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Senior Analytical Chemist

Catalent
Greenville, NC Full Time
POSTED ON 7/10/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 8/25/2026
The Senior Analytical Chemist will perform routine and non-routine analytical testing in support of pharmaceutical products following all applicable safety, quality, and regulation requirements.

Position Summary

This position is 100% on-site at the Greenville site.

Catalent’s Greenville, N.C. facility specializes in end-to-end turn-key solutions for oral solid dosage forms, including integrated formulation development, analytical services, commercial manufacturing, and packaging. This state-of-the-art facility has had over $100M of investments in recent years and features fit-for-scale capacity with potent handling capabilities, ideal for orphan or targeted drug development.

This role provides laboratory troubleshooting for a team to assist in the successful and timely execution of laboratory analyses.

The Role


  • Independently perform routine and complex testing for chromatographic and spectrophotometric methods (HPLC, GC, UV) of analysis for excipients, new chemical entities and/or drug products.
  • Interpret data and make recommendations to management for improvement or potential concerns.
  • Compare laboratory data against specifications, prepare reports, and trend data where applicable to determine if results meet requirements.
  • Ensure proper usage, care, and return of calibration standards including, but not limited to, reference standards, timers, thermometers, and instrumentation.
  • Ensure accuracy of testing by following method/standard instructions and adhering to internal SOPs to eliminate the potential for repeat testing, deviations, and investigations.
  • Independently author standard operating procedures, analytical testing procedures, final submission ready documents, and create document templates for use by junior team members.
  • All other duties as assigned.


The Candidate


  • Associate degree in Biotechnology, Chemistry or equivalent science degree with seven years of professional experience in pharmaceutical analytical chemistry required or;
  • Bachelor’s degree in a science-related field (e.g. Biology, Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences) with six years of professional experience in pharmaceutical analytical chemistry required or;
  • Master’s degree in a science-related field with five years of professional experience in pharmaceutical analytical chemistry required or;
  • PhD in a science-related field with two years of relevant experience in pharmaceutical analytical chemistry required.
  • Position requires the ability to lift 10-50lbs, unassisted.
  • Majority of the work day is performed while standing, walking, lifting, pulling, and pushing.
  • Requires bending, squatting, crawling, climbing, and reaching.
  • Some exposure to hazardous chemicals and other active chemical ingredients.


Why You Should Join Catalent


  • Competitive medical benefits and 401K
  • 152 hours of PTO 8 Paid Holidays
  • Dynamic, fast-paced work environment
  • Opportunity to work on Continuous Improvement Processes


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.

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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.

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