Pharmaceutical Laboratory Analyst

Ashland • Columbus, OH

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Ashland has an exciting opportunity for a Pharmaceutical Laboratory Analyst to join our Ashland business at our Columbus, OH plant. This is a very visible, significant role within the Company and the Quality Control/Quality Assurance function. This position will report to the Quality Control Manager. In this exciting role you would be exposed to and learn about chemical manufacturing and associated testing in a quality control laboratory. You will gain knowledge and experience working with a variety of analytical techniques such as GC, HPLC, FT-IR, UV-VIS, Titration, melting point, viscosity. In this role you would be trained in all of these techniques and more. In addition, you would learn and be trained in Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) in the pharmaceutical field.

Requirements

• Associate's degree in Chemistry or related field
• Knowledge and understanding of analytical chemistry
• Knowledge and understanding of good manufacturing practices (GMP)
• Attention to detail
• Strong communication skills
• Strong computer skills which include application knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word
• Good organizational and documentation skills

Nice To Haves

• Preferably 0-3 years in a chemical manufacturing environment
• Willingness and ability to work in 12-hour intervals and to manage the lab alone or with little supervision on weeknights and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Testing of raw materials, in-process control samples, and final products
• Analytical controls are placed on raw materials to verify identification and required quality.
• Understanding the equipment cleaning specifications are critical to prevent cross contamination.
• Communicating results to production and process engineers.
• The use of the laboratory iLIMS tracking system (raw material samples, in-process samples, final samples, instrumentation calibration, and stability samples).
• Secondary responsibilities include process development support, process troubleshooting, analytical method development support, environmental samples, and quality systems support.
• Documentation consistent with good manufacturing practices (GMP).
• Calibration of analytical instrumentation.
• Scheduled testing associated with the stability program.
• Provide analytical support of the Ashland Columbus waste treatment facility, raw material qualifications and standard qualifications.
• Provide non-routine testing associated with corrective action preventative action (CAPA) investigations such as customer complaints, out of specification (OOS) investigations, product failures, and shelf-life extension requests.
• Maintaining the raw material and final product retain systems.
• Assisting QC Supervision with maintaining laboratory supplies.
• Managing lab, sample, and chemical waste disposal.
• Following the Chemical Hygiene Plan, practice good housekeeping, and general maintenance of the lab.

Benefits

• industry competitive salary and benefits
• pay-for-performance incentive plans
• a diverse work environment where employees feel challenged and valued
• opportunities for development and advancement throughout our global organization

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree