South Plainfield, New Jersey, United States

Lab Associate I

 Job Description:

The health care market's pharmaceutical, over-the-counter, cosmetic, and nutraceutical sectors are growing rapidly, facing increasing regulatory testing demands. Small to medium-sized companies find it impractical to maintain costly laboratories for compliance when they can outsource testing as needed at a fraction of the cost.

This is where our client excels. With over 40 years of experience, we are the top analytical testing agency in the pharmaceutical industry. Our commitment to excellent customer service and flexibility ensures timely solutions to challenging analytical and formulation issues.

We have experience with and validated methods for working with a broad portfolio of product forms, active ingredients, excipients, and other product additives. We have an extensive list of validated methods and qualified equipment to operate in a cGMP compliant environment. Representative examples of product forms, actives, other ingredients, methods, and instrumentation are provided in the following listings.

We seek a Lab Associate I with a focus in Chemistry. We need to fill this position ASAP as a full time permanent hire. It is a backfill for a departing employee.
Life Sciences Bachelors degree or Science-based Associates degree (Chemistry preferred) with 2+ years laboratory work experience relevant to the role.
Prepare samples of OTC drug, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, dietary supplement, botanical products per established methods.
Run validated methods for basic analytical chemical analyses on laboratory instruments (IR, UV, dissolution, viscosity, melting point, and others).
Experience with HPLC and/or GC quantitative analysis highly desired.
Report data from methods and instruments to produce results ready for data review and QA
Help maintain reagents and disposables supplies.
Independently manages own day-to-day activities to support lab objectives.


  Required Skills:

Compliance Formulation Life Sciences BASIC Analysis Instrumentation Chemistry Forms Testing Customer Service