Remote Chemical Engineer - Pharma Intermediates

Placements24; Sandton; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Retirement plan

Online courses

Virtual conferences

Remote work

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Chemical Engineer with experience in pharmaceutical intermediates to join a remote-first team. Lead development, optimization, and scale-up of chemical processes for APIs and precursors while ensuring cGMP compliance and regulatory adherence.

You will collaborate with R&D and manufacturing teams across the globe, design experiments, run simulations, and document processes to support smooth transfer to production sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in process development and scale-up in pharma or fine chemicals.
• Strong understanding of organic synthesis, reaction engineering and separation technologies.
• Experience with cGMP environments and regulatory requirements.
• Proficiency in process simulation and data analysis tools.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills for remote collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize synthesis routes for pharmaceutical intermediates.
• Design and conduct experiments in lab and pilot plant settings.
• Perform process simulations to support design and optimization.
• Analyze data, identify critical parameters, implement control strategies.
• Prepare batch records, PFDs and P&IDs with detailed documentation.
• Ensure processes comply with cGMP and regulatory standards.
• Troubleshoot and resolve development and scale-up issues.
• Collaborate with R&D chemists, analytical scientists and manufacturing remotely.
• Evaluate new technologies to improve performance and sustainability.
• Support transfer of processes to commercial manufacturing sites.

Skills

Chemical engineering

Process optimization

Data analysis

Remote collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering

Tools

Process simulation software

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Chemical Engineer with experience in pharmaceutical intermediates to join a remote-first team. Lead development, optimization, and scale-up of chemical processes for APIs and precursors while ensuring cGMP compliance and regulatory adherence.

You will collaborate with R&D and manufacturing teams across the globe, design experiments, run simulations, and document processes to support smooth transfer to production sites.