Senior R&D Chemist - KD Pharma Group : Job Details

The role of a senior R&D Chemist is to help research and develop products that are to be specially made for a particular customer or application. This involves developing ideas from conception, through to full scale production

• Carrying out all activities in the area of small molecule API research and development in accordance with ISO and cGMP standards.
• Supervise and support a team of R&D technicians in the lab.
• Overseeing day-to-day lab activities while reporting to head or R&D.
• Carrying out chemical process including synthetic organic chemistry across a range of scales up to including kilo lab and process development.
• Supporting Pilot plant and manufacturing on site.
• Carrying out analytical measurements, e.g., NMR, HPLC, GC-MS, GC, LC-MS and collaborate with QC department.
• Organization of laboratory work and with ordering material.
• Laboratory supply management.
• Support in the preparation and follow-up of internal and external audits.
• Assistance in the implementation of production processes.
• Collaboration in the creation and introduction of development reports / batch records, standard operating procedures (SOPs). Complete laboratory manufacturing batch records.
• Maintenance work on laboratory equipment.
• • Completed a BSc or MSc in Chemistry or a similar discipline.
  • Laboratory experience in synthetic organic chemistry.
  • work experience in the CDMO process development.
  • Understanding of cGMP regulations desired.
  • Experience of tech transfer from R&D to pilot plant desired.
  • Ability to search the literature and extract information desired.
  • Active problem-solving attitude and an eye for detail.
  • Multidisciplinary skills to work on more than one project simultaneously.
  • Hands-on experience with laboratory analytical equipment such as NMR, HPLC, GC-MS, GC etc.
  • Knowledge of process development and separation technologies (e.g. distillation and chromatography).
  • Be able to prepare reports and presentations and participate in meetings with customers.