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Chemist I

Planet Pharma
Minneapolis, MN Contractor
POSTED ON 5/30/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/31/2027
Pay 23-30/h depending on experience

Entry level role with responsibility for performing a variety of routine and non-routine tasks in a regulated laboratory environment in order to support, as well as help develop, pharmaceutical platforms. The chemist I will work in conformance with company policies and current Good Lab Practices (GLP), regulatory requirements and standards to meet quality and accuracy requirements. Individuals will perform procedures for process / analysis, and assist their manager and peers with routine and non-routine Quality Control and Research procedures.

A Day in the Life

  • Complies with all quality system requirements
  • Performs preparation, collection, measurement and recordkeeping of samples
  • Documents test and data analysis results
  • Participates on cross-functional teams for continuous improvement activities
  • Communicates with team members to ensure schedule requirements are met
  • Applies knowledge of performed tasks to elucidate test method failures
  • Analyzes and deduces data and collates test results
  • Communicates priority and timeliness for completion of customer requests
  • Helps drive the team to meet business goals
  • Supports development area as needed / commercial QC release
  • Learns and understands the manufacturing organization that the lab supports

Minimum Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry, Biology or related technical discipline with a 0 years of laboratory experience. The employee must be able to stand/sit/walk up to 8 hrs/day, perform experiments at bench height, perform light lifting / bending or stretching to support test apparatus setup or teardown, and use computer and phones to participate in meetings.

Nice To Have

General wet chemistry laboratory techniques and/or experience with liquid chromatography (UPLC/HPLC), gas chromatography (GC), dissolution (Apparatus 2, Apparatus 7), Karl Fischer, and FT-IR, UV-Vis. Experience with chromatography software (Empower). Microsoft Word and Excel skills. The ability to work in a laboratory with solvents and pharmaceutical substances. Solid technical ability, experience with equipment set up, and troubleshooting skills.

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