Lead Technician - Quality Control

4h4 hours ago

dsm-firmenich

Schenectady, US · Full-time · $55,000 – $75,000

About this role

Join us as a Lead Technician in Quality Control at our Schenectady, NY location, where we blend vitamins and nutrients for customers and operate as a Food manufacturing site. Your role is to analyze and test under GMP raw materials, intermediates, and finished products using validated or compendia methods.

You will autonomously accomplish analysis in the laboratory, preparing standards, mobile phases, and reagents while maintaining, calibrating, and troubleshooting lab equipment like ICP, HPLC, and IR. You will also perform calculations, collect and prepare data for evaluation, and review data to ensure accuracy prior to reporting.

As a team leader within a lab unit, you will enforce GMP and safety rules, validate results, and orient and train new colleagues. You will also investigate OOS/NI results and support other laboratory team members with investigations, keeping your supervisor informed of work status and suggesting follow-up actions.

This role offers a unique opportunity to grow within a science-led company that is a focal point for business performance in the region and globally. You will work on cutting-edge research and creativity, from biotech breakthroughs to sustainability game-changers, with a culture that lifts you up through collaborative teams and shared wins.

Requirements

Lead Technician Quality Control experience in a regulated, ISO, lab certified or manufacturing environment (Dietary supplements, infant formula, 3rd party testing, etc.)
Experience with lab investigations including root cause analysis
Experience with ICP (Inductively Coupled Plasma)
LIMS platform experience
SAP experience preferred
Knowledge of GMP and safety rules
Ability to enforce good documentation practices

Responsibilities

Autonomously accomplish analysis in the laboratory
Prepare standards, mobile phases, and reagents
Maintain, calibrate, validate, monitor, and troubleshoot laboratory equipment (ICP preferred, HPLC, IR, etc.)
Analyze raw materials, intermediates, stability samples, and finished products by various analytical and instrumental methods
Perform calculations, collect and prepare data for evaluation, and review data to ensure accuracy prior to reporting
Orient and train new colleagues
Perform administrative lab tasks such as updating Specification sheets and SOPs (LOP's and TM's)
Investigate OOS/NI results and support other laboratory team members with investigations

Benefits

Paid holidays, 18 days PTO + 2 floating holidays
Full healthcare benefits day one - medical, dental, eye, and life insurance
401K with generous company match
Unique career paths across health, nutrition and beauty
A chance to impact millions of consumers every day with sustainability embedded in all we do
A science-led company with cutting edge research and creativity everywhere