Chemist

Job Summary

Job Description

A leading CBD extraction company in an exciting and fast growing billion market that is expected to reach $22 billion by 2022, is in search of an experienced Chemist. This position will be responsible for monitoring chemical processes, formulations, and analyzing and testing products. Additionally, duties will include other lab activities, such as setting up lab equipment and preparing chemical solutions, conducting tests, interpreting and analyzing data, compiling results and preparing reports.

 DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for product formulations, performing all aspects of the formulations, including mathematical calculations.
• Develop products and/or production methods.
• Ensure consistency and efficacy of the formulated products through quality control testing.
• Analyze chemical compounds or substances.
• Perform experimental design, statistical data analysis and interpretation of data.
• Prepare compounds or solutions for products or testing.
• Research, discover, and select procedures for new products and improvements on existing products.
• Help bring new products from idea stage, to lab stage, to scale-up and commercial sales.
• Learn customer processes, understand key customer performance requirements and translate industry/customer needs into technical targets and specific project goals and objectives.
• Recommends modifications of existing quality or production standards to achieve optimum quality within limits of equipment capability and characteristics of materials.
• Revises and creates SOPs as needed.
• Assists and conducts method transfers and method validation in coordination with methods.
• Set up and maintain laboratory equipment.
• Operate laboratory equipment.
• Revises and creates SOPs as needed.
• Evaluation of equipment, quality of materials and products as needed.
• Prepare scientific or technical reports and maintain detailed records.
• Manage scientific or technical project resources.

 

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in analytical chemistry, organic chemistry, food science for a related discipline required.
• Previous formulation experience, especially in the industrial hemp or medical cannabis industry is desired.
• Minimum 3 years of lab experience.
• Excellent mathematical skills.
• Knowledgeable in laboratory procedures, techniques and scientific methods of measurement.
• Capable of operating common scientific laboratory equipment.
• Must be capable of working on several projects/assignments simultaneously without any degradation of quality of work or final work product.
• Organization and initiative, good communications skills, proactive, problem-solving, time management, discretion and confidentiality are essential attributes.
• Ability to foster teamwork - collaborating with other team members and outside professionals to improve overall standards of work.

Job ID: 253541867

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