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LOCATION/DIVISION SPECIFIC INFORMATION

The Bend, Oregon Thermo Fisher Scientific site consists of approximately 100 highly motivated employees focused on contract early phase clinical drug product formulation development and manufacture. The site is a part of the Pharma Services Group (PSG), which also encompasses manufacture of drug substance, scale up, clinical distribution, and commercial drug product launch. Bend, Oregon is a beautiful community of around 95,000 people commonly known as ‘the outdoor playground of the West’ because of the myriad of available outdoor activities and desirable living conditions.

HOW WILL YOU MAKE AN IMPACT?

Provide analytical support for pre-clinical and clinical development material. Develop understanding of drug delivery, formulation techniques & process, as well as working in a development & Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) laboratory environment. Works on technical/scientific project activities on projects at the task level. May be assigned an internal project.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

• Knowledge of various analytical techniques, such as HPLC, Dissolution, PXRD, DSC, GC, KF.
• Record and report results of analysis in accordance with prescribed lab procedures and systems.
• Clearly and accurately communicate the results of work by creating documentation of the testing/analysis and obtained results.
• Reviews analytical test results and works with internal team to analyze results.
• Manages projects at the task level under supervision.
• Contributes to maintaining a clean and organized laboratory workspace consistent with management expectations.
• Cleans laboratory glassware and maintains a clean and orderly laboratory consistent with SOPs and management expectations.
• Prepares dissolution media, high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) mobile phases, and other routine laboratory tasks under the direction of laboratory personnel.
• Collaborates with internal scientific, analytical, and laboratory functional areas to meet project and team objectives.
• Performs all duties in strict compliance with Standard Operating Procedures, Good Manufacturing Practices, Good Laboratory Practices, and Safety guidelines. Maintains the necessary compliance status required by company and facility standards.

HOW WILL YOU GET HERE?

• Must be actively enrolled in an accredited university Master’s degree program in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, or related physical science.
• Laboratory coursework required. Knowledge of chemical tests with chromatography, spectroscopic, or other analytical techniques is preferred.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES

• Knowledge and understanding of basic instrumental technologies.
• Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative chemical analysis.
• Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices and data integrity (ALCOA).
• Good critical and logical thinking skills.
• Effective written, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical procedures.
• Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as determination of test reliability, analysis of variance, and correlation techniques.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
• Ordinary ambulatory skills and physical coordination sufficient to move about office locations; ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch periodically for prolonged periods of time; manipulation (lift, carry, move) of light to medium weights of 10-35 pound pounds; arm, hand and finger dexterity, including ability to grasp and type for prolonged periods of time; visual acuity to use a keyboard, computer monitor, operate equipment, and read materials for prolonged periods of time; ability to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear for prolonged periods of time.

To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status. []

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