Associate Principal Scientist

Description

• Responds promptly to customer inquiries and assists customers in determining appropriate test methodology for their particular needs.
• Develops or customizes analytical methods and standard operating procedures for the laboratory or clients.
• Troubleshoots analytical systems.
• Participates in hands-on laboratory work to perform investigations, develop procedures, and execute method validation protocol experiments.
• Provides technical guidance to all analytical departments.
• Prepares and reviews MDMV, storage stability, IQ/OQ, and GLP study protocols and reports.
• Completes, maintains, and processes pertinent paperwork and records.
• Communicates with customers in a prompt and professional manner to help them understand how to use the laboratory services.
• Coordinates instrument selection, acquisition, installation, and qualification that pertain to development of new services.
• Evaluates client methods and new business opportunities for laboratory capability.
• Serves as Study Director, Principal Investigator, and/or Contributing Scientist for FDA and EPA regulated studies.
• Works with individual departments to identify opportunities for efficiency, compliance, or performance enhancements with existing instrument systems or analytical tests.
• Develops new analytical services and programs based on initiatives set forth by the Technical Services and Business Development department collaborations.
• Monitors and controls costs associated with the development of new services.
• Researches market activity to identify opportunities for new services.
• Collaborates with the Technical Services and Business Development departments to identify and prioritize new service opportunities.
• Advises on the preparation of quotations.
• Keeps abreast of the current state of scientific methodology, techniques, and regulatory guidelines relevant to the operations of the laboratory.
• Maintains program compliance with FDA, EPA, ICH, and USP guidance on method validation, storage stability testing, and IQ/OQ
• Serves as a resource for various technical training programs (e.g. general, regulatory, safety).
• Develops, validates, or customizes analytical methods and standard operating procedures for the internal laboratory or external clients.

Requirements

• Able to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, and sampling theory.
• Able to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Able to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, and legal documents.
• Able to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Able to assess the suitability of new instrumentation for new service offerings.
• Able to assess, develop, and implement new laboratory techniques and instrumentation.
• Able to use MS Office Pro software.
• Able to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
• Degree requirement: Master’s Degree in analytical chemistry or another scientific field.
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience in analytical chemistry.
• Able to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
• Able to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Able to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Able to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Reports on analytical problems after a pattern has been identified.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance