R&D Lab Tech I

Job Description

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for supporting the development of new makeup formulations and maintaining existing products within established timelines.
• Executes routine laboratory and pilot lab work under daily supervision, including batch preparation, physical testing, and data recording in accordance with defined protocols.
• Proficient in using, calibrating, and maintaining standard lab equipment.
• Collaborates effectively with team members, contributes to team goals, and builds good relationships with work partners.
• Continuously learns and applies best practices in project development from bench to production.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. General laboratory maintenance:

• Maintain raw material inventory, fill product samples, maintain bulk/standards inventory, and organize laboratory files.
• Proactively updates supervisor on status & flags issues / help required.

2. Formulation assistance:

• Calculate the amount of ingredients needed for various batch requirements.
• Prepare and pre-weight raw materials and pre-mixes as determined by formula requirements for batch preparation.
• Combine and process weighted ingredients, observe batch throughout manufacturing process.
• Record all notable characteristics.
• Assist in performing product stability testing, observe and learn about the relationship between processes, raw materials and other interactions taking place.
• Perform other duties as assigned and required.
• Learn how to use all lab scale equipment and related SOP’s for batching, testing and quality purposes.
• Learn and become proficient at basics of corporate system for management of formulas and stability including inputting and submitting batch cards and other pertinent data and procedures into R&D systems.
• Ensure all health, safety, GMP and data-integrity guidelines are always adhered to.

Education:

• College diploma or minimum 2 year university degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or other relevant scientific field.

Experience:

• Hands on lab skills, computer skills, operation of lab equipment such as, pH meter, scale, viscometer, and mixers/blender.
• Good written and oral communication skills.

Physical Demands:

• Light to medium lifting – pails and boxes10kg or less.
• May require long hours of standing when preparing lab batches.
• Operation and maintenance of laboratory equipment and ball milling operation may require some light lifting.
• Able to cope in a demanding fast pace stressful laboratory environment.
• Maintain a clean laboratory working environment.

Interview process: 

• 1-2 rounds of interviews.