, pharmaceutical platforms. The chemist I will work in conformance with company policies and current Good Lab Practices (GLP), regulatory requirements and standards to meet quality and accuracy requirements. Individuals will perform procedures for process / analysis, and assist their manager and peers with routine and non-routine Quality Control and Research procedures. A Day in the Life Complies with all quality system requirements Performs preparation, collection, measurement and recordkeeping of samples Documents test and data analysis results Participates on cross-functional teams for continuous improvement activities Communicates with team members to ensure schedule requirements are met Applies knowledge of performed tasks to elucidate test method failures Analyzes and deduces data and collates test results Communicates priority and timeliness for completion of customer requests Helps drive the team to meet business goals Supports development area as needed / commercial QC release Learns and understands the manufacturing organization that the lab supports Minimum requirements: Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry, Biology or related technical discipline with a 0 years of laboratory experience. The employee must be able to stand/sit/walk up to 8 hrs/day, perform experiments at bench height, perform light lifting / bending or stretching to support test apparatus setup or teardown, and use computer and phones to participate in meetings. Nice to have: General wet chemistry laboratory techniques and/or experience with liquid chromatography (UPLC/HPLC), gas chromatography (GC), dissolution (Apparatus 2, Apparatus 7), Karl Fischer, and FT-IR, UV-Vis. Experience with chromatography software (Empower). Microsoft Word and Excel skills. The ability to work in a laboratory with solvents and pharmaceutical substances. Solid technical ability, experience with equipment set up, and troubleshooting skills.