Research Associate Senior - PHCS CW

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a Research Associate Senior - PHCS CW for a contract assignment with one of our premier Pharmaceutical clients in Tucson, AZ
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Responsibilities :

• Responsible for conducting research, development and manufacturing laboratory experimentation and other scientific activities to support firm projects.
• Exercises technical expertise and discretion in the design, execution and interpretation of experiments that contribute to project strategies.
• Prepares technical reports, summaries, protocols and quantitative analyses.
• Presents and discusses results of experiments within department and project team.
• Maintains high level of professional expertise through familiarity with scientific literature and may participate in conferences and professional societies.
• Follows company policies and procedures for GMP, GLP, Design Control and others as appropriate.
• Maintains complete and accurate laboratory documentation and electronic files.
• May act as principal investigator in conducting own experiments.
• Designs experimental plan to support project objectives.
• Executes bench experiments; makes detailed and general observations and analyzes data.
• Prepares technical reports, summaries and quantitative analyses.
• Maintains complete and accurate records.
• Normally acts independently for developing methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
• Identifies and implements improvements to work processes and laboratory environment.
• Recognized expert across a wide range of techniques and their application.
• Recognizes and documents activities for publication and/or patent potential.
• May participate in scientific conferences and contribute to scientific journals.
• Works on extremely complex problems in which analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangible variables.
• Exercises independent judgment in developing methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
• Participates or leads cross functional technical teams such as a failure investigation or core team.
• Works well in a team environment by being a productive project team member, suggesting creative solutions to problems and providing input to project planning.
• Establishes interfaces across other organizational groups.
• Trains others in areas of expertise.
• May supervise lower level personnel and laboratory operations.
• Troubleshoots problems and institutes corrective action.
• Prepares and presents experimental procedures and results in group and project teams.
• Monitors work to ensure quality, and continuously promote Quality First Time

Required
Skills
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• Bachelor's Degree in Science
• 6 years or more relevant experience with a Bachelor's Degree or Less than 1 year or more years relevant experience with a Masters degree
• Knows wide range of experimental techniques and skilled in their applications.
• Acts independently to determine methods and procedures on new assignments.
• Capable with searching scientific literature to gain general and specific information.
• Skilled with use of word processing, spreadsheets, graphical and presentation.

Preferred
Skills
:

• Master's Degree in Science

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