Walk-in || Production Chemist

Production Chemist Roles and Responsibilities

A Production Chemist is responsible for managing and monitoring chemical manufacturing processes to ensure products are manufactured safely, consistently, efficiently, and according to quality specifications.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Production Operations
  
• Execute manufacturing processes according to approved SOPs, batch records, and process instructions.
• Monitor chemical reactions, temperatures, pressures, pH, mixing, filtration, drying, and other critical process parameters.
• Ensure production batches are completed within the approved time and process limits.
• Batch Manufacturing
  
• Review and follow batch manufacturing records.
• Verify raw materials, quantities, equipment status, and process conditions before starting production.
• Record process observations and results accurately.
• Ensure proper identification and traceability of materials and batches.
• In-Process Quality Control
  
• Collect in-process samples as per the sampling procedure.
• Perform or coordinate required chemical and physical tests.
• Monitor results against approved specifications.
• Immediately report deviations, abnormal observations, or out-of-specification results.
• Process Monitoring & Troubleshooting
  
• Identify process abnormalities and investigate production problems.
• Assist in root-cause analysis and implementation of corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
• Support process optimization to improve yield, productivity, and product consistency.
• Safety & Environmental Compliance
  
• Follow chemical handling, PPE, fire safety, and emergency procedures.
• Ensure safe handling, storage, and transfer of chemicals.
• Follow applicable environmental and waste-disposal procedures.
• Report unsafe conditions, spills, leaks, and incidents immediately.
• Equipment & Housekeeping
  
• Ensure production equipment is clean and ready for use.
• Verify equipment status before batch processing.
• Report equipment malfunction to the maintenance team.
• Maintain proper housekeeping and 5S standards in the production area.
• Documentation
  
• Maintain accurate batch records, logbooks, checklists, and production reports.
• Ensure entries are complete, legible, and made contemporaneously.
• Maintain records of raw materials, process parameters, yields, samples, and deviations.
• Quality & GMP Compliance
  
• Follow applicable GMP, GLP, SOP, and quality-system requirements, where applicable to the industry.
• Participate in internal and external audits.
• Support deviation, change-control, investigation, and CAPA activities.
• Ensure production activities comply with approved procedures.
• Coordination
  
• Coordinate with QA, QC, Maintenance, Warehouse/Stores, EHS, and Production Planning teams.
• Communicate batch status, material requirements, quality issues, and equipment problems.
• Support technology transfer, scale-up, validation, and new-product introduction when required.
• Continuous Improvement
  
• Identify opportunities to improve yield, cycle time, energy consumption, solvent usage, and overall productivity.
• Participate in lean manufacturing, 5S, waste reduction, and process-improvement projects.
• Maintain awareness of new process technologies and safer chemical practices.

Typical KPIs

• Production output and batch completion rate
• Batch yield and recovery
• Right-first-time (RFT) batches
• Rejection/reprocessing rate
• Production cycle time
• Equipment downtime
• Material/solvent consumption
• Number of deviations and process incidents
• Safety performance
• Compliance with SOPs and documentation requirementsRole & responsibilities

Preferred candidate profile