Analytical Development Chemist – GMP QC, HPLC & GC

Able Too Work; Verona, Northern (WI, KY); Hybrid; USD 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision

401(k) Retirement Plan

Life Insurance

Short and long-term disability

Health Spending Account (HSA)

Transportation benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Time Off/Leave

Job summary

Actalent is seeking an Analytical Development Chemist to join a collaborative Quality Control team in a modern laboratory. The role focuses on analytical testing, method development, and method transfer for new client projects with exposure to GMP and R&D work.

You will work with raw materials and finished products, perform impurity testing, and grow skills in scientific writing while contributing to validation, verification, and transfer activities in a GMP-regulated environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in chemistry, biochemistry, biology, or a related life science field.
• 25 years of experience working with HPLC instrumentation.
• 25 years of experience working with dissolution testing in a laboratory environment.
• 25 years of experience working with GC instrumentation.
• 25 years of experience working under GMP regulations in a quality control or similar laboratory setting.
• Hands-on experience with wet chemistry techniques including titration.

Responsibilities

• Perform analytical testing on raw materials and finished products to support new client projects and ongoing production activities.
• Operate and maintain HPLC systems as a primary analytical tool for method execution and data generation.
• Run dissolution testing and interpret results in accordance with established methods and quality standards.
• Perform GC testing as needed for finished product analyses.
• Execute basic laboratory techniques including pipetting, weighing samples, assessing appearance, measuring water content, and evaluating particle size.
• Conduct impurity testing and contribute to understanding impurity profiles and analytical requirements.
• Participate in method development, verification, transfer, and validation.
• Support high-level chemists by performing analytical tasks and providing accurate data.
• Train on and perform raw material testing using titrators and wet chemistry under GMP conditions.
• Document all laboratory work clearly following GMP and quality control requirements.
• Collaborate with a small team of chemists and share workload.
• Adapt to open-ended workflows and prioritize work proactively.
• Troubleshoot issues during method development or testing and maintain a solutions-focused attitude.
• Follow all laboratory safety procedures in a regulated environment.

Skills

HPLC experience

Dissolution testing

GC instrumentation

GMP experience

Wet chemistry techniques

Education

Bachelor's degree in chemistry or related life science

Tools

HPLC systems

Job description

Actalent is seeking an Analytical Development Chemist to join a collaborative Quality Control team in a modern laboratory. The role focuses on analytical testing, method development, and method transfer for new client projects with exposure to GMP and R&D work.

You will work with raw materials and finished products, perform impurity testing, and grow skills in scientific writing while contributing to validation, verification, and transfer activities in a GMP-regulated environment.