We are searching for an expert Chemist to join our stellar team at Pfizer in Kalamazoo, MI.
Growing your career as a Full Time Chemist is an incredible opportunity to develop exceptional skills.
If you are strong in creativity, cooperation and have the right personality for the job, then apply for the position of Chemist at Pfizer today!
Why Patients Need You Everything we do, every day, is in line with an unwavering commitment to the quality and the delivery of safe and effective products to patients. Our science and risk-based compliant quality culture is flexible, innovative, and customer oriented. Whether you are involved in development, maintenance, compliance or analysis through research programs, your contribution will directly impact patients.
What You Will Achieve You will be a member of Pfizer's dedicated and highly effective quality assurance and control team. You will be responsible for analyzing chemical products to support our quality programs. Your contribution to analytical testing will help Pfizer provide safe drugs to patients.
Your understanding of Quality Control instruments will help us meet their accuracy specifications against established standards. You will also be relied on for setting requirements for the transfer of methodology from R&D.
TheChemist is responsible for scheduling prioritization, workload distribution, and laboratory process improvement for API Non-LC testing at the Kalamazoo site. This includes communicating priorities to the lab and following up with customers on testing status. The Chemist performs LIR supervisor duties for atypical, OOS, questionable, and invalidated data occurrences and will cover data integrity responsibilities.
The Chemist represents and/or leads the lab unit or the entire lab organization on high complexity projects and project teams both within and outside of Quality Operations. This role provides leadership and technical expertise to assist the laboratory with troubleshooting, investigations, computer validation and instrument qualifications. The chemist may be involved in second checking of data and will perform assays as needed.
This role has the responsibility of serving as Management Designee and will have limited input into the OTE colleague performance assessment process. The chemist may defend QO Laboratory Quality Systems during audits and inspections.
It is your hard work and focus that will make Pfizer ready to achieve new milestones and help patients across the globe.
How You Will Achieve It Leads and documents laboratory investigations for procedural deviations, atypical, OOS, questionable, and invalidated data occurrences.
Assures adherence to data integrity initiatives.
As a Subject Matter Expert (SME), represents the lab unit or the entire lab organization on high complexity projects and project teams both within and outside of QO. Leads medium or high complexity project teams within QO tasked with improving laboratory or other quality systems.
Assists QO Lab leadership in determining scheduling priorities and workload distribution to ensure customer needs are met.
Performs data quality inspection through Quality audits and 2nd check of laboratory data packets.
Demonstrates a technical mastery of one or more techniques in fields such as: wet chemistry, chromatography, physical chemistry, or spectroscopy as well as a complete knowledge of laboratory operations including both technical and compliance aspects.
Applies knowledge of advanced techniques and procedures with recommendations and implementation of new or modified procedures or instrumentation for improved lab efficiency.
Trains others in the theory and practice of both laboratory techniques and quality systems including investigations, instrument qualifications, etc.
Independently writes SOPs, technical reports, project plans, instrument qualifications, etc.
Supports and may lead implementation of various elements of IMEx.
Performs analytical assays during times of need.
Serves as management designee and will have limited input into the OTE colleague performance assessment process.
Qualifications Must-Have Applicant must have a High School Diploma (or Equivalent) and 6 years of relevant experience OR an associate degree with 4 years of experience OR a bachelor's degree with 0+ years of experience.
Experience within the biopharmaceutical industry, including knowledge and experience relevant to biopharmaceutical unity operations and/or laboratory operations.
Demonstrated experience in manufacturing, quality or engineering experience in the biotech or pharmaceutical industry.
Ability to establish relationships within business lines.
Excellent effective written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
Nice-to-Have 3+ years' chemistry experience
Experience in Quality Operations
LIR / RAAC Author
Trained to execute and record check multiple Chemistry laboratory technologies
PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS Job requires sitting, standing, walking, ability to type, and dexterity for handling glassware/laboratory equipment.
Relocation support available
Work Location Assignment:On Premise
Other Job Details: Last Date to Apply for Job: February 23, 2023 Eligible for Employee Referral Bonus
Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.
Pfizer requires all U.S. new hires to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 prior to the first date of employment. As required by applicable law, Pfizer will consider requests for Reasonable Accommodations. Sunshine Act Pfizer reports payments and other transfers of value to health care providers as required by federal and state transparency laws and implementing regulations. These laws and regulations require Pfizer to provide government agencies with information such as a health care provider's name, address and the type of payments or other value received, generally for public disclosure. Subject to further legal review and statutory or regulatory clarification, which Pfizer intends to pursue, reimbursement of recruiting expenses for licensed physicians may constitute a reportable transfer of value under the federal transparency law commonly known as the Sunshine Act. Therefore, if you are a licensed physician who incurs recruiting expenses as a result of interviewing with Pfizer that we pay or reimburse, your name, address and the amount of payments made currently will be reported to the government. If you have questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact your Talent Acquisition representative.
EEO & Employment Eligibility Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status. Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA. Pfizer is an E-Verify employer.
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Benefits of working as a Chemist in Kalamazoo, MI:
? Learning opportunities
? Company offers career progression opportunities
? Attractive package
