Associate Chemist

Qualifications:

Education or Equivalency Required
A Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, biology or related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience is required.

Required Qualifications

• Typically at least 3 years of industry related experience in analytical science as applied to manufacturing.
• Proficient in designing quality assurance protocols.
• Demonstrated excellent verbal and written communication, interpersonal, and relationship management skills.
• Demonstrate working proficiency with Microsoft Office software, (Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, etc.).
• Demonstrate the ability to work with a diverse group of individuals and teams in a constructive and civil manner and utilize existing resources and learning to achieve or exceed desired outcomes of current and future organizational goals and needs.
• Display a willingness to understand all downstream bioprocessing operations.
• Ability to perform tasks that require accuracy, attention to detail, including accurate record keeping.
• Demonstrate success in the development, and ability to document new analytical methods.
• Experience in using analytical techniques to prepare solutions.

Highly Desirable Qualifications

• More than three years of experience in industrial biotechnology manufacturing.
• Experience in leadership roles, for example a) technical training of personnel, b) developing SOP's, and c) professional mentoring of junior staff.
• Experience in validation of analytical instrumentation designed for process monitoring.
• Experience with ISO14644-1, USP<643>, USP<645>

Desirable Qualifications

• Familiarity with manufacturing processes and regulations.
• Demonstrate a working knowledge and experience with standard analytical instrumentation and methods.
• Experience with high performance liquid chromatography.

Position and Application Details and Instructions:
Upload the following required documents and mark them as a “Relevant File” to the submission:

• Cover Letter
• Resume

Job openings are posted for a minimum of 14 calendar days and may be removed from posting and filled any time after the original posting period has ended.

Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check and credential/education verification.  Up to 5 professional references will be requested at a later step in the recruitment process.

For additional questions, please contact:  VPR Talent (vpr-talent@uiowa.edu)