Analytical Development Chemist

at  Baxter

VANTIVE: A NEW COMPANY BUILT ON OUR LEGACY

Baxter is on a journey to separate our ~$5B Kidney Care segment into a standalone company. Vantive* will build on our nearly 70-year legacy in acute therapies and home and in-center dialysis to provide best-in-class care to the people we serve. We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us.

At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre. Each of us are driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us as we revolutionize kidney care and other vital organ support.

• Completion of the proposed separation of Kidney Care from Baxter into a standalone company (to be named Vantive) remains subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions.

The Analytical Development Chemist will have responsibility for:

• Development and validation of new analytical methods and method transfers for new product lines.
• Write and execute Analytical Method and Instrument Validations
• Chemistry testing of trial product
• Instrument trouble shooting and investigation management
• Preparation of batch documentation and review and approve data lab reports and protocols.
• Delivering Analytical Development Chemistry projects within agreed timeframes.
• Preparation and updating specifications and procedures.
• Help co-ordinate and schedule all activities for the Analytical Development laboratory through Baxter’s Enterprise Management System and Project Board meetings.
• Review and approve data all lab reports and protocols.
• Maintain laboratory inventory and equipment
• Ensuring that the Analytical Development laboratory is operated in a compliant manner
• Help maintain a quality assurance programme and procedures for the Analytical Development Chemistry lab
• Responsible for communicating Analytical Development activities to Baxter Castlebar management and US and European R & D centres as well as Third Party customers
• Coordinate the Analytical Development Chemistry Laboratory activities for the Global, European and local programmes
• Attend meetings teleconferences for R&D projects
• Help develop best practices to for product development chemistry procedures.KEY SILLS AND EXPERIENCE
• The candidate must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills as the role requires interaction with different functions within the plant and the wider organisation as a whole.
• Where applicable, the candidate must be willing to work different shift patterns to meet business needs and accommodate manufacturing schedules
• Experience working with HPLC is preferable, but not mandatory.QUALIFICATIONS
• Interested applicants will hold at a minimum a B.Sc. in Chemistry with relevant pharmaceutical experience

• Completion of the proposed separation of Kidney Care from Baxter into a standalone company (to be named Vantive) remains subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions