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Chemist I

Fridley, MN 55432

Posted: 11/19/2024 Employment Type: Contract Job Category: Scientific Job Number: 615853 Is job remote?: No Country: United States

Job Description


HM's Top 3:
  1. College degree in Chemistry or a relevant field
  2. Experience in a regulated environment
  3. Excellent Communication skills/working in a group

Education Required:    Bachelor degree in Chemistry, Biology, or a related technical Discipline

Years’ Experience Required: 0-2 years is acceptable



Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

Entry level role with responsibility for performing a variety of routine and non-routine tasks in a regulated laboratory environment in order to support, as well as help develop, analtyical platforms for medical device manufacture. The chemist I will work in conformance with company policies and current Good Lab Practices (GLP), regulatory requirements and standards to meet quality and accuracy requirements.  Individuals will perform procedures for process / analysis,  and assist their manager and peers with routine and non-routine Quality Control and Research procedures.

A Day in the Life
  • Complies with all quality system requirements
  • Performs preparation, collection, measurement and recordkeeping of samples
  • Documents test and data analysis results
  • Participates on cross-functional teams for continuous improvement activities
  • Communicates with team members to ensure schedule requirements are met
  • Applies knowledge of performed tasks to elucidate test method failures
  • Analyzes and deduces data and collates test results
  • Communicates priority and timeliness for completion of customer requests
  • Helps drive the team to meet business goals
  • Supports development area as needed / commercial QC release
  • Learns and understands the manufacturing organization that the lab supports

Minimum requirements: 

Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry, Biology or related technical discipline with a 0 years of laboratory experience. The employee must be able to stand/sit/walk up to 8 hrs/day, perform experiments at bench height, perform light lifting / bending or stretching to support test apparatus setup or teardown, and use computer and phones to participate in meetings.

Nice to have:

General wet chemistry laboratory techniques and/or experience with liquid chromatography (UPLC/HPLC), gas chromatography (GC), ICP, DSC, Karl Fischer, and FT-IR, UV-Vis. Experience with chromatography software (Empower). Microsoft Word and Excel skills. The ability to work in a laboratory with solvents and pharmaceutical substances. Solid technical ability, experience with equipment set up, and troubleshooting skills.

The staffing industry has seen an increase in people falsely representing themselves as recruiters to gather personal information from job seekers. For your safety, do not provide sensitive data to anyone you have not spoken with thoroughly and never provide banking information during the application process. Candidate safety is a top priority at Planet Pharma.

Planet Pharma is an equal opportunity employer. It is our practice not to discriminate against any employee or applicant based on any criteria, condition or basis protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect. We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion enable us to better meet our mission and values while serving our clients across the globe. If you have a disability or handicap and would like us to accommodate you in any reasonable way, please inform your recruiter, or contact us, so that we can discuss the appropriate alternatives available.

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Although this hasn't been an issue at Planet Pharma, the staffing industry has seen an increase in people falsely representing themselves as recruiters to gather personal information from job seekers. For your safety, do not provide sensitive data to anyone you have not spoken with thoroughly and never provide banking information during the application process. Candidate safety is a top priority at Planet Pharma.