Job Description

Designation: Process Chemist

Job Location: Bangalore

About Syngene

Syngene International Ltd. (BSE: 539268, NSE: SYNGENE, ISIN: INE398R01022), is an integrated research, development and manufacturing services company serving the global pharmaceutical, biotechnology, nutrition, animal health, consumer goods and specialty chemical sectors. Syngene’s 4500+ scientists offer both skills and the capacity to deliver great science, robust data management and IP security and quality manufacturing, at speed, to improve time-to-market and lower the cost of innovation. With a combination of dedicated research facilities for Amgen, Baxter, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Herbalife, as well as 1.9 Mn sq ft of specialist discovery, development and manufacturing facilities, Syngene works with biotech companies pursuing leading edge science as well as multinationals including GSK and Merck KGaA.

Responsibility Summary:

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

Primary Responsibilities:

• Perform experiments to generate data for process robustness, plant simulation studies, process safety studies, etc.
• Perform lab experiments minimum two in a working day at lab
• Record all minute observation while lab experimentations and transfer knowledge to execution team for flawless smooth execution.
• Synthesize reference standard, impurity markers, intermediates, and APIs to support method development in ADL and customers need from lab scale.
• Ensuring 100% compliance in safety, quality, data integrity and trainings.
• Generate projects documents like TTD, development report / campaign report
• Ensure individual contribution is met as per the PRD guidelines
• Observe critically the batches while execution at manufacturing facility and provide valuable feedback to improve the process and avoid failure.
• Ensure flawless execution of scale up activities with 100% compliance on safety, quality and data integrity.
• Contribute individually (or as a team when appropriate) by performing experiments in lab and update laboratory notebook contemporaneously.
• Track impurities and highlight differences with logical reasons in a given study group.
• Perform literature search using tools such as Scifinder, Reaxys etc.

Qualification: MSc Chemistry

Experience: 3-6 years

Safety and Integrity

• Set and maintain high safety standards in the work environment.
• Adherence to all Environment, Health, Safety and Sustainability (EHSS) requirements always in the workplace with 100% compliance
• Ensure there are no Safety and environmental non-compliances in all areas that you are working in
• Reporting minimum of 1 near miss/observation per year. Ensure communication of incidents (or near-misses) and learning from those to ensure such an incident is not repeated/does not happen
• Ensure all the respective Kavach standards applicable to you are being meticulously followed
• Responsible for safety of self by ensuring all necessary safety protocols are adhered to
• Ensure all assigned mandatory LMS, classroom and on-the-job training related to Safety/EHSS are completed on time with 100% compliance
• Ensure all assigned mandatory LMS, classroom and on-the-job training related to Data Integrity are completed on time with 100% compliance

Equal Opportunity Employer:

• It is the policy of Syngene to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status about public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable legislation or local law. In addition, Syngene will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.