Formulation Scientist of Product Development
About The Position
Nutramax desires to provide a drug-free, healthful, and safe workplace. We hold a zero-tolerance policy for drug use. Employment is contingent upon successfully passing a preemployment background check and drug screen (subject to applicable law). The hours for this position are Monday - Friday 8:30am - 5:00pm. Summary of the Position: The Formulation Scientist will provide new product development, product reformulation and process improvement support to a wide range of growth/quality/cost savings projects from ideation through commercialization under direction of the Formulations/Tech Transfer Director. Additionally, this position will work with operations, quality, business teams, and other functional partners; acting as product and process development/improvement support on cross-functional new product development and quality improvement/cost savings teams.
Requirements
- Experience working with soft chew (or similar) dosage forms
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills
- Basic ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, and offer solutions.
- BS/BA in chemistry, food science, life sciences, engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
- Must have >5 years of hands-on experience in product development of food, dietary supplements or related products, including dough, confectionery, or pet treats (animal feed/animal health a plus).
- Experience in a cGMP environment with understanding of cGMP principles and requirements.
- Experience working as part of a cross functional team.
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of animal feed regulations a plus
Responsibilities
- Capable of formulating moderately complex new products for soft chews, powders, tablets, capsules, pellets, and liquids.
- Perform bench trials, physical evaluations, and collect data to support new product development.
- Cooperate with PD staff in preparation/execution of pilot batches and product scale up batches and gather data to support in-process parameters and finished product specifications.
- Able to direct product development technicians in data collection and processing.
- Assist in developing new formulations for early-stage development and clinical batches.
- Work with new equipment/develop studies with equipment that could improve soft chew manufacturing process and/or formulation.
- Prepare and approve Master Batch Records, Change Control Requests for all scale up or production batches.
- Follow applicable cGMP processes.
- Compile and provide summaries of stability data.
- Provide Technical support to Manufacturing and Operations teams, monitor initial production batches for new and reformulated products.
- Provide training to manufacturing associates on new processes and process modifications/improvements.
- Continue education by attending expos and conferences and applying knowledge gained
- Communicate effectively with other departments within the organization and function within a team environment
- Regular attendance is required
- Perform other assigned duties as may be required in meeting company objectives
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
