Job Description

Entry Level Chemist Raw Materials at Pace Life Sciences summary:

The Entry Level Chemist Raw Materials supports healthcare product testing to ensure patient safety. This role involves performing lab-scale polymerization reactions, analyzing physical properties, and executing experiments in a team environment. Candidates should possess a B.S. in a relevant science and have strong communication and problem-solving skills.

About Us

Pace Life Sciences

Pace makes the world a safer, healthier place. We advance the science of our pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical customers through the drug development process, from early-phase R&D through clinical trials and GMP commercial product support. For customers with in-house manufacturing and labs, Pace provides professional services to support their operations.

Job Description

Description:

This position will actively support the testing of healthcare products crucial to patient s safety efforts within the healthcare industry. This role includes performing lab-scale polymerization reactions, coating adhesive solutions into films, and physical properties testing. Work is performed as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities:

• Benchtop testing that includes physical, chemical and optical analyses
• Perform lab scale polymerization reactions and maintain equipment
• Design and execute experiments
• Troubleshoot issues with instruments, experiments and process updates
• Provide critical guidance into finished manufacturing process design
• Create written laboratory reports to accurately record and analyze testing results
• Communicate effectively with cross-functional teams

Requirements:

• B.S. in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Materials Science or related science
• 1+ Years research experience
• Adhesives experience preferred
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience with Microsoft Office 365
• Good deductive reasoning and initiative to solve problems
• Able to handle multiple assignments concurrently, self-motivated, and results driven

This position will be cross functional and will require good time management skills and a high level of independence after the training phase. Good organizational skills, record keeping and follow through will be integral to success. The candidate will need to communicate effectively verbally and by e-mail. The candidate would be expected to be familiar with Microsoft Word and Excel.

Additional Information

Benefits

80 hrs of paid vacation per year, 7 paid holidays per year, 2 floating holidays per year (prorated based on start date), 40 hrs paid sick time per year, paid bereavement leave (days based on relation to the employee), 8 hrs paid volunteer time per year, medical, dental, vision, voluntary short-term disability, long-term disability, life insurance, voluntary supplemental life insurance, traditional 401k and ROTH 401k with a company match, HSA, FSA, employee referral bonus, employee assistance program, tuition reimbursement program, employee recognition program, voluntary ID theft coverage, voluntary legal coverage, voluntary accident insurance, voluntary hospital indemnity insurance, and voluntary critical illness insurance.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Pace provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, creed, color, religion, genetics, protected veteran status, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Pay Range/Compensation $22.00/hr
Work Schedule Mon-Fri, 8-430

Keywords:

chemist, laboratory, healthcare products, polymerization, testing, chemical analysis, materials science, research, GMP, biopharmaceutical

Job Tags

Holiday work, Temporary work, Local area,

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