Chemist I

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Contribute to the company's reputation by effectively delivering products and services to customers and coworkers with integrity.
• Maintain, model, and act in accordance with the Core Values of Phoenix Formulations, including Internal and External Customer Service, Honesty and Integrity, Personal Accountability, Work Smart, Work Hard, Making the lives we touch better today than yesterday, and Creating wealth through profits and growth.
• Perform basic laboratory tasks, including sample preparation, routine testing, and data collection.
• Avoid complex tasks and instead assist more experienced chemists in performing them.
• Prepare, revise, and ensure that standard operating procedures (SOP) are being followed, and that laboratory information management systems (LIMS) and batch records are completed in detail, in total, and in a timely manner.
• Successfully complete trainings and demonstrate working knowledge of topics such as Quality Assurance, Quality Control, safety, biosafety, and competencies in laboratory procedures.
• Perform analytical (physical/chemical) or microbiological testing and its procedures using laboratory equipment and/or microbiological procedures; keep documentation, testing records, and logs.
• Troubleshoot test methods as directed; assist with method development and validation as directed.
• Aid in the training of technicians on laboratory operations and SOPs.
• Clean and maintain the lab and equipment per protocols.
• Data mining/research as needed/directed on samples and/or testing.
• Verify and maintain organized, clean, sanitary, and safe conditions. Enforcement of safety and quality regulations.
• Record all required data on appropriate forms or in appropriate systems.
• Ensure timely quality escalation of laboratory deviations, out-of-specification results, nonconformances, and lab events.
• Adhere to all current Good Manufacturing Practices and Good Laboratory Practices.
• Works closely integrating and operating in a team environment.
• Perform duties safely and report unsafe conditions or actions.
• Reporting to work regularly and timely is essential to the success of this position with the knowledge that there may be occasions where flexibility on hours is required.
• Aid the laboratory manager as needed and directed.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, or a closely associated field with laboratory course work.
• 1-3 years’ of analytical laboratory (dietary supplement, nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, food industry or environmental) experience and knowledge with analytical equipment and techniques such as HPLC/UPLC, HPTLC, LC/MS-MS, GC/MS-MS, FTIR, UV-Vis, ICP-MS, Titration.
• Strong ethics and integrity; process driven.
• Mathematical skills—accuracy with arithmetic, subtraction, decimals, and percentages.
• Language skills—must be able to read, write, and comprehend instructions and hold general conversation in English.
• Computer Skills—must be familiar and proficient with Microsoft Office, and comfortable with/or learning databases, and other business-related software.
• Must be capable of working in a fast-paced GMP manufacturing environment and consistently meet due dates.
• Basic Lab—Normal dexterity for analytical chemistry lab work, pouring/handling glassware, working with chemicals, and processing data.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Fundamental knowledge of chemistry principles, laboratory techniques, and safety protocols.
• Skilled in organization, superior communication, detailed documentation, ability to follow detailed instruction and standard operating procedures (SOP), and acute attention to detail; must be able to prioritize and to change priority dependent on situational urgency (as directed).
• Skilled in monitoring, analyzing, critical thinking and active listening.
• Demonstrate attention to detail, listening to understand, orientation to quality, problem sensitivity, problem solving, and ability to take initiative.
• Knowledge of food production processing, food/dietary supplement industry current Good Lab Practices, FDA, USP, AOAC, and lab ISO regulations, and basic computer data entry.
• Must be able to operate individually or as a team.

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Must occasionally lift 25 lbs.
• Regularly required to sit, stand, walk, and potentially smell or taste.
• Specific sensing abilities required by this job include near vision, smell, taste, and manual dexterity.

We Offer

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life
• 401K
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Vacation
• Paid Sick Leave
• Employee Discounts