What are the responsibilities and job description for the Chemist, Deuterated Solvents and Reagents position at Cambridge Isotope Laboratories, Inc.?
Cambridge Isotope Laboratories, Inc. (CIL) is searching for a Chemist, Deuterated Solvents & Reagents based onsite in our Andover, MA facility. CIL is the global leading company in a highly technical, extremely fast-growing industry and is a critical supplier to several scientific and high technology markets. CIL's growing customer base spans academia, pharmaceutical, medical diagnostic and semiconductor industries enabling collaborations with Nobel laureates, industry-leading scientists, and chemists. CIL partners with leading instrument manufacturers as well pioneering research groups that have expertise in product development and drive market growth. CIL is a subsidiary of the Otsuka Pharmaceutical Group and has had consistent growth for over 40 years.
The Chemist, Deuterated Solvents and Reagents role will support the Solvents and Reagents group, under the supervision of a group leader or supervisor to execute chemical exchanges, enrichment, and purification of isotopically labeled solvents, products and materials utilizing highly detailed SOPs and procedures. They are also responsible for supporting continuous improvement projects on safety, quality, and productivity.
Responsibilities
- Utilize synthetic chemistry knowledge and experience to perform the synthesis and purification of deuterated solvents on an industrial scale
- Maintain necessary inventory of starting materials, consumables, and related equipment to meet production needs
- Monitor, collect, and analyze quantitative process data to ensure safe and successful operations while identifying potential process improvements
- Establish applicable standards, procedures, and forms for production processes
- Assist with analytical method development and validations, equipment qualifications, and continuous improvement projects as needed
- Engage in process safety management and quality activities as subject matter expert
- Support site production, safety and quality goals and policies
- Maintain flexibility and cross train for other emerging chemical operations as needed
Requirements
- BS in Chemistry with 1 – 2 years of related experience
- Experience working with a variety of chemicals
- Good lab techniques and work habits
- Excellent technical writing and communication skills
- Ability to learn new chemical processes and techniques
- Ability to routinely lift 50 lbs. up to 75 lbs. (occasionally) and transport 55-gallon drums with a dolly or related equipment
- Experience with hazardous and non-hazardous chemicals and awareness of good safety practices
Benefits
CIL and CIS offer a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits including generous paid time off, Long Term Incentives, 6% matching 401K plan and health insurance with no in-network deductible.
CIL is an EEO/Affirmative Action employer.
Learn more about us on our website: www.isotope.com
About Us:
Cambridge Isotope Laboratories, Inc. (CIL) is the world’s leading producer of stable isotopes and stable isotope-labeled compounds. With approximately 750 employees and laboratories in four countries, CIL specializes in the process of labeling biochemical and organic compounds with highly enriched, stable (nonradioactive) isotopes of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen. Our chemists substitute common atoms (e.g., 1H, 12C, 14N, 16O) with rare, highly valued isotopes (e.g., 2H or D, 13C, 15N, 18O) so that the final product can be readily measured or traced using mass spectrometry (MS) or nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). CIL’s products are utilized in laboratories, medical, government and academic research centers and health care facilities worldwide.
We are proud that CIL products have contributed to medical advancements in cancer research, new-drug development, environmental analysis, and medical diagnostic research. In the past decade, as the fields of proteomics and metabolomics have developed as leading techniques for determining biomarkers for disease presence, progression and the monitoring of therapeutic response, CIL has worked closely with industry leaders and researchers to provide the stable isotope-labeled tools needed for improved quantitation and qualification of complex biological systems.
After decades of research, stable isotopes have found their place in an ever expanding commercial scale applications in pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, flat panel displays as well as other high technology fields specifically with deuterium oxide (D2O) and deuterium gases. Pharmaceutical companies have begun to investigate deuteration of molecules that may provide advantages over their existing nondeuterated counterparts. In addition, increasing research into the potential medical advantages of new deuterated drugs is also occurring. In high technology, deuterated organic molecules and deuterium gas are commonly used in the manufacturing of microelectronics and OLEDs, which contribute to the increased lifetime of the devices.
Learn more about us on our website: www.isotope.com
