Product Responsible Chemist/Chemical Engineer

Cambrex Karlskoga is a member of Cambrex Corporation, an innovative life sciences company providing products, services and technologies to accelerate the development and commercialization of small molecule therapeutics. With American owners and customers all over the world, Cambrex Karlskoga operates in an internationally oriented environment. We work with advanced organic chemistry focusing on developing processes and deliver products to innovative pharmaceutical companies. Cambrex Karlskoga, founded in 1896 by Alfred Nobel, is a full-scale organization consisting of research & development, production and supporting departments. We are 490 employees in total.



Are you a chemist or chemical engineer with an interest in pharmaceutical manufacturing? Do you want to improve chemical processes that will have an impact on people’s health?
 
Cambrex Karlskoga is now looking for a motivated candidate to join the R&D department for an exciting opportunity at an international pharmaceutical company. We offer a rewarding role where you will have the chance to make an impact and the possibility to develop within the company. You will work together with specialists in organic chemistry and process technology in cross-functional teams, with a high standard in science, innovation, and quality.
 
The position is full-time and located in Karlskoga.

About the position
The group works with ongoing manufacturing of active pharmaceutical ingredients and with continuous process improvements for the established products in the company. The role as responsible chemist comprises multiple tasks linked to identifying and solving process-related challenges, often in the borderland between organic chemistry and technology.
 
Examples of areas of responsibility and duties:
-   You will be chemically responsible for one or several products that are manufactured at our full-scale plants in Karlskoga, and be part of cross functional product groups
-   Develop and improve established manufacturing processes with focus on quality and environmental impact
-   Participate in improvement projects and cross-functional collaborations within the company
-   Plan, experimentally carry out and document laboratory work such as the development of synthetic methods and participate in method transfer and scale-up activities
-   Update manufacturing instructions, issue quality control documents and investigate deviations
-   Continuously collect analytical data and evaluate that the produced active pharmaceutical ingredients have stable high quality with the help of statistical tools.

Qualifications
We are looking for you who have a master's or a Ph. D. degree in chemistry from a university/college, preferably within organic chemistry, alternatively a chemical engineering degree. Experience from the chemical process industry and from manufacturing according to cGMP is advantageous but not a requirement. We would like you to be interested and comfortable in working with various IT systems.

You have good written and spoken communication skills.

As a person, you have a solid interest in improving and streamlining processes in a creative and systematic way that ensures a high quality of work. You are good at finding new opportunities, taking initiative, and working independently to achieve results within given deadlines.
It is important that you have both integrity and an approach without prestige when it comes to problem solving and collaboration. You contribute to a positive and creative atmosphere, and a strong and motivated team.

Contact

Further information can be obtained from Robin Hertzberg, Head of R & D, Regular Products, tel. +46 727239965.
 
Union representatives:
Judit Modin, Akademikerföreningen, tel. +46 761076705
Emelie Enger, Unionen, tel. +46 730784892
 
Application

The selection takes place continuously during the recruitment process.

Last day to send in you application is 2023-03-15.

Kontaktinformation
Robin Hertzberg

Arbetsplats
Björkborns industriområde

691 85 Karlskoga