Senior Pharmaceutical Chemist – Synthesis & Drug Discovery

Placements24; Durban; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary package

Health and wellness benefits

Pension fund and life insurance

Career advancement opportunities

State-of-the-art laboratory facilities

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Pharmaceutical Chemist to join its Durban R&D team. The role focuses on discovery and development of novel drug candidates, with responsibilities spanning synthesis, characterization, and optimization of compounds for preclinical programs.

You will work closely with medicinal chemists and pharmacologists, contributing to regulatory filings and scientific reports in a well-equipped laboratory environment in Durban.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Chemistry or closely related field.
• Minimum 5 years in pharmaceutical R&D focusing on synthetic organic chemistry.
• Proficiency with modern purification and analytical techniques.

Responsibilities

• Synthesize complex drug candidates using advanced synthetic methods.
• Develop scalable synthetic routes for efficient production.
• Characterize compounds with NMR, MS and HPLC.
• Perform structure elucidation and purity analyses.
• Collaborate with medicinal chemists to optimize analogs.
• Maintain detailed notebooks and contribute to reports and filings.

Skills

Modern synthetic methodologies

Purification techniques

Analytical characterization

Problem-solving

Scientific data integrity

Education

Ph.D. in Organic or Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Tools

NMR

MS

HPLC

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Pharmaceutical Chemist to join its Durban R&D team. The role focuses on discovery and development of novel drug candidates, with responsibilities spanning synthesis, characterization, and optimization of compounds for preclinical programs.

You will work closely with medicinal chemists and pharmacologists, contributing to regulatory filings and scientific reports in a well-equipped laboratory environment in Durban.