4 Job Openings In and Around Kirkwood

Here are four local job opportunities we found this week. To find more job openings or post a position, visit our classifieds section.

Who’s Hiring: Great Clips

• Location: Kirkwood
• Job: Stylist
• Category: N/A
• Experience: Current cosmetology or barber license as required by state regulations. Commitment to work a flexible schedule, including weekends and evenings. Dedication to great customer service. Computer skills needed to track customer information.
• Responsibilities: This position requires a commitment to follow a customer service system with every customer, every time. Must have the ability to cut hair for an extended period and provide quality haircuts in a fast-paced environment. Must listen and understand what the customer wants and have the ability to efficiently and effectively resolve customer issues.
• To Apply: Those who wish to apply may do so online.

Who’s Hiring: Petco

• Location: Kirkwood
• Job: Cashier 
• Category: Part time
• Experience: A high school diploma or G.E.D. is preferred, but you must be able to demonstrate basic math proficiency and strong communication skills.  You must be customer service focused and able to interact professionally and effectively through both verbal and written communication with everyone with whom you come into contact.
• Responsibilities: You must provide exceptional customer service as you perform all aspects of point of sale service - cash, credit and check sales, returns and exchanges. You will provide customer carry out service of merchandise. You may perform stocking and other housekeeping tasks in order to maintain the professional image and appearance of the store. 
• To Apply: Those who wish to apply may do so online.

Who’s Hiring: Mallinckrodt/Covidien

• Location: Webster Groves
• Job: Staff Analytical Chemist
• Category: Full time
• Experience: BS/MS/Ph.D. in chemistry required, plus pharmaceutical industry experience. Applicants must have extensive hands-on experience with HPLC/UPLC and have demonstrated complex chromatographic problem- solving skills and method development/validation expertise with pharmaceuticals. Excellent oral and written English communication skills are required. Self-motivated, ability to multi-task effectively and to work in a cross functional business/technology team environment. Strong knowledge of regulatory issues and guidelines (FDA, EU, ICH, cGMP/GLP) is required.
• Responsibilities: The candidate will be responsible for providing analytical support to other R&D groups and manufacturing operations. The main job responsibilities include: develop analytical methods for testing drug substances and drug products, primarily utilizing HPLC and UPLC; conducting and/or coordinating the validation and transfer of analytical methods to internal and external QC labs as required; isolating and identifying/ characterizing trace level impurities using prep-HPLC and LC/MS; and providing analytical support to other R&D groups and manufacturing site in analytical troubleshooting, problem-solving and special investigations. 
• To Apply: Those who wish to apply may do so online.

Who’s Hiring: Gymboree Play and Music

• Location: Webster Groves
• Job: Early Childhood Teacher
• Category: Part time
• Experience: Experience working with young children and/or retail experience are a plus. Teaching degree or experience is wonderful, but not necessary. The company provides all training. This position requires high energy and a confident team player, who craves an outlet for your music, theater or child development ambitions.
• Responsibilities: You must be a happy person who can sing unaccompanied, lead parenting discussions, multi-task and engage children by crawling, climbing, sliding and singing with them. You must be very comfortable being silly in front of a group of parents and their children and encouraging them to be silly with you.
• To Apply: Those who wish to apply may do so online.