PTO Chemist Intern

Company Overview

Our Company is an innovative, global healthcare leader committed to improving health and well-being around the world. Our product offering categories include oncology products, vaccines, infectious diseases, and animal health. We continue to focus our research on conditions that affect millions of people worldwide while expanding strengths in vaccines and biologics. We also devote extensive time and energy to increasing access to medicines and vaccines through programs that donate and deliver our products to those in need.

Position

Pharmaceutical Technical Operations (PTO) is part of the Manufacturing Division, delivering cost-effective medicines and consumer healthcare products to patients around the world through innovation, technical and scientific excellence. Our PTO network includes professionals at over 40 locations engaged in providing technical support to new product development, manufacturing, and supply.

Role

PTO Chemist Intern

As part of the Pharmaceutical Technical Operations (PTO) team in Singapore, the PTO Chemist Intern provides support in the technical laboratory for chemical processes and analysis across various manufacturing facilities at the site, while maintaining housekeeping and safety standards in the laboratory.

Responsibilities

• Support laboratory operations and laboratory management activities through maintaining the inventory management system and laboratory housekeeping
• Perform analyses using various analytical techniques (spectrometry and chromatography) to support plant and utilities improvement initiatives
• Support process understanding or improvement projects through experiments and/or process/analytical method evaluation and familiarisation
• Assist in process trending and data collection for process monitoring purposes
• Comply with all divisional and site-specific policies, guidelines and procedures. Demonstrate and promote Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) leadership behaviours, ensuring activities are carried out in accordance with EHS requirements. Actively participate in GEMBA safety walks

Qualifications & Requirements

• Pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in a technical field, including Chemistry / Applied Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences or Chemical/Biological/Mechanical Engineering
• Demonstrated capability in applying sound engineering and scientific principles, project management skills, and structured/analytical problem solving techniques
• Excellent team player who can readily take on responsibilities and work independently
• Able to commit to a 6-month internship

This role is for a January 2027 internship

What We Look For

In a world of rapid innovation, we seek brave inventors who want to make an impact in all aspects of our business, enabling breakthroughs that will affect generations to come. We encourage you to bring disruptive thinking, collaborative spirit, and diverse perspectives to our organization.

Required Skills

• Chemometrics
• Chromatography
• Contractor Oversight
• Disease Prevention
• Driving Continuous Improvement
• Engineering Standards
• Equipment Qualification
• Estimation and Planning
• Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS)
• GMP Compliance
• GMP Validation
• Inventory Control System
• Inventory Management
• Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)
• Laboratory Maintenance
• Lean Manufacturing
• Manufacturing Quality Control
• Manufacturing Scale-Up
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• Process Control
• Process Optimization
• Process Scale Up
• Project Management
• Spectrometry

Notes & How to Apply

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Employee Status: Intern/Co-op (Fixed Term)

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Job Posting End Date: 09/30/2026

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