Position: Research Assistant 
Duration: 3 months with possible extension
Location: Hershey, PA Onsite

Job Description:
The successful candidate will provide laboratory support to facilitate the commissioning of workflows that will be used for projects important to key long-term company initiatives. These laboratory activities will include method development and optimization, routine testing, and process/equipment troubleshooting as necessary.
The candidate will need to be familiar with analytical techniques of mixed complexity and be able perform tasks under varying degrees of supervision.

Main Duties:

• Project Assistance - assist current scientists with project work, working under varying degrees of supervision as necessary, including supporting GC, GC/MS, and HPLC workstreams. Provide technical input to current projects and assist in scoping new projects.
• Routine Testing - Perform simple to complex sample analysis as instructed from extraction through data analysis & reporting. Prepare equipment, reagents, standards and controls. Perform data interpretation and analysis. Maintain and troubleshoot equipment. Assist in the interpretation of results when requested.
• Method Development - assist in development, optimization, and/or qualification of new or existing methods as instructed.

Software Skills and Purpose (if applicable):

• Familiar with Labware LIMS Proficient in MS suite of programs.
• Attention to detail
• Ability to work supervised & unsupervised
• Ability to adapt schedule & reprioritize work as projects change & evolve.

Top Three Technical Skills:

• Wet analytical chemistry.
• Chromatography, including HPLC & GC, with prior GC/MS exposure.
• Familiar with common laboratory software, including Agilent Masshunter, Waters Empower, Labware LIMS, and/or similar.

 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 42.00/hr.