Associate Scientist

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**About Capcium**

We are an innovative, fully licensed value-add service platform provider for customers in the Pharmaceutical, Over the Counter and Health & Wellness industries. Capcium has developed a best-in-class team of softgel encapsulation professionals leveraging decades of manufacturing expertise, customer support experience and formulation customization knowledge from leading softgel manufacturers. We are dedicated to delivering the best customer experience and providing quality products while keeping our core values at the heart of everything we do.

**Why work at Capcium**

We are a continuously growing company offering a unique opportunity to learn and be apart of a dynamic team. While ensuring high-quality service throughout every point in the journey, we strive for open and honest communication to create strong relationships between employees and customers. We foster a collaborative environment to ensure a drive towards shared goals and success. Our foundation is based on integrity and agility, ensuring trust amongst coworkers and quick responses to rapid changes in the internal and external environments.

**Job Summary**

Reporting to the Head of Product Development, the **Associate Scientist** will execute assigned tasks associated with new product development and assessment with quality, speed and efficiency for multiple projects in the portfolio. The Associate Scientist will gain familiarity with various aspects of the drug development process in a regulated environment, including topics such as Quality by Design (QbD), Design of Experiment (DOE), and compliance with regulatory guidelines. The Associate Scientist will work under the direction and supervision of the department head.

**Essential Duties and Responsibilities**
- Execute against assigned formulation lab activities with quality, speed and efficiency to ensure on-time delivery
- Execute individual tasks related to formulation development, excipient compatibility assessment, data analysis and good documentation practices
- Assist in aspects of complex formulation design and development
- Assist in the development of formulation assessment techniques.
- Communication of project assignment status and timely escalation of issues
- Presentation of project information at local reviews
- Maintain compliance with training, best practices, safety and cleaning requirements
- Operate under and maintain GMP/GLP conditions
- Support Capcium strategies, initiatives, expectations, processes and portfolio commitments
- Must be able to work extended hours, weekends as needed, especially when problems occur or when deadlines must be met.
- Perform other duties as required.

**Supervisory Responsibilities**
- Indirectly supervises area activities during tech transfer or process validation
- Ensures that employee related tasks are completed timely including time/attendance, performance reviews, corrective action, and training.

**Education and/or Experience**
- Masters or Bachelor’s Degree in Life Sciences (Chemistry, Biochemistry) or related field.
- Three (3) years experience in pharmaceutical, manufacturing and/or GMP facilities.
- Ability to thrive in a high-performance culture
- Strong computer skills including Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, Access, Word), MS Project.
- Advanced research & writing skills
- French and English language, both written and verbal, is required.