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Working at Cambrex Karlskoga
CURRENT OPENINGS
Cambrex Karlskoga is expanding and investing in new products. At present we primarily produce active pharmaceutical ingredients and intermediates for the pharmaceuticals industry. We work with advanced organic chemistry and concentrate on developing processes and supplying products to innovative pharmaceutical companies. We offer a varied and stimulating work environment within an international corporate setting.
Cambrex Karlskoga makes products in a full range of scales, from a few grams at the lab or a few kilos in the kilo laboratory and pilot plants, up to full-scale, multi-ton production. At Cambrex Karlskoga you will have the opportunity to follow a development project from beginning to end and gain a unique overview of the pharmaceuticals business.
Cambrex Karlskoga employs 345 people. Expansion is concentrated to Research & Development and Production, and it is in these areas where we are seeking to make most of the new appointments. You can read more about these areas below. |
Research & Development
 Cambrex Karlskoga has a well-developed laboratory with state-of-the-art equipment and highly skilled staff, a number of whom are post doctorate researchers. R&D work with new products is carried out in project form. The project group comprises a synthesis chemist, an analytical chemist, a development engineer and a marketing manager. The job of the synthesis chemist is to find safe and effective synthesis methods for new products (active pharmaceutical substances and intermediates). |
 The processes are developed at lab-scale and the substances are made in the kilo laboratory. The synthesis chemist also assists in transferring the processes to the pilot and full-scale plants. Analytical development is carried out alongside synthesis development. Here the analytical chemist analyses tests from the Research & Development and Pilot departments, developing and validating analytical methods for raw materials, intermediates and end-products. We have high-tech analytical instruments such as NMR and MS to help with the process. Safety assessments of the processes, studies of the environmental effects and stability tests are also carried out in connection with the synthesis development. |
Production
 The positions at hand are process engineers and process operators. The pilot-scale process engineers are responsible for and take part in projects for new products. To a large extent this entails transferring processes from lab to pilot scale and from pilot to full-scale production. The remaining process engineers work primarily with product/process care, and manage analysis work and projects for investment, development and maintenance. The process operators take part in the manufacturing process itself. We are able to offer varied, stimulating work, with significant opportunities for taking responsibility. A certain knowledge of chemistry is required to be employed as a process operator. The process engineers work mainly in 2, 3, 4 or 5 shifts. |
Healthcare and staff activities
| At Cambrex Karlskoga we subsidize healthcare activities in order to encourage our employees to adopt an active, healthy lifestyle. These activities also play an important part in promoting contact between individuals and groups of employees in the company. |
Final-year student posts
Cambrex Karlskoga offers excellent opportunities in our Karlskoga, Sweden facility for students working towards their final examinations. In recent years we have welcomed five to seven final-year students each year to work in production, the lab and our water treatment works. We are not able to offer many "ready-made" positions for these students, so instead we tailor a suitable post according to individual requirements. Some examples of the work carried out by final-year students at Cambrex Karlskoga are listed below.
- Developing analytical methods for specific products
- Lab optimization for synthesis reactions
- Pre-treatment of wastewater containing nitroaromatics
- Surveying processes at the water treatment plant
If you are interested in joining us to carry out work in preparation for your final-year examinations, please contact our Human Resources Department:
Gunilla Nordén, Personnel Manager
gunilla.norden@cambrex.com
tel. +46 586 78 30 51
fax. +46 586 78 30 59
Kerstin Karlsson, Personnel Officer
kerstin.karlsson@cambrex.com
tel. +46 586 78 30 50
fax. +46 586 78 30 59
Pdf-file with application form |
Summer work experience
Each summer we have a number of work-experience places to offer to university students reading chemistry subjects. Those students who need practical experience for their final examinations are given priority. The places are primarily in production and our Research & Development laboratory. The production posts mainly entail working alongside a process operator to gain experience of how a chemical process industry works. We also have some temporary positions (summer replacement staff), but these require some experience. In the lab we are also able to offer supervised work in research & development, the analytical laboratory and quality control.
If you are interested in joining us to carry out work in preparation for your final-year examinations, please contact our Human Resources Department:
Gunilla Nordén, Personnel Manager
gunilla.norden@cambrex.com
tel. +46 586 78 30 51
fax. +46 586 78 30 59
Kerstin Karlsson, Personnel Officer
kerstin.karlsson@cambrex.com
tel. +46 586 78 30 50
fax. +46 586 78 30 59
Pdf-file with application form |
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