Instrumentation Specialist

Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corporation; West Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corporation in the United States seeks a laboratory instrumentation specialist to oversee all aspects of chemistry-lab instrumentation, ensuring maintenance and compliance with quality systems. The role requires experience with cGMP documentation and troubleshooting across HPLC, GC, and related equipment.

The position emphasizes project management, documentation, and cost-conscious maintenance strategies while supporting fast-paced pharmaceutical operations.

Qualifications

• Experience with cGMP documentation systems.
• Strong knowledge of FDA, USP, and industry requirements for analytical instrumentation qualification and maintenance.
• Must have strong project management skills and provide technical support with compliance to standards.
• Direct experience with maintaining HPLC, GC, and other common laboratory instrumentation.
• Strong IT skills and troubleshooting of laboratory instrumentation.
• Detail oriented with excellent organizational skills.
• Effective written and oral communication; ability to handle multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Plans, organizes, and manages preventative maintenance of laboratory equipment.
• Creates or modifies SOPs, forms, logbooks, etc. to facilitate the instrumentation program.
• Ensures that supplies are on hand to perform routine instrument maintenance and orders for non-routine maintenance promptly.
• Focuses on cost savings and value delivery, ensuring instrument maintenance is high quality and lower cost than vendor contracts.

Skills

Laboratory instrumentation

HPLC/GC maintenance

Quality systems

Project management

IT troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree

7 years experience QC/ R&D

Tools

HPLC

GC

Job description

Description

• Oversees all aspects of the laboratory instrumentation in the chemistry laboratory
• Assists with additional work duties or responsibilities as evident or required.
• Performs other duties as assigned or apparent.
• Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
• Performs a variety of complicated tasks under general supervision for which creativity is expected and latitude is given.

Job Purpose

• Oversees all aspects of the laboratory instrumentation in the chemistry laboratory
• Assists with additional work duties or responsibilities as evident or required.
• Performs other duties as assigned or apparent.
• Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
• Performs a variety of complicated tasks under general supervision for which creativity is expected and latitude is given.

Primary Accountabilities

• Plans, organizes, and manages preventative maintenance of laboratory equipment
• Creates or modifies SOP’s, forms, logbooks, etc. as necessary to facilitate the instrumentation program.
• Ensures that supplies are on hand to perform routine instrument maintenance and that supplies for non-routine maintenance or troubleshooting are ordered promptly as needed.
• Focuses on cost savings and value delivery, ensuring that instrument maintenance is of higher quality and lower cost than vendor maintenance contracts.

NOTE: The Primary Accountabilities below are intended to describe the general content of and requirements of this position and are not intended to be an exhaustive statement of duties.

Incumbents may perform all or most of the primary accountabilities listed below. Specific tasks or responsibilities will be documented in the incumbents' performance objectives as outlined by the incumbents' immediate supervisor or manager.

Job Specifications and Qualifications

• Experience with cGMP documentation systems and with implementation of quality systems.
• Strong knowledge of FDA, USP, and industry requirements for analytical instrumentation qualification and maintenance
• Must have strong project management skills and be able to provide technical support and direction with compliance to standards in order to meet business initiatives.
• Must possess direct experience with maintaining HPLC, GC, and other common laboratory instrumentation.
• Must possess strong IT skills and a strong understanding of hardware and software troubleshooting of laboratory instrumentation.
• Must be detail oriented and have excellent organizational skills.
• Must possess effective written and oral communication skills and b able to handle multiple projects within limited time frames.

Abilities

• The ability and willingness to change direction and focus to meet shifting organizational and business demands.
• The ability to effectively manage one self, demonstrates integrity, be productive under pressure, and achieve developmental goals.
• The ability to manage a multitude of resources and to be accurate and current with data and information
• The ability to create new products and processes that add value to the Business, by generating new ideas and applying creative and analytical approaches.

Education/Experience

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree or 7 years of experience working in Quality Control Chemistry and/or Research & Development.

Working Conditions / Physical Requirements

• Position requires standing (40%), sitting (25%), talking, hearing, typing and walking (35%).
• Position encounters the following environmental factors: hazardous materials including HPLC solvents, chemical reagents, acids and other non-specified hazardous materials that are project specific.
• Position requires safety glasses, respiratory and other non-specified protective equipment to be worn as necessary.

Additional Requirements

• Salary range is based on experience.