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Senior R&D Chemist - Global (12-month Contract)
DECIEM | THE ABNORMAL BEAUTY COMPANY
Toronto, ON
Contract
The Senior R&D Formulation Chemist drives end-to-end product innovation from bench concept to full commercial scale across personal care and cosmetic categories. Operating as both a lead…
Chemist - Geo Production
Actlabs
Ancaster, ON
$80,000 to $85,000 CAD / year
Full-time
The Chemist – Geo Production will provide technical support to lab managers, process owners, and operation teams in identifying quality issue root causes, lead investigations into quality…
Chemist, Physical Properties RD8
Apotex
Toronto, ON · North York, ON
$73,008 to $121,680 CAD / year
As a project leader, be responsible for NPD projects and lead junior chemists in product development. Establish physical properties related specifications.
Chemist, Physical Properties RD8
Apotex Inc.
Toronto, ON · North York, ON
$73,008 to $121,680 CAD / year
Full-time
As a project leader, be responsible for NPD projects and lead junior chemists in product development. Establish physical properties related specifications.
Scientific Leader, Analytical Development
Apotex
Richmond Hill, ON
$83,126.43 to $116,377 CAD / year
Responsible for developing, validating and applying analytical methods in compliance with current compendial pharmacopoeias, ICH, SOP and GMP requirements; testing and evaluation R&D…
Technical Director
Red Rover Recruitment
Toronto, ON
$120,000 to $170,000 CAD / year
Full-time
This is a senior, formulation-led technical leadership role for an accomplished product-development chemist who understands not only how to develop high-performing formulations, but how to…
Formulation Chemist (Drug Product) - Eurofins CDMO Alphora, Inc.
Eurofins
Mississauga, Ontario
$75,000 CAD / year
Full-time
You will lead the design and execution of formulation studies, support scale-up and technology transfer, and play an active role in GMP production operations. This position offers the…
Formulation Chemist (Drug Product) - Eurofins CDMO Alphora, Inc.
Eurofins
Mississauga, Ontario
Full-time
You will lead the design and execution of formulation studies, support scale-up and technology transfer, and play an active role in GMP production operations. This position offers the…

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Actlabs

Chemist - Geo Production

Ancaster, ON, Canada

Pay: $80,000 to $85,000 CAD / year
Job type: Full-time
Apply by: Sep 27, 2026

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Responsibilities

The Chemist provides technical support to identify and resolve quality issues through root cause analysis and CAPA implementation. They are also responsible for developing, optimizing, and validating analytical procedures for geochemical analysis.

Requirements

A minimum of a B.Sc. in Chemistry and 2-3 years of experience in a production analytical laboratory are required. Candidates must be proficient in conducting root cause investigations and performing wet lab experiments.

Experience

2 to 5 years

Education

bachelor degree

Working hours

40 hours per week

Work arrangement

On-site

Skills

Root Cause Analysis
Wet Chemistry
Method Validation
Technical Writing
Project Planning
Quality Control
Analytical Instrumentation
CAPA
Data Review
Experimental Design
Communication
Organization

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Keywords

Geochemical Analysis
AA
ICP-OES
ICP-MS
Root Cause Analysis
CAPA
NCR
Wet Lab
Method Validation
QOP
QCP
SRED
Analytical Chemistry
Mining
Quality Assurance
Digestion
Titration
Fusion

Original job description

The Chemist – Geo Production will provide technical support to lab managers, process owners, and operation teams in identifying quality issue root causes, lead investigations into quality issues, and act as the lead for addressing quality issues at all stages of geochemical analysis including processing and testing of samples, and data review.

The Chemist – Geo Production will develop, improve and customize current procedures optimizing them for Actlabs instrumentation and equipment, investigation of quality issues, review of updated drafts of QOP/QCPs, and helping to lead operations’ personnel in the implementation of new or modified validated and verified methods from the Research and Development group.

Education Required: Minimum of B.Sc. in Chemistry with 2-3 years of experience working in a production analytical Laboratory setting.

‘Must Have’ Qualifications:

Conducting root cause analysis and investigation on quality matters.

Writing experimental proposals and report.

Planning research projects and implementing them.

Excellent verbal and written communication

Organizational skills

Ability to handle several tasks at once

Experience with formulating, performing and completing wet lab experiments.

Experience with testing, developing and validating procedures from start to the end.-

Intrinsically motivated.

Strong ability to work independently, and as part of multifunctional teams.

Qualifications which are assets:

Demonstrated experience working with analytical instruments like AA, ICP-OES, ICP-MS.

Responsibilities: May include some or all of the following; or any other tasks assigned directly or indirectly by

Lab manager:

Investigating and performing root cause analysis of assigned client complaints and help with defining and Implementing CAPA for these tickets.

Investigating and performing root cause analysis of assigned NCRs and help with defining and

implementing CAPA for these tickets.

Investigating and performing root cause analysis of redo jobs for processes assigned by Lab manager and help with defining and implementing CAPA.

Helping process owners with formulating, testing and developing special wet chemistry methods requested by client for special projects.

Investigating and addressing operation failures assigned by Lab manager including but not limited to:

digestion/titration/fusion failure; calibrations failures; contaminations; and, IC/AA/OES/MS run

failures.

Review QOP/QCP updated drafts and help process owners finalizing drafts for QA review.

Helping operations with implementing new validated and verified procedures from the R&D group.

Attending and contributing to meetings addressing operational quality issues, concerns, solutions, and opportunities.

Reporting completed/in progress tasks/projects to lab manager on weekly basis.

Keeping track of all steps, time and resources taken/used for all completed/in progress projects to be included in yearly SRED application.

Looking out for new advanced lab methods/procedures applicable to ActLabs, and presenting/proposing them to Lab manager to be discussed with R&D team.

Responsible for improving current in use procedures to be more error proof with a goal of achieving higher level of time and cost efficiency

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