Associate Scientist -Process R&D | Syngene International | Bengaluru

Job Description

The Role

The role is responsible for Performing activities at both lab and manufacturing facility to ensure the lab process is safely transferred to pilot scale / commercial scale with reproducible results.

Key Result Areas

Role-specific:

• Perform experiments to generate data for process robustness, plant simulation studies, process safety studies, etc.
• Perform minimum of two lab experiments in a working day at the lab
• Record all minute observations while lab experimentations and transfer knowledge to the execution team for flawless smooth execution.
• Synthesize reference standards, impurity markers, intermediates, and APIs to support method development in ADL and customers’ needs from a lab scale.
• Ensuring 100% compliance in safety, quality, data integrity, and training.
• Generate projects documents like TTD, development report/campaign report
• Ensure individual contribution is met as per PRD guidelines
• Observe critically the batches while execution at the manufacturing facility and provide valuable feedback to improve the process and avoid failure.
• Ensure flawless execution of scale-up activities with 100% compliance with safety, quality, and data integrity.
• Contribute individually (or as a team when appropriate) by performing experiments in the lab and updating the laboratory notebooks contemporaneously.
• Track impurities and highlight differences with logical reasons in a given study group.
• Perform literature search using tools such as SciFinder, Reaxys, etc.
• Highly proficient with MS Office and ChemDraw.
• Participate in technical discussions in audioconferences with customers, if required.
• Maintain chemical inventory as per Syngene safety standards.
• Possess the knowledge and exposure to Environment, Health, Safety, and Sustainability (EHSS) practices.
• Follow Environment, Health, Safety, and Sustainability (EHSS) requirements at all times in the workplace ensuring individual and lab/plant safety.
• Attend training on Environment, Health, Safety, and Sustainability (EHSS)

Education and Experience

Master’s degree in Organic Chemistry

Industry Experience

• 6-9 years of relevant Industrial experience in the fields of custom synthesis, agrochemicals, Intermediates, and Process R&D.

Other competencies required for the role

• Basic synthetic organic chemistry knowledge with an ability to propose synthetic routes rapidly that is safe and scalable.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge of required analytical techniques/tools

Designation: Associate Scientist / Senior Associate Scientist, Process R&D

Job Location: Bangalore

Operating Unit : Chemical Development

Department: Process R&D