Process Development Chemist

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.