Technology & Quality Chemist

BASF SE • Bishop, TX

9d • Onsite

About The Position

We are looking for a Technology & Quality Chemist to join our Nutrition & Health team in Bishop, TX.

Come create chemistry with us!

At BASF Nutrition and Health, we develop, produce and market ingredients and solutions for the nutrition and health industries that fulfill the highest safety, regulatory and sustainability standards.
We bring our passion and energy to work every day, knowing that through our cutting-edge research and global collaboration, we deliver products that support the health and wellbeing of humans and animals alike across the globe. Our areas of impact include Human Nutrition, Animal Nutrition, Aroma Ingredients, Pharma Solutions and Enzymes.
Working in Nutrition and Health offers opportunities for you to develop and grow at every stage of your career. If you enjoy working in a truly inclusive, and highly collaborative environment where you will be valued, recognized, and rewarded for your contributions, we look forward to meeting you!
Looking to grow your career in a place where performance and positivity thrive? At BASF, we highly value our employees' feedback, which we gather through annual surveys conducted globally. Recently, feedback from BASF employees at our Bishop site revealed that 96% of respondents are proud to work for BASF, 93% indicated they enjoy their work and 93% would recommend BASF to others as a good place to work. These results reflect a vibrant, supportive, and high-performing environment—exactly the kind of place where you can do your best work.
As the Quality and Technology Chemist at the Bishop site, you will lead key activities regarding quality management system on site and be the primary point of contact for all topics regarding the process chemistry. Aspects to the role are process support and improvement, quality and efficiency. You are expected to monitor and interpret the process and analytical data to assist Process engineers at operating the units at optimum efficiency.You will be instrumental to ensuring that we comply with quality standards per cGMP and FDA regulations. Within your function you strive for improving operations and ensuring implementation of sustainable solutions. You will function as the key contact point regarding process chemistry between corporate functions such as R&D, Technology and site resources such as production/process engineers. As a Technology & Quality Chemist, you create chemistry by...

Requirements

• Hold a bachelors degree in Chemistry, Technical Chemistry or related field. Advanced degree is a plus.
• Possess at least 5 years of experience preferably in the food or pharmaceutical industry. Alternatively, at least 5 years of experience in the chemical industry with profound background in a highly regulated environment, such as GMP.
• Have experience in complex chemical reactions such as Friedel-Crafts Acylation, HF chemistry or Carbonylation’s.
• Bring understanding and hands on experience with crystallization or chromatographic processes.
• Hold background in guiding and collaboration with laboratory technicians around custom synthesis and analytics as GC, HPLC, IC.
• Possess a track record of implementing efficiency measures and continuous improvement mindset.
• Have an open mindset for implementing new tools e.g. artificial intelligence (AI) applications.
• Have demonstrated commitment to sharing knowledge with peers, junior professionals and operational staff.
• Showing mindset of customers first e.g. direct contact with external customers in audits.
• Are able to work efficiently and be goal orientated.

Responsibilities

• Leading the deviation management system for FDA regulated API production.
• Conducting detailed investigations to identify root causes of deviations in the production processes and in analytical results to implement sustainable solutions in collaboration with the laboratory QA and engineering team.
• Supporting day-to-day operations on demand for troubleshooting related to process chemistry and separation technologies, such as crystallization and chromatography
• Conducting custom synthesis of analytical standards according to pharma monography.
• Supporting audits, such as FDA, ISO and Customer.
• Understanding of complex chemical reactions, such as Friedel-Crafts Acylation, Hydrogenation and/or Carbonylation reactions to enable you to act as a multiplier to foster process chemistry understanding within peers and managers.

Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements whenever possible
• Highly competitive retirement savings plan with company match and investment options
• Well-being programs that include comprehensive mental health support for you and your household family members
• Family forming benefits (fertility, adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, maternity/parental leave, and more)
• Back-up child and elder care with discount programs for families of all ages and stages
• Mentoring and career development opportunities that allow you to share, learn, and thrive
• Matching gifts program that allows you to deepen the impact of your contributions to qualified charities.
• Employee crisis support for when the unexpected happens
• Access to our BASF wine cellar, employee discounts, and much more!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees