Process Development Sr. Associate Scientist - 01

 For scientist services in the Process Development: Oral & Parenteral Mfg area.

WHAT MAKES YOU A FIT: 

The Technical Part:

• Bachelor's Degree with five (5) years of experience as an Engineer or Scientist within the pharmaceutical or regulated industry.
• Bilingual (English & Spanish).
• Project Management skills.
• Shift: Administrative and according to business needs.
• Experience in:
  • Inspection (manual/automatic), packaging area, incoming (primary containers), forensic or QC (defects).
  • Metal, glass, and polymer formation process and primary container components defects and classifications.
  • Primary Packaging Evaluations and Glass/Polymers Forensic Analysis.
  • Interpreting primary components specifications and methods.
  • Creating and developing cosmetic, particle, or solution defects on syringes and vials for studies, equipment characterization, and training. 

The Personality Part:    

• Picture yourself in a lab… with all the equipment you need to put your multitasking, scientific, creative (to come up with all those experiments!) skills to work. Picture as well an environment of healthy competition, teamwork, being ethical and of using the scientific method in all ways possible. If you like how this sounds, then this might be the job for you. Bring it on!

AS A PIECE OF FITS, YOU WILL: (The day-to-day on the job)

• Conduct research into the structures and properties of materials, such as metals, polymers, and ceramics, to obtain information that could be used to develop new products or enhance existing ones.
• Determine ways to strengthen or combine materials or develop new materials with new or specific properties for use in a variety of products and applications.
• Develop testing methods to evaluate the effects of various conditions on container materials
• Plan laboratory experiments to confirm the feasibility of processes and techniques used to produce materials with unique characteristics.
• Perform experiments, record, organize data, and analyze results under minimal supervision.
• Generates robust and reliable data in compliance with the respective protocol, methods, or SOPs.
• Identify container components defects and provide solutions related to possible technical problems of moderate scope and complexity.
• Perform Container Defects, Primary Packaging, and Glass/Polymer Forensics Evaluations
• Study the nature, structure, and physical properties of glass and polymer containers and their responses to applied forces.
• Test material samples for tolerance under tension, compression, and shear, to determine the cause of failures.
• Test individual parts and products to meet the manufacturer's and governmental quality and safety standards.
• Evaluate and interpret results using imaging acquisition equipment.
• Monitors or follows established experimental design and protocols and performs routine tasks and studies to obtain reproducible and reliable results with limited supervision.
• Operate specialized laboratory equipment and computers as appropriate. 
• Perform assignments with clear and specific objectives requiring investigation of a limited number of variables.
• Initiate and complete laboratory routine technical tasks.
• Complete complex or novel assignments requiring the development new and/or improved scientific/engineering techniques and procedures.
• Monitor and maintain inventory of supplies and sample inventory.
• Coordinate and review work with peers on an ongoing basis.

WHO WE ARE:

We are a Service Provider company different from the rest. We pride ourselves in how we treat the most important piece of our company's puzzle: you! We integrate Engineering, Construction, Maintenance, Utilities and Specialized Technical services across the Island (and in the US as well!). Our company is flexible, family-oriented and focused on our resources' well-being, while providing our Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Manufacturing industry clients with top-notch quality talent. We're FITS! 

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