About

Our history

Pia Pharma is an Australian owned contract research and consulting laboratory with a productive analytical chemistry backbone to our service offerings. Our business provides quality driven scientific services to manufacturing clients within animal health, pharmaceutical, food and agrochemical industries. We deliver bespoke scientific solutions to some complex projects in quality assurance, quality control, product development, and regulatory sciences. Pia Pharma is licensed by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) and Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) for provision of analytical services to the Australian and international human pharmaceutical and animal health industries. We have created a positive, productive, quality focused work culture and looking for the right person to join this harmonious team. We strive to improve the technical skills of all employees through work-based training and mentoring.

Role duties

Technical skills in chromatography, sample preparation and analysis of small molecules in medicinal, agricultural, feed or food samples

Develop and validate analytical methods, primarily UHPLC based to international standards (ICH/ VICH)

Conduct analyses using various analytical instrumental techniques (e.g. UHPLC/ HPLC), qualitative (e.g. FTIR), physical testing (e.g. Karl Fischer, viscometer), wet chemistry (e.g. Titration)

Conduct analyses of raw materials following monograph methods, instrumental, physical and wet chemistry methods

Ensure continued operation, calibration and maintenance of scientific instrumentation

Provide technical expertise and analytical support for consulting projects in product manufacture, quality assurance and regulatory affairs

Deliver an efficient, professional analytical chemistry service experience for clients from receipt of the sample through to reporting of the results and post-analysis technical assistance

Prepare value-added reports, which satisfy client expectations of a specialist consultancy

Maintain compliance of the analytical service with the principles of GMP as applied to human therapeutic or animal health industries

Promote and expand the scope of the analytical service through client interaction, participation at industry events

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in chemistry or similar
Minimum 3 years experience in a similar role within an analytical laboratory
Highly proficient in the use of HPLC/UPLC within a commercial pharma/ GMP environment
Experience with chromatography data systems (i.e., Empower™) to operate laboratory instrumentation
Demonstrated experience in analytical method development and validation to international standards (ICH/ VICH or other)
Experience meeting APVMA/ TGA requirements relating to analytical laboratory quality, and participation in audits
Capability to troubleshoot and solve problems that can arise within a busy analytical laboratory
Exemplary written and verbal communication skills

Do you have a passion for delivering quality analytical services? Then we want to hear from you - APPLY NOW!