CHEMIST I

Chemist I

Location: Scarborough, ME

Category: Scientific

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Country: United States

Employment: Contract

Worksite: On-Site

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Job Description The position of Technical Manufacturing Chemist within our Infectious Disease Developed Markets business unit located at Scarborough, Maine. In this role you will produce material for use in immunology-based chromatography and enzyme tests.This job description will be reviewed periodically and is subject to change by management.

Responsibilities

• Maintains and supports the production schedule
• Investigates problem areas and areas of desirable improvement
• Undertakes new procedures and observes proper safety precautions
• Responsible for in-process QC testing of manufacturing material as it relates to

Qualifications, Quality Inspections And Titration.

• Maintains quality systems and proper GMP/GLP
• Creates and follows protocols designed around product improvement
• Responsible for making critical and non-critical bioreagents for use in product and manufacturing processes using Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Works in a team setting and coordinates manufacturing efforts based upon a set

production schedule and maintaining the raw bioreagent supply as needed to support this schedule.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS | EDUCATION:

• Bachelors Degree in a Chemistry, Life Sciences, or related field or equivalent

combination of education and experience.

• Prior Experience in the following areas:
• Pipette
• Spectrophotometry
• HPLC
• pH meters
• Gel Electrophoresis o SDS Page
• ELISA assays

Competencies

• Ability to work successfully as a member of a team and independently with moderate supervision.
• Skill in using computer applications including spreadsheet, database, manufacturing, and word processing software.

Pay ranges between 22-28/hr based on experience

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