Research Assistant - Analytical Labs Job at HireTalent - Staffing & Recruiting Firm, Hershey, PA

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  • HireTalent - Staffing & Recruiting Firm
  • Hershey, PA

Job Description

Job Title: Research Assistant – Analytical Labs

Location: Hershey, PA (Onsite)

Duration: 06 months

Job Description:

The successful candidate will provide laboratory support to facilitate the commissioning of workflows that will be used for projects important to key long-term company initiatives. These laboratory activities will include method development and optimization, routine testing, and process/equipment troubleshooting as necessary. The candidate will need to be familiar with analytical techniques of mixed complexity and be able perform tasks under varying degrees of supervision.

Main Duties:

  • Project Assistance - assist current scientists with project work, working under varying degrees of supervision as necessary, including supporting GC, GC/MS, and HPLC workstreams. Provide technical input to current projects and assist in scoping new projects.
  • Routine Testing - Perform simple to complex sample analysis as instructed from extraction through data analysis & reporting. Prepare equipment, reagents, standards and controls. Perform data interpretation and analysis. Maintain and troubleshoot equipment. Assist in the interpretation of results when requested.
  • Method Development - assist in development, optimization, and/or qualification of new or existing methods as instructed.

Top Three Technical Skills:

  • Wet analyticl chemistry
  • Chromatography, including HPLC & GC, with prior GC/MS exposure.
  • Familiar with common laboratory software, including Agilent Masshunter, Waters Empower, Labware LIMS, and/or similar.

Industry Experience:

  • Could be new grad here, depending on qualifications. If not a new grad, 1-3+ years of experience.
  • What do you foresee as being the biggest challenge in this position?
  • Priorities may shift as project progresses, depending on issues encountered or changes in organizational objectives
  • Target companies you would like to see candidates from
  • None in particular – just someone with lab experience.

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