Travel Medical Lab Technician
Marlborough, MA
TalentBurst, Inc
5x8 hrs

Job Title: Laboratory Technician
Location: Marlborough, MA
Duration: 6+ months

Competencies:
• Synthetic organic chemistry knowledge. Polymerization experience is a plus.
• Ability to evaluate safety risks and reactivity concerns in multigram scale multistep organic synthesis.
We are looking for a Chemist/Process Chemist who is a team player with a solutions-oriented mind. The chemist will join a team dedicated for exploring and developing lithographic materials for advanced patterning solutions. This is a laboratory-based technical role focused on synthesis of organic compounds and polymers.
Position functions:
• Conduct synthesis of organic compounds and polymers at laboratory scale up to several hundred grams
• Use analytical tests to facilitate effective process development, characterize products and ensure final product quality.
• Document experiments and help in the preparation of technology transfer packages to CROs/CMOs.
• Maintaining full compliance with all departmental and site-specific Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality regulations, systems, and procedures covering laboratory and scale-up activities.
• Perform routine lab and business unit maintenance to keep area clean and orderly.
• Maintain material database, inventory database and order chemical reagents from suppliers

Quals--
• B.S. or B.A. in Chemistry, preferably from an Client (American Chemical Society) accredited program
• A thorough understanding of chemistry at the undergraduate level
• Experience with general laboratory techniques such as distillation, filtration, closed transfer, crystallization, rotary evaporators, vacuum pumps/ovens and small/large scale glassware.
• Assisting more senior chemists with their work
• Perform analysis of compounds and reaction mixtures using common methods:
(HPLC, GC, MS, UV/VIS, FTIR, NMR, TLC, IR, GCMS)
• Involvement in process improvement and development of production and test methods
• Versatility in common IT applications (Microsoft office).
• Excellent organizational skills and accuracy in experimental documentation.
• Good communications skills

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