Chemist (Life Sciences Division)

3 weeks ago

Ancaster, Canada Actlabs Full time

**Title: Chemist (Life Sciences Division)**

**Education Required**

Postgraduate degree preferred or minimum of B.Sc. degree in chemistry **plus several years’ experience in an ISO 17025 or cGMP/cGLP environment.**

**Other Requirements**
- Strong organizational and prioritizing skills.
- Quality driven, detail oriented, and self-motivated.
- Demonstrate initiative, resourcefulness, and ability to multitask.
- Ability to investigate and troubleshoot laboratory instrumentation and technical issues
- Strong computer, documentation and communication skills (verbal and written)
- Experience in HPLC and GC will be considered an asset
- Customer-focused and can work with mínimal supervision
- **Excellent knowledge of QA/QC, ISO and GMP/GLP systems**:

- Ability to research new technologies, systems and methods

**Key Responsibilities**
- Provide hands on bench top research and development and routine QC analyses for Customer samples.
- Provide detailed support to testing and help develop customized customer support services using various media and equipment, including HPLC, GC, and LC/MS.
- Implement and manage filing systems.
- Work under established ISO 17025 and/or GLP/GMP quality systems and various pharmacopeial and international methods (USP, EP, ICH).
- Identify bottle-necks and assist in streamlining operations with continuous improvement in mind.
- Ensure data is properly documented, processed and released in a timely manner and in accordance with turnaround times and Customer’s expectations.
- Maintain analytical equipment to ensure operational requirements are met.
- Work in accordance with company policies/regulations including health and safety policies
- Maintain inventories and GMP checks of chemicals, standards, accessories and pertinent items to ensure analyses are performed without delay.
- Follow-up, identify and communicate incidents that require immediate attention.
- Implement regulatory standards and systems and assist management as required.
- Perform laboratory notebook documentation and review to support compliance standards.

**About Us**

A global company with a local presence. Actlabs is a Canadian owned company founded in 1987, headquartered in Ancaster and operates 15 locations in 6 countries. We are recognized throughout the world as a leader in analytical testing and development services. With over 30 years of experience, our analytical laboratories provide high quality analysis impacting every aspect of our life including: Mining and Mineral Exploration, Agriculture, Cannabis, Environmental, Forensics, Life Sciences, Material Testing, Occupational Health and Petroleum Industries.

We’re investing for the future, implementing innovative strategies to allow us to continually strengthen and lead in the industries that we serve. This is an exciting opportunity for anyone who wants to join an established and growing company. At Actlabs, we are committed to rewarding and retaining people who are passionate about making a positive impact in their professional and personal lives.

**Purpose**

This position will be responsible for the implementation and development of analytical testing services for the Life Sciences department at Actlabs, Ancaster. Key responsibilities include providing a hands-on approach to a broad spectrum of analytical methods and process development/implementation, troubleshooting, identifying and resolving testing bottlenecks and challenges.

This person will have technical responsibilities for the execution of analytical and division methods. This will include ensuring appropriate accredited methods are used, implemented and fully understood. This position will ensure personal training records are complete and compiled, and to ensure that regulatory and accredited responsibilities are current.

**As health and safety is our priority, we have taken additional steps from the onset of the pandemic to provide a covid-19 free work environment for our team.**

We celebrate diversity and are committed to an inclusive workplace environment for all employees. Actlabs is proud to be an equal opportunity work environment.

**Quality Analysis in a Timely Fashion-Innovative Technologies
- Dedicated to Supporting**

**Salary**: $25.00-$30.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Vision care

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

- ANCASTER, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: One location

Application deadline: 2023-04-03

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