Position: Scientist

Segment: Laboratory Sciences

Location: Piscataway, NJ

Shift: 1st Shift – Monday – Friday 8am - 5pm

Principal duties and responsibilities include:

• Performs chemical analysis of raw materials, in-process and finished pharmaceutical products, including products on stability, according to written methods or compendial methods as applicable, material specifications, using analytical techniques such as IR spectroscopy, UV-Vis spectroscopy, and chromatographic techniques, adhering to company policies as identified in standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Prepares samples for analysis involving thorough cleanliness and complex steps for analysis using chromatographic techniques and analyzes. Creates and maintains laboratory record documentation (notebooks and computer-based), documents exact steps followed during analysis execution, calculates and reports results in a timely manner.
• Actively participates in method transfer activities between facilities within the organization or between organizations.
• Actively participates in and leads investigation of out-of-specification laboratory results, when required.
• Performs physical analysis involving complex techniques such as X-ray diffraction, DSC, Malvern mastersizer.
• Prepares and executes method transfer protocols, method verification/validation protocols as and when required.

Additional Responsibilities

• Assists, as and when needed, senior scientists working in the laboratory.
• Ensures that expired chemicals and reference standards are removed from laboratory area, performs calibration of dissolution apparatus, FT-IR, UV-Vis spectrophotometer, HPLC, GC as assigned by the supervisor.
• Standardizes API for use as in-house reference standard as assigned.
• Interacts with newly hired laboratory technicians or Assistant Scientists for providing hands-on training on simple analytical techniques and laboratory instruments.

Must Haves:

• Bachelor’s Degree (BA/BS) in Chemistry or related science discipline – Required
• Master Degree (MS/MA) in Chemistry or related science discipline – Preferred
• Must have Wet Lab Chemistry experience
• Empower Software
• Experience running HPLC independently and troubleshooting
• Dosage form experience: oral, solid, liquid, topical, nasal, (must have 2-3 forms of experience)
• Testing Forms: in process, finish product, stability testing, validation

About Actalent:

Actalent connects passion with purpose. Our scalable talent solutions and services capabilities drive value and results and provide the expertise to help our customers achieve more. Every day, our experts around the globe are making an impact. We’re supporting critical initiatives in engineering and sciences that advance how companies serve the world. Actalent promotes consultant care and engagement through experiences that enable continuous development. Our people are the difference. Actalent is an operating company of Allegis Group, the global leader in talent solutions.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.