Analytical Development Chemist

Analytical Development Chemist

Location: Haverhill

Salary: circa £40,000 per annum

Job Type: Full-time

Hours: 9:00am – 5:30pm, 36 hours per week

Industry: Scientific

PureKat Consultancy is recruiting for an experienced Analytical Development Chemist to join the R&D team for our client based in Haverhill.

Your duties as an Analytical Development Chemist will include:

• Developing, optimising and pre-validating analytical methods for APIs, polymers, drug product formulations, particularly amorphous solid dispersions, intermediates and raw materials
• Primarily using HPLC, UHPLC and GC, including hyphenated techniques such as LC-MS and GC-MS
• Supporting the development of analytical methods
• Supporting analytical method transfers and troubleshooting activities
• Investigating analytical issues
• Generating high-quality technical documentation
• Collaborating with R&D, Quality and Manufacturing teams to ensure the seamless integration of analytical methods
• Maintaining compliance with current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), ICH guidelines and internal quality systems.
• Working with a range of analytical techniques.

The ideal candidate will have:

• A BSc, MSc or PhD in Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences or a related discipline, or extensive relevant industrial experience.
• Proven experience in analytical method development, ideally gained within a pharmaceutical, contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) or similarly regulated environment.
• Strong hands‑on experience with HPLC, UHPLC and/or GC instrumentation and associated software.
• Familiarity with regulatory expectations relating to analytical methods used for API release testing.
• Experience with analytical method development, optimisation and troubleshooting.
• Good technical report writing and documentation skills.
• Knowledge and understanding of cGMP and ICH guidelines would be highly desirable.
• Strong analytical and scientific problem‑solving skills.

Ideally you will have experience within a similar position. Interviews will take place in Haverhill, Suffolk, following a registration process by PureKat Consultancy Ltd. If we have not responded to your application within 3-5 days, unfortunately you have not been successful on this occasion, but please feel free to contact us for other opportunities.

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