Description
The Quality Control Chemist Specialist will work closely with the Quality Control Scientist for our cannabis testing laboratory facility in the Arecibo area. Applicants should be comfortable working with controlled substances, professional, and flexible with a growing organization. This position requires a professional comfortable working around Cannabis and Schedule I Substances. This position will require accurate and timely execution of the cannabis analytical testing. Our ideal candidate will follow SOPs and GMP along with Puerto Rico Department of Health guidelines and can work safely and effectively in a clean-room environment.
Essential Duties:
- Support the quality control operation and Ensure adherence to Good Laboratory Practices, Good Manufacturing Practices and safety regulations.
- Analyze controls, reviews quality and acceptance criteria samples on different analytical instrumentation techniques (e.g. ICP, HPLC, GC/MS, LC/MS/MS).
- Perform required analytical bench chemistry for analytical samples.
- Documentation of test results, maintaining records according to the quality program.
- Execute the maintenance, calibration, data analysis, troubleshooting and maintenance of the analytical instrumentation.
- Monitor the use and inventories of laboratory chemicals, reagents and supply.
- Disposes controlled materials according to standard operating procedures.
- Analyzes method transfer and validation activities.
- Prepares sample preparation, sample staging, and cleaning.
- Assist in the developing of new standard operating procedures, continuous improvements of in house methods and quality controls.
- Work laboratory tracking and record keeping functions within the seed to sale electronic system in compliance with the rules and regulations.
Requirements
- Bachelor in Chemistry or related areas.
- Professional with a background in Quality Control, Method Transfer and Method Validation for more than 10 years.
- Pharmaceutical Laboratory work experience preferred.
- Operations mindset as well as a team builder.
- Knowledge in equipment internal calibration.
- Must adapt to industry best-practices and keep current on new techniques and insight with respect to laboratory process.
- Computer literacy experience preferred (Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power Point).
- Knowledge adherence to Good Laboratory Practices, Good Manufacturing Practices and Safety Regulations.
- Experience with HPLC or GC analysis and troubleshooting is a preferred.
- Experience with LC-MS/MS or GC-MS/MS is a plus.
- Knowledge in laboratory data acquisition software.
- Flexibility with the ever changing Puerto Rico Regulations
- At least 21 years of age.
- Bilingual
- No felony convictions.
- Willing to participate in an extensive background check.
EEO/MALE/FEMALE/VETERANS/DISABLED
Job Type: Full-time
Experience:
- Quality Control: 10 years
- Pharmaceutical Laboratory: 10 years
Education:
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