Lab Technician I

Title: Lab Technician I

Schedule: MON-FRI 8AM – 4:30PM on site daily

Location: St. Petersburg FL 33716

Employment Type: Contract

Education:
High School education, and preferably with some college course work in related sciences.

Requirements:

Prefer prior experience in a laboratory setting.

• Must have accurate and legible documentation skills

• Knowledge of software applications (MS Word and Excel)

• Experience with analytical equipment (balances) preferred

• Required to use laboratory equipment

Responsibilities:
• Responsibility for the maintenance and cleaning of laboratory instruments and equipment; maintaining the laboratory in a clean and organized state

• Maintains inventory of glassware, chemicals, reagents, raw materials/excipients, consumables, media and materials needed for pre formulation and formulation activities

• Disposes of hazardous waste according to environmental regulations and company/ departmental procedures.

• Receive, label and store receipts of solvents and other analytical reagents.

• Prepares reagents, standards, media, etc. needed for analysis

• Sets up, uses and cleans isolator

• Supports preparation of solubility, compatibility samples

• Sets up, operates and cleans mixers, laboratory scale encapsulation machine, coating pan and/or other equipment

• Prepares laboratory fill mixes

• Prepares gel swatches

• Executes drying studies

• Washes, inspects and packages laboratory batches

• Performs fill moisture, water activity, hardness, fill and shell weight, rheology, burst strength, impact/drop testing, disintegration and/or other testing

• Records the results in approved notebooks, batch records, reports and logbooks.

Ref: #558-Scientific