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Senior Research and Development Scientist- Spokane, WA

Posted: November 4, 2024
The Senior Research & Development Scientist is responsible for participating in and supporting new product development projects with new and existing customers.
Location: Spokane, WA
Wage:

Benefits: All Silgan Unicep employees are eligible to participate in our dental, medical and/or vision benefits after a probationary waiting period.

Essential Responsibilities

  • Working as part of a cross-functional team, participating in compounding, and new product development from inception with new and existing customers as directed by VP/GM.
  • Adhere to project activities and timelines. Support projects and improvement activities in communications regarding timelines and deliverables. 
  • Generate, maintain and review product development documents, batch records and other related documents. 
  • Understand customer needs, competitive forces, changing technology and available resources. 
  • Support R&D efforts to identify market needs as they relate to research and development projects. 
  • Develop experimental designs, perform the experiments and report on the results. 
  • Participate in product development for new and current products including planning, scheduling, documenting and identifying necessary resources. 
  • Review competitive information and technology-related material in order to stay current with industry developments and expectations. 
  • Ensure compliance with cGMP, QSR/ISO, FDA, OSHA and all other regulatory requirements in accordance with company policy. 
  • Adhere to company safety requirements
  • Other duties as assigned

Minimum Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in chemistry or biology or a combination of the equivalent experience and education/training. 
  • 3-5 years of experience in FDA-regulated manufacturing setting, including mixing and formula experience. 
  • 3-5 years experience compounding and new product development from inception. Demonstrated ability to lead people and get results through others. 
  • Ability to organize and manage multiple priorities. 
  • Ability to respond to common inquiries and participate in response to complaints from customers and regulatory agencies. 
  • Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions. 
  • Ability to develop and adhere to project timelines.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. 
  • Knowledge of quality, cGMP, ISO 13485, FDA and OSHA regulations. 
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office products including World and Excel. 
  • Ability to recognise good quality and perform to quality standards. 

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

  • Regularly required to talk and hear.
  • Frequently required to stand and walk.
  • Frequently required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds (12 kg). 
  • Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds (23 kg).
  • Vision includes close vision, color vision and the ability to adjust focus.
  • Frequently work with chemicals. MSDS sheets are required. 
  • Ability to wear a respirator. 

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable those individuals who are disabled as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act to perform the essential functions of this job.

Ready to apply? Please send your completed Employment Application (PDF) or resume to careers@silganunicep.com.

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