2nd Shift Quality Control Chemist

FillTech USA LLC (“FillTech”) is excited to recruit a full-time 2nd Shift Quality Control Chemist to join its growing team on-site at company headquarters.

Company Overview

• FillTech is a contract manufacturer delivering exceptional formulation and manufacturing services to emerging and established personal care brands, major retailers and distributors. The company has a 25-year history of converting the innovations of its customers into finished branded products that are ready to be sold through various channels to end user consumers.
• FillTech creates solutions for lip care, sunscreen, hand sanitizer, topical ointments, hair care, pet care as well as lotions, gels and cremes for many uses. FillTech operates 12 manufacturing lines allowing product formulations to be hot- or cold-filled and labeled into all major packaging categories including bottles, sticks, tubes, tins, jars, packets and Bag-on-Valve aerosols. FillTech customers work closely with an in-house Research and Development laboratory and an amazing team of chemists to develop pioneering solutions to consumer needs.
• The work of FillTech is created in a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) registered facility and monitored by a deep bench of Quality professionals to ensure compliance with mandated cGMP. For global customers, the company is cleared by Health Canada and other offshore regulators. In addition, FillTech successfully completes regular quality and safety audits by its customers. Many customers, and all of the largest ones, have worked with FillTech for nearly a decade. FillTech has grown primarily through referrals from existing customers.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Combination of advanced degree (such as Bachelors in Chemistry or related science) and 3 years of experience in high volume manufacturing preferred; extensive years of experience in lieu of advanced degree is acceptable
• Previous experience within a cGMP compliant facility, Quality Control and USP Standards preferred
• Ability to perform physical sampling/testing and instrumental chemical analysis in the chemical laboratory (e.g., chromatography, infra-red spectroscopy, titrations, etc.)
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment
• Excellent people skills, with demonstrated ability to communicate effectively across functional groups
• Proficiency with Microsoft (MS) Office

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The Quality Control Chemist will perform their role as follows:

• Perform the receipt and logging of incoming pharmaceutical ingredients
• Perform the sampling of incoming pharmaceutical ingredients for internal laboratory testing and shipment to external contract laboratories for testing
• Perform internal laboratory testing (e.g., organoleptic tests, identification (FTIR), pH, viscosity, specific gravity, chemical assays (HPLC), etc.) on incoming pharmaceutical ingredients, in-process samples, finished products and stability samples
• Calculate adjustments for in-process bulk product
• Prepare and review internal laboratory testing and external contract testing laboratory reports for raw materials, in-process samples, finished products and stability samples
• Prepare and review Certificates of Analysis
• Notify manager immediately of non-conforming data or unexpected occurrences
• Conducts laboratory investigations under the supervision of the laboratory supervisor
• Prepare and/or review test procedures, SOPs and protocols as assigned.
• Prepare and review IQ/OQ/PQ Protocols for production and laboratory equipment
• Perform IQ/OQ/PQ testing on production and laboratory equipment
• Complies with all regulatory/in-house requirements which may include but not limited to safety, housekeeping, laboratory chemical waste, cGMP, cGLP documentation
• Perform additional job-related duties, as required

The position offers the right candidate an exciting and challenging opportunity. A leader in the industry, FillTech is positioned for continued rapid growth. Unlike a massive manufacturing company or one of its divisions, FillTech remains a small company with a flat management structure. The individual fulfilling this important role will be a valuable and impactful member of the management team and will be an integral part of future progress.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $20.66 per hour

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift
• Weekends as needed

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• QC Chemist: 3 years (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $21