Process Development Chemist
The Process Development Chemist position at Lacamas Laboratories will involve a multidisciplinary approach to scale-up and manufacture of key intermediates for the Department of Defense. Lacamas Laboratories has received an $86 million grant to develop novel and efficient routes the desired compounds. The ideal candidate will work toward satisfying the supply of those key compounds with a high level of independence and proficiency.
Duties as a process chemist
- Search the literature for previous work in the chosen area.
- Develop chemistry with an aim for high through-put, safe, economic processes.
- Execute laboratory scale synthetic operations and perform, process troubleshooting.
- Optimize processes developed by chemist or from the literature.
- Support plant/production campaigns
- Independently set up, monitor and run chemical reactions
- Comfortable working in an interdisciplinary environment
Qualifications
- Minimum M.S. degree with 8+ years of industrial experience; Ph. D. with 5+ years of industrial experience.
- Knowledge of classic synthetic organic chemistry.
- Skilled at transferring processes to plant/engineering for scale up to ton batch size.
- Strong background in organic synthesis and route scouting/selection.
- Experience with multistep organic synthesis.
- Experience with literature searching.
- Experience with MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint
- Must be legally allowed to work in the USA; must be a US citizen or have a green card
Success Factors
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated laboratory skills and the ability to work in an interdisciplinary team environment.
- Demonstrated ability to multitask and perform multiple chemical reactions at once.
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Knowledge of chemical literature.
- Resourcefulness and initiative
- Provide list of journal articles.
Apply today
Email sales@lacamaslabs.com and reference this posting