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Process Development Chemist positions 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 to 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.