PhD Chemist

SK pharmteco Inc.; Dublin; Ibrido; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Tempo pieno

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An excellent opportunity for careerenh

Competitive base salary.

Annual bonus linked to businessresults

A well-established further education程序

Pension scheme.

Private healthcare.

Descrizione del lavoro

SK pharmteco, part of SK Inc., seeks a PhD Chemist for the R&D Centre in Swords, Co Dublin. The role focuses on development, transfer, scale-up and troubleshooting for small molecule APIs, with emphasis on synthetic organic chemistry.

You will lead lab projects, collaborate across Operations, Quality and EHS, and apply PAT tools to optimise processes, improve yields and ensure process understanding and control.

Competenze

• PhD in organic chemistry.
• 2+ years of pharmaceutical industry experience.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work across a matrix organization.
• Excellent problem solving and continuous improvement mindset.
• Experience with root cause analysis & standard statistical tools.
• Familiarity with GMP, Quality, Health & Safety considerations.

Mansioni

• Lead development projects in the laboratory, including route scouting and route development, proof of concept, crystallisation optimisation, and process safety assessment.
• Provide technical support to the manufacture of APIs and intermediates with a focus on optimisation and investigation support.
• Identify and implement projects to optimise processes, considering scale-up and manufacturing aspects and Critical to Quality Attributes.
• Leverage data monitoring and PAT tools in the laboratory such as FBRM, Raman, IR, as required.
• Coordinate tech transfer activities for introduction of new clinical and commercial products to the site, including process development in the laboratory, customer engagement, troubleshooting, documentation, and campaign readiness.
• Support chemistry assessments for new products as required.
• Lead optimisation projects on throughput and yield in collaboration with Operations engineers.
• Support continuous process verification through collection and trending of data for commercial products, identifying Out of Trends (OOT) and Statistical Alert Events (SAE) and leading investigations where required with support from R&D engineers and analytical chemists.
• Actively participate in manufacturing campaign performance support teams.
• Lead and support quality and safety investigations.
• Collaborate with R&D analytical chemists and Operations engineers on new products introduction and scale up activities

Conoscenze

Interpersonal skills

Problem solving

Root cause analysis

Communication

Analytical techniques

Formazione

PhD in Organic Chemistry

Strumenti

PAT

Chromatography

Process safety

Descrizione del lavoro

SK pharmteco, part of SK Inc, is a global Contract Development and Manufacturing organisation (CDMO) with state-of-the-art small molecule manufacturing facilities in Korea, US, and Ireland. The SK Small Molecule Europe facility located in Swords, Co Dublin, Ireland has led the way in the development, scale-up and commercial manufacture of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) and Chemical Intermediates for over 60 years. With a talented workforce, exceptional technical capabilities and facilities we make some of the world's most important medicines. Further information on SK pharmteco can be found at www.skpharmteco.com

Current Need:

A vacancy now exists for a PhD Chemist within the R&D group. This position is based at the R&D Centre in Swords, Co Dublin. The R&D Centre has co-located technical and operational expertise, including analytical expertise that supports the development and manufacture of clinical and commercial products (small molecule APIs). The R&D Chemist will have experience in synthetic organic chemistry. They will be responsible for providing support for all aspects of new and existing chemical processes development, technology transfer, process scale-up, process safety, process monitoring, and process troubleshooting for small molecules. The role will involve cross-functional collaboration with other functions including Operations, Quality, EHS and external stakeholders working towards existing and new product introduction and ensuring all processes are understood, robust, efficient and in control.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Lead development projects in the laboratory, including route scouting and route development, proof of concept, crystallisation optimisation, and process safety assessment.
• Provide technical support to the manufacture of APIs and intermediates manufactured at SK pharmteco with a focus on optimisation and investigation support.
• Identify and implement projects to optimise processes, considering scale-up and manufacturing aspects and Critical to Quality Attributes.
• Leverage data monitoring and PAT tools in the laboratory such as FBRM, Raman, IR, as required. Identify and implement new technologies to support development for the business needs of the site.
• Coordinate tech transfer activities for introduction of new clinical and commercial products to the site, including process development in the laboratory, customer engagement, troubleshooting, documentation, and campaign readiness.
• Support chemistry assessments for new products as required.
• Lead optimisation projects on throughput and yield in collaboration with Operations engineers.
• Support continuous process verification through collection and trending of data for commercial products, identifying Out of Trends (OOT) and Statistical Alert Events (SAE) and leading investigations where required with support from R&D engineers and analytical chemists.
• Actively participate in manufacturing campaign performance support teams.
• Lead and support quality and safety investigations.
• Collaborate with R&D analytical chemists and Operations engineers on new products introduction and scale up activities

Minimum Requirements:

• Strong technical background in chemistry.
• PhD in organic chemistry.
• 2+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry
• Strong interpersonal and communicational skills and demonstrated ability to work across a matrix.
• Excellent problem solving skills and commitment to continuous improvement.
• Experience in project management, troubleshooting and continuous process verification.
• Demonstrated capability in the use of standard tools for root cause analysis and standard statistical tools.
• Demonstrated capability in the use of various analytical/diagnostic tools including PAT, chromatography and process safety.
• Ensure that GMP, Quality, Health & Safety are considered in all aspects of the role.

Other Benefits include:

• An excellent opportunity for career enhancement & development.
• Competitive base salary.
• Annual bonus linked to business results.
• A well-established further education program.
• Pension scheme.
• Private healthcare.

SK pharmteco SM Europe is an equal opportunity employer