Thursday, March 1, 2012

Daily Pump Trap: 3/1/12 edition

Good morning! And happy March to you. Between February 28 and 29, there have been 55 new positions posted on the ACS Careers website. Of these, 3 (5%) are academically connected and 5 (9%) are from Kelly Scientific Resources.

District of Columbia: SICPA Securink is hiring a UV ink chemist; 5+ years of experience with UV-curable inks is desired.

Boulder, CO: Boulder Scientific is looking for a B.S./M.S./Ph.D. chemical engineer or chemist to help run its production facility.

Ridayh, Saudi Arabia: Fully 31 (56%) of the advertised positions are from Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC.) They probably pay well...

Silver Spring, MD: The FDA is hiring a polymer chemist for a postdoctoral position (medical device research?, analytical/polymer experience desired.) ; starts at $70k. That ain't shabby for a postdoc, even in the DC area.

Shanghai, China: WuxiApptec is hiring medicinal chemists, too.

Huntsville, AL: You again! Nektar Therapeutics (a veteran of ACS Careers) is hiring chemists for its Alabama facility. I'd love to know what they do there, exactly. 

3 comments:

  1. Those SABIC jobs sound good to me. Mostly because I imagine they come with a lot of money. It could be something to tide you over for a few years. Looks like the Saudis crushed the Shiite revolt in Eastern province, so it should be okay for a while. Overall, I'd prefer Jeddah over Ryadh since it's on the sea.

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  2. CJ, where are the disparaging comments about working and living in the South? Anyway, according to its website, Nektar is a "clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a pipeline of drug candidates that utilize its PEGylation and polymer conjugate technology platforms...."

    Anyway, good luck to any synthetic chemist hoping to land a job at Nektar, San Francisco (its corporate headquarters). The company's other locations in Huntsville, Alabama and Hyderabad, Andra Prasesh (FYI, India) seem better poised for growth. Following the Apple-Foxconn example, it makes sense to have most of the grunt work done in lower-cost, laxer regulation facilities. What would be your pick, Dirty South or South India?

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  3. Don't forget the Senior Pizza R&D position! I bet it has great perks!

    http://www.linkedin.com/jobs?viewJob=&jobId=2608915

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