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**Associate Scientist II, Analytical Research & Development** **Position Summary** + **Work Schedule** : Monday - Friday, standard business hours + 100% on-site Join Catalent's flagship softgel development and manufacturing facility in North America, located in St. Petersburg, FL, with a capacity of 18 billion capsules per year. This role offers competitive pay, day-one benefits, and career growth in a state-of-the-art, turn-key facility. As an Associate Scientist II, Analytical Research & Development, Catalent offers unmatched exposure to a wide range of molecules formulated into our unique softgel platform-each with a distinct therapeutic purpose. From women's health to oncology, we work across diverse therapeutic areas, making a real impact on patients' lives. Our collaborative, cross-functional teams and cutting-edge equipment provide hands-on experience from development through commercial validation. **The Role** + Perform compendial and non-compendial testing on raw materials, drug substances, in-process samples, cleaning samples and finished products as required. + Performs assay/CU/dissolution and other single analyte chromatographic testing. Prepare reagents, standards, media and mobile phase as needed for analyses. + Required to work with potent and teratogenic compounds with proper PPE equipment. Disposal of hazardous waste according to environmental regulations and company procedures. + Tabulation/ interpretation of results of analysis as recorded in notebooks, reports and logbooks. Assures right-first-time execution of departmental methods and SOPs. + Supports Material Evaluation Process for new materials. Shares responsibility for the routine calibration of analytical equipment such as, but not limited to balances, pH meters, KF analyzers, AA, IR, etc. + Provides project support for new product development programs under the direction of the lead scientist or group leader. Assist with laboratory investigations using the appropriate Root Cause Analysis tools. + Participate in inter-departmental task teams. Interfaces with peers in other departments and management. Identifies/implements improvements that will reduce cycle time for testing/release products. Writes/ reviews analytical methods, deviations, protocols, SOPs and other technical documents. + Other duties as assigned. **The Candidate** + Associate's in science with 10+ years in an analytical lab, 5 in GMP environment required OR; + Bachelor's in science with 3+ years in an GMP analytical lab required OR; + PHD required + Experience with common pharmaceutical equipment: UV/VIS, IR, AA, and Dissolution required. + Expertise in wet chemistry techniques such as titrations, extractions as per compendia required. + Familiar with separation chromatographic instruments such as HPLC/UHPLC and GC required. + Vision requirements include ability to differentiate color (Pass the Ishihara Color Vision Screening) and obtain 20/30 acuity in both far and near vision with or without corrective lenses. For Catalent's in-house screening, the acceptable score is to identify at least 4 of 6 numbers in the circles. **Why You Should Join Catalent** + Tuition reimbursement to support educational goals + 152 hours of PTO plus 8 paid holidays & Medical, dental, and vision benefits effective day one + WellHub program to promote physical wellness & Access to Perkspot discounts from over 900 merchants + Inclusive culture with active Employee Resource Groups & Community engagement and green initiatives + Strong potential for career growth within a mission-driven organization **Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career!** Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference. personal initiative. dynamic pace. meaningful work. Visit Catalent Careers ( to explore career opportunities. Catalent is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans. If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, you may submit your request by sending an email, and confirming your request for an accommodation and include the job number, title and location to DisabilityAccommodations@catalent.com . This option is reserved for individuals who require accommodation due to a disability. Information received will be processed by a U.S. Catalent employee and then routed to a local recruiter who will provide assistance to ensure appropriate consideration in the application or hiring process. Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives: Catalent Pharma Solutions (Catalent) is not accepting unsolicited resumes from agencies and/or search firms for this job posting. Resumes submitted to any Catalent employee by a third party agency and/or search firm without a valid written & signed search agreement, will become the sole property of Catalent. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral. Thank you. Important Security Notice to U.S. Job Seekers: Catalent NEVER asks candidates to provide any type of payment, bank details, photocopies of identification, social security number or other highly sensitive personal information during the offer process, and we NEVER do so via email or social media. If you receive any such request, DO NOT respond- it is a fraudulent request. Please forward such requests to spam@catalent.com for us to investigate with local authorities. California Job Seekers can find our California Job Applicant Notice HERE ( .

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