Senior API Process Chemist — Hybrid Lab/Plant, Remote

Placements24; Willows (CA); Hybrid; USD 54,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Process Chemist for our client in Welkom, Free State. The role focuses on development, optimization, and scale-up of synthetic routes for APIs and key intermediates, ensuring robust processes and cost efficiency.

The successful candidate will perform laboratory experiments, investigate reaction mechanisms, identify critical parameters, and contribute to safety through PHAs and hazard controls, supporting reliable, compliant manufacturing of essential medicines.

Qualifications

• Experience in developing, optimizing, and scaling synthetic routes for APIs.
• Strong understanding of reaction mechanisms and process parameters.
• Familiarity with safety and regulatory considerations in pharmaceutical manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Develop, optimize, and scale-up synthetic routes for APIs and key intermediates, ensuring process robustness and cost-effectiveness.
• Conduct laboratory experiments to investigate reaction mechanisms, identify critical process parameters, and troubleshoot process issues.
• Perform process hazard assessments (PHAs) and implement appropriate safety measures.

Skills

Synthetic chemistry

Process development

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Process Chemist for our client in Welkom, Free State. The role focuses on development, optimization, and scale-up of synthetic routes for APIs and key intermediates, ensuring robust processes and cost efficiency.

The successful candidate will perform laboratory experiments, investigate reaction mechanisms, identify critical parameters, and contribute to safety through PHAs and hazard controls, supporting reliable, compliant manufacturing of essential medicines.