QC Chemist II

QC Chemist II

Location: South Portland, ME 04106 Duration: 3 months Work Arrangement: 100% Onsite Pay Range: $33 - $35 per hour (W2)

We are seeking a QC Chemist II to join one of our leading healthcare clients.

Main Purpose of the Role: Support raw material, in-process material, and finished product lot release, stability studies, engineering evaluations, and any relevant investigation by performing required analytical testing under the GMP environment.

Main Responsibilities:

• Performs routine analysis using approved test methods in a timely manner.
• Prioritizes assigned workload to meet the customer's needs.
• Maintains current status on all training requirements and supports training activities for other laboratory personnel.
• Understands and follows GMP requirements with respect to laboratory operation, testing, results generation, and documentation.
• Carries out change requests/change controls as needed and be able to provide necessary explanations or justifications to the change.
• Recognizes OOS, OOT, and exception events.
• Initiates and conducts investigation under the supervision of senior laboratory staff.
• Carries out method development, validation, verification, and transfer by following established protocols whenever required.
• Prepares technical protocols and reports as needed under general supervision.
• Maintains a safe working environment in accordance with established procedures and requirements.
• Cultivates a wide range of internal networks and begins to develop an extensive external network of resources to facilitate completion of tasks.
• Plans, organizes, and prioritizes own daily work routine to meet established schedule.
• Exercises authority and judgment within defined limits to determine appropriate action.
• Proficient in English Language

Education: Bachelors Degree or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.

Experience:

• 2-5 years of related work experience with a good understanding of specified functional area.
• Working technical knowledge and application of concepts, practices and procedures.
• General understanding of business unit/group function.
• Will perform this job in a quality system environment.
• Failure to adequately perform tasks can result in noncompliance with governmental regulations.
• Works on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of identifiable factors.
• Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.
• Has a broad knowledge of technical alternatives and an understanding of their impact on the systems environment.