U.S. Open Positions

Do you have talent, ambition and drive? Are you ready to work with some of the most talented professionals in the pharmaceutical development industry? Are you looking to further your career at a growing and dynamic company? If the answer is “yes,” view our current opportunities and apply today. If you don’t see the position you are looking for, don’t worry, we will keep your resume on file for consideration as future opportunities arise.

VP Science and Technology

Responsibilities:

Responsible for all research and development initiatives within the Company, fostering a culture of innovation, technical excellence, continuous improvement, and performance management.
Provide technical leadership and strategic direction to the organization including identification of new technologies and capital investments.
As part of the Company’s senior management team, must be an aggressive, dynamic person with excellent leadership and communication skills, and must be able to liaise with clients and others outside the Company.
Must have a strong background in synthetic organic chemistry and denovo chemical route development. Understanding in solid state chemistry and aspects of formulation development are a plus.
Must have experience working in an FDA regulated environment, and instill a sense of compliance into the R&D department.
Accountable for Environmental, Health, Safety and Sustainability performance of the R&D team as part of the company’s strategic plans.
Coach, Mentoring, and Motivate the R&D organization on technical and organization matters.
Lead the identification and hiring of new scientific staff.
Provide technical input to Business Development team to structure new and/or better routes of synthesis for new proposals. Work with Business Development to help win new business with clients.
Ensure proper allocation of R&D resources to achieve project and company goals within established timelines and budgets.
Professionally present the company’s services and capabilities outside the organization, including presenting to large groups at technical conferences.
Must be well connected to academic pharmaceutical research, and cutting edge technology research.
Participate in, and in many cases, lead necessary client communications, such as site visits and teleconferences.

Minimum Requirements:

PhD in synthetic organic chemistry with 10-12 years industrial experience.
Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers and the general public.
Must be able to thrive in a fast-paced environment; a multi-tasker who will work in a high-energy environment.

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Chief Information Officer

The Chief Information Officer (“CIO") will be responsible for enabling the continued growth of the CML, a mid-sized growth company, through effective management and deployment of technology on a global basis, serving both the WI and Netherland sites. The CIO will be an integral part of the executive team and is expected to understand both the business and technology requirements of the company and industry. The success of the CIO will be determined based on how well the company uses technology for competitive advantage.

Responsibilities:

Select and implement a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system together with a project/job workflow and document storage tool.
Identify other short and long-term strategic opportunities where IT solutions (including both general support and direct business operation functions) can deliver substantial returns on investment.
Develop and evaluate business cases for proposed investments in capital and internal/external resources, including service agreements in support of the company’s objectives.
Develop and manage annual IT budget.
Coach, mentor and manage IT department staff.
Enhance internal & external customer satisfaction through world-class end-user support and training.
Responsible for all centralized and distributed technology, including voice & data communication.
Work closely with plant engineering regarding the procurement and integration of process control systems.
Develop, implement, and monitor IT policies and controls to ensure compliance with laws and regulations, data integrity, availability, security and confidentiality including systems documentation, quality assurance and business continuity solutions.

Minimum Requirements:

Bachelor or Master’s degree in Computer Science or Business.
8 - 10 years of leading an IT organization.
Strong business orientation, ideal in a pharmaceutical or service industry.
Experience selecting, implementing & maintaining an integrated enterprise software solution (ERP).
Proven ability to take a project from concept to implementation.
Experience managing the following technologies: • Internet enabled business applications • Voice Processing • Process manufacturing control systems • Bar coding and data collection system.
Experience in strategic planning and execution.
Considerable knowledge of business theory, business processes, management, budgeting, and business office operations.
Substantial exposure to data processing, hardware platforms, enterprise software applications, and outsourced systems.
Experience with systems design and development from business requirements analysis through to day-to-day management.
Excellent understanding of project management principles.
In-depth knowledge of applicable laws and regulations as they relate to IT.
Strong understanding of human resource management principles, practices, and procedures.
Proven leadership ability.
We are an EEOC and Affirmative Action employer.
Cambridge Major Labs offers competitive compensation and benefits programs.
Able to work within the USA without employer sponsorship.

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Process Engineer

The role of the process engineer is to evaluate existing processes and to configure manufacturing systems to reduce cost, improve sustainability and develop best practices within the production process. The main focus of the process engineer’s work is on maintaining reliable and safe manufacturing systems while improving production rates, efficiencies, yields and costs. The process engineer is a part of a team driven to identify, develop and deliver innovative solutions, driven to constantly improve process capability and production volumes while maintaining and improving environmental, health, safety, sustainability and quality standards.

Responsibilities:

Assure functioning of the entire process control and engineering systems.
Understand the operation of reactors and all auxiliary equipment.
Trouble shoot equipment PLCs and chemistry problems.
Understand reaction mechanisms and apply them to practical execution of a given synthesis, capable of solving common synthetic problems.
Responsible for process engineering continuous improvement projects – yield improvement, cycle time reduction, waste elimination, new product transfers, scale-up data collection and analysis, process trouble-shooting.
Work as part of a development team to investigate chemistry and processing issues during initial development and problems with commercial processes.
Scale-up and technical transfer of chemical processes from R&D to Manufacturing.
Optimize processes through data based analyses and implement standard work to remove personnel variation from processes.
Implementation and maintenance of statistical process control program.
Specify equipment for new installations and upgrades.
Participate in or lead new equipment installations and upgrades.
Will coordinate outside contractors; ensure that work is done properly and in a timely manner.
Develop training modules and train personnel.
Know and adhere to cGMP rules and regulations.
Know and adhere to OSHA rules and regulations.
Know and adhere to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
Update drawings and SOPs in relation to the cGMP regulations.
Assist in AutoCAD drawings, updates.
Able to record all procedures and results in a clear manner.
Assist with regulatory and quality assurance requirements.
Able to maintain an orderly and safe working environment.
Strong understanding of PLC ‘s and their function.

Minimum Requirements:

B.S. in Chemical Engineering or related curriculum along with 3-8 years of experience in development, scale-up, and manufacturing environment, preferably API, or similar FDA-qualified facility
Background check required.
We are an EEOC and Affirmative Action employer.
Cambridge Major Labs offers competitive compensation and benefits programs.
Able to work within the USA without employer sponsorship.

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Sr. Technical Writer

Responsibilities:

Able to critically evaluate client technical packages and provide an assessment to business development on the following attributes for the purpose of quotation:
- Synthetic feasibility
- Process feasibility based on available equipment
- Chemist, analyst, and reactor resource requirements
- Calendar timing estimations
- Safety restrictions
- Raw Material requirements
- Phase appropriate compliance requirements
Able to communicate with clients for purposes of RFQ technical clarifications.
Perform pertinent literature searches to support proposal generation; provide alternate route options as needed.
Create literature support packages in support of ongoing development efforts.
Establish a systematic approach for the review and filing of RFQ technical and resource assessments.
Generation of general Gantt Charts for proposal generation.
Generation of raw material calculation spreadsheets based upon technical packages.
Able to liaise with procurement to calculate raw material cost estimates for quotations based on technical packages.
Review and edit final production and development reports for scientific accuracy, comprehensiveness, formatting, and grammar.
Establish and maintain a database for internal processes and chemical transformations for technical reference and literature support package creation.
Generation, review, and updating of technical document templates.
Provide technical support as needed to support ongoing development activities.
Liaise with and support management on departmental goals and objectives.
Remain technically competent and keep current in new developments within the chemical/pharmaceutical industry.
Support establishment of and ongoing training programs for departmental technical advancement.
Internal/external publication and presentation of pertinent technical literature. Obtain internal and external training with internal presentation of training acquired.
Establish and/or coordinate key performance indicators around job function and output

Minimum Requirements:

Requires at least a Ph.D. degree in Organic Chemistry or equivalent with minimally five years of experience in an Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient development /manufacturing environment.
Must be conversant in current literature searching techniques/technologies such as Beilstein.
Background check required.
We are an EEOC and Affirmative Action employer.
Cambridge Major Labs offers competitive compensation and benefits programs.
Able to work within the USA without employer sponsorship.

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R&D Scientist

Responsibilities:

Ability to prioritize experimental goals and strategies.
Ability to execute chemical reactions on a gram to multi-kilogram scale.
Ability to isolate and purify products and intermediates by using standard laboratory techniques.
Able to perform routine analytical procedures to monitor reaction progress (i.e. TLC, GC, NMR, HPLC, HPLC wt% assay analysis, KF).
Optimization of conditions of proposed and designed synthetic routes including but not limited to purity, loadings, equivalents, cycle times, work up procedures, and yields.
Identify and suggests potential alternative synthetic routes to target compounds.
Modify synthetic process steps to promote operational ease and safety.
Accountable for experimental timelines in accordance with project objectives.
Clear documentation of all results and procedures.
Prepare final reports for completed projects, including final procedures and compiling all analytical data.
Act as the technical contact for projects that transfer internally with the production groups, i.e. research kilo laboratory to GMP kilo laboratory, or kilo laboratory to plant.
Remain technically competent and keep current in new developments within the chemistry/chemical industry.

Minimum Requirements:

Ph.D. in organic chemistry.
Minimum 5-10+ years of industrial experience.
A broad and integrated knowledge of all aspects of process chemistry.
Understanding and interpretation of analytical data.
Capable of solving synthetic problems independently.
Understand reaction mechanisms and apply them to practical execution of given synthesis.
Able to provide written and verbal updates to supervisors or clients.
Able to establish and manage project progress and comply with timelines, raw materials calculation/procurement, equipment availability and yields to ensure project success.
Able to perform aspects of project management with supervision including timeline generation, direct client contact, and documentation.
Performance of literature searches.
Know and adhere to cGMP rules and regulations.
Background check required.
We are an EEOC and Affirmative Action employer.
Cambridge Major Labs offers competitive compensation and benefits programs.
Able to work within the USA without employer sponsorship.

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Analytical Chemists I and II

Responsibilities:

Responsible for analysis of test articles by HPLC, GC, GC/MS and other method.
Must be proficient with HPLC.
Perform routine sample processing for required analytical methods.
Perform maintenance of analytical instruments.
Develop new methods as required support programs.
Perform critical interpretation of analytical data.
Maintain and accurate notebook and write SOP’s and reports as needed.

Minimum Requirements:

Excellent communication and problem solving skills and the ability to work independently in a multi-disciplinary environment.
BS or MS in chemistry or related field.
At least 2-3 years of experience in an API GMP manufacturing facility.
Background check required.
We are an EEOC and Affirmative Action employer.
Cambridge Major Labs offers competitive compensation and benefits programs.
Able to work within the USA without employer sponsorship.

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Buyer

Responsibilities:

Negotiate and manage supplier agreements and contracts.
Lead and support initiatives to reduce cost, insure continuity of high quality, compliant supply via purchasing raw materials, technical services, equipment etc.
Manage client expectations related to launch preparation activities, alternate sourcing, and price & supplier contract negotiations.
Review and approve purchases, negotiate contracts, pricing and service level agreements.
Monitor cost, schedule and performance of suppliers.
Place orders, confirm/update open back order reports, process credit applications, oversee maintenance of supplier database, process returns and reconcile discrepancies.
Drive continuous improvement in all aspects of the sourcing process by leveraging internal and external tools.
Develop policies/procedures for the operation of purchasing activities.
Provide leadership and guidance to others as appropriate.
Partner with key stakeholders, business unit management to manage supplier relationships and deliver the highest value possible from all suppliers.
Participate in supplier audits as required.
Prepare reports and collects data as required.
Maintain purchasing files.

Minimum Requirements:

A minimum of a Bachelor's degree and; 5+ years of sourcing/purchasing experience in the pharmaceutical industry including procurement, contracting and developing value added strategic business relationships with third party producers.
Experience in sourcing chemicals and raw materials worldwide including from SE Asia, EU.
Experience with import process including freight considerations, duties etc.
Experience working with regulatory requirements as they relate to sourcing, for example: FDA, ICH, cGMP, ISO.
Experience performing supplier audits.
Candidates must possess knowledge of the global pharmaceutical industry, pricing, regulatory and legal actions, FDA and GMP rules and regulations.
Candidates should have a thorough understanding of the various purchasing functions and how they must effectively intertwine for efficient operation.
The candidate must have an expertise in negotiations, purchasing programs and processes, make vs. buy analysis, sourcing strategies, risk mitigation, and contract development and management.
Candidates must have an understanding of best-in-class sourcing management processes and techniques: 1. Must possess solid analytical skills in forecasting and anticipating production needs and capabilities 2. Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of changing situations under stress 3. Strong interpersonal and verbal communication skills 4. Ability to work in team environment 5. Ability to manage several tasks/projects simultaneously 6. Attention to detail 7. Efficient with MS Office
Background check required.
We are an EEOC and Affirmative Action employer.
Cambridge Major Labs offers competitive compensation and benefits programs.
Able to work within the USA without employer sponsorship.

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Shipping/Receiving Inventory Clerk

Responsibilities:

Ability to ship and properly document all outgoing shipments, ensuring compliance with DOT, IATA and other applicable regulations for domestic and international shipments including hazardous shipments.
Ability to properly package and prepare all outgoing shipments following all hazardous and dangerous goods regulations including meeting all customer specific and CML requirements.
Preparation and understanding of bill of ladings, certificates of analysis and MSDS sheets and BST/TSE statements.
Working with various on-line tools and services to manage shipments, book pick-ups, manage tracking for deliveries as needed, entering and ensuring timely document recording and data entry as required into software.
Ability to receive and properly document all incoming deliveries, entering and ensuring timely document recording and data entry as required into software.
Maintains inventory records and prepares reports as requested,
Manage inventory accuracy through monitoring of daily warehouse activities, cycle counts, stock takes and audits.
Properly reserve to project, stage in correct areas and/or deliver chemicals as required.
Properly handle chemicals and solvents, chemicals, or reagents from bulk units.
Properly dispose of various waste streams generated within the facility, including preparing waste drums for pickup, ensuring these are properly labeled, securely closed.
Receive and deliver letters and packages to various recipients.
Properly clean and maintain an orderly system for chemical storage areas using FIFO methods.
Conduct physical chemical inventory in assigned areas.
Support labs with needs of solvents, waste removal, solid replenishments, and glass removal.
Maintain a clean work environment on dock and all other areas as required.
Operate forklift, pallet-jack and scissors lift .

Minimum Requirements:

High school diploma or equivalent.
One to two years of Shipping/Receiving/Inventory experience, preferably in a chemical environment.
Previous certification on various forklifts preferred.
Background check required.
We are an EEOC and Affirmative Action employer.
Cambridge Major Labs offers competitive compensation and benefits programs.
Able to work within the USA without employer sponsorship.

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