Senior QC Chemist (Normal Office Hours initially | Future 12 Rotating Shift Opportunity)

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Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri) Environmental Conditions Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards, Laboratory Setting, Office, Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.), Will work with hazardous/toxic materials Job Description Senior QC Chemist Location: 31 Joo Koon Circle, Singapore Working Hours: This role will initially operate on a regular Monday-Friday schedule (8:00am to 5:15pm). As the business grows, the position may transition to a 12-hour rotating shift schedule (day and night) in the future. Candidates should be comfortable with and open to supporting shift operations if required. Make an Impact At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll join a team that helps pharmaceutical and biotech companies bring life-changing medicines to patients around the world. As a Senior QC Chemist, you'll play a key role in ensuring every product released from our site meets the highest standards of quality, safety, and regulatory compliance. This is more than a laboratory role—you'll be a technical leader responsible for analytical testing, method validation, laboratory investigations, and continuous improvement within a GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) environment. Your work will directly support manufacturing operations while helping maintain inspection readiness and delivering trusted results for our global customers. What You'll Do As a Senior QC Chemist , you will provide technical leadership across laboratory operations while ensuring testing is performed accurately, efficiently, and in compliance with global regulatory requirements. Key responsibilities include: Perform and oversee analytical testing of raw materials, intermediates, finished products, stability samples, process aids, and packaging materials using techniques including HPLC, UPLC, GC, capillary electrophoresis (CE), particle counting, and other analytical methods. Lead analytical method transfers, verifications, qualifications, and validations for new products and customer projects. Support qualification of laboratory equipment, analytical instruments, computerized laboratory systems, and new laboratory capabilities. Prepare and review technical documentation including protocols, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), validation reports, specifications, and investigation reports. Review analytical data to ensure accuracy, integrity, and compliance with current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) requirements. Lead laboratory investigations, deviations, Out-of-Specification (OOS) results, and root cause analysis, driving timely and effective corrective and preventive actions (CAPA). Partner with Manufacturing, Quality Assurance, Validation, Engineering, and other cross-functional teams to support production schedules and customer commitments. Maintain laboratory equipment through routine calibration, qualification, troubleshooting, and preventive maintenance. Manage laboratory inventory including chemicals, reference standards, reagents, and consumables to ensure uninterrupted operations. Monitor changes to global pharmacopoeias and regulatory requirements, updating laboratory procedures and practices as needed. Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) during customer, regulatory, and internal audits and inspections. Mentor junior chemists, provide technical guidance, and support training activities across the QC laboratory. Drive continuous improvement initiatives through Practical Process Improvement (PPI), strengthening laboratory efficiency, compliance, and data quality. Champion Thermo Fisher's 4i Values (Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, and Involvement), Quality Culture, and Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) standards. Support shift coverage when required to meet business and operational needs. Who You Are Minimum Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or another Life Science discipline. MUST HAVE at least have 5 years of Quality Control laboratory experience within the pharmaceutical, biologics, or biotechnology industry. Strong working knowledge of cGMP and global regulatory expectations. Preferred Experience We're looking for someone who has demonstrated experience in: Analytical method transfer, validation, and verification Chromatographic techniques including HPLC, UPLC, and GC Capillary Electrophoresis (CE) and other modern analytical technologies Laboratory investigations including deviations, OOS, OOT (Out-of-Trend), and CAPA Audit and regulatory inspection readiness Technical troubleshooting of analytical methods and laboratory instrumentation Training and mentoring laboratory personnel Working with global regulatory agencies and standards including FDA, EMA, HSA, PIC/S, ICH, and major pharmacopoeias What Makes You Successful You are someone who: Thrives in a fast-paced GMP laboratory supporting commercial manufacturing. Brings strong scientific judgment and analytical problem-solving skills. Maintains exceptional attention to detail and data integrity. Communicates effectively across technical and cross-functional teams. Balances multiple priorities while delivering high-quality, compliant results. Takes ownership of laboratory quality, continuous improvement, and operational excellence. Why Join Thermo Fisher Scientific? At Thermo Fisher Scientific, your work contributes to helping customers accelerate the development and manufacture of medicines that improve lives worldwide. Within our Pharma Services business, you'll work alongside experienced scientists in a collaborative environment where quality, innovation, and continuous improvement are central to everything we do. Join us and help ensure every batch released meets the highest standards of quality, enabling our customers to deliver trusted therapies to patients around the globe.