Senior Formulation Scientist – Pharmaceuticals (R&D)

Placements24; Klerksdorp; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Highly competitive annual salary with绩

Job summary

Placements24 in Klerksdorp is seeking a Formulation Scientist to join their R&D team. You will design, develop, and optimize pharmaceutical dosage forms, ensuring stability, bioavailability, and manufacturability.

The role requires hands-on formulation development experience, scale-up expertise, and strong analytical method development skills, with collaboration across manufacturing, quality, and regulatory teams.

Qualifications

• Master's or Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmaceutics, Chemical Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 4 years of hands-on experience in pharmaceutical formulation development
• Strong knowledge of various dosage forms and drug delivery technologies.
• Proficiency with laboratory equipment used in formulation development and characterization.
• Experience with scale-up and technology transfer processes.
• Excellent problem-solving abilities and a scientific approach to development in Klerksdorp.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop novel pharmaceutical formulations (e.g., tablets, capsules, injectables, topical preparations).
• Conduct pre-formulation studies, including solubility, stability, and compatibility testing of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs).
• Optimize formulations for desired pharmacokinetic profiles, stability, and manufacturability.
• Develop and validate analytical methods for characterizing formulated products.
• Scale-up formulations from laboratory bench to pilot and commercial manufacturing scales.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, quality control, and regulatory affairs teams throughout the product development lifecycle.

Skills

Formulation development

Drug delivery technologies

Analytical method development

Scale-up / tech transfer

Laboratory equipment proficiency

Education

Master's or Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences or related field

Job description

Placements24 in Klerksdorp is seeking a Formulation Scientist to join their R&D team. You will design, develop, and optimize pharmaceutical dosage forms, ensuring stability, bioavailability, and manufacturability.

The role requires hands-on formulation development experience, scale-up expertise, and strong analytical method development skills, with collaboration across manufacturing, quality, and regulatory teams.