Associate II, Quality Control Lab - Chemistry

Alcon; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 68,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Life insurance

Retirement plan

Flexible PTO

PTO for hourly associates

Job summary

Alcon is seeking an Associate II in the Quality Control Lab (Chemistry) based in Fort Worth, Texas. This role performs complex chemical analyses, method development, validation, and troubleshooting, with emphasis on ICP-MS techniques, while ensuring adherence to SOPs and regulatory requirements.

The candidate will work on ICP-MS method development, transfer, and routine QC testing, collaborating across sites to drive new product launches and continuous improvements in a fast-paced manufacturing

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school +8 yrs; Assoc.+4 yrs)
• Fluent in reading, writing, and speaking English
• Experience in Chemistry / Lab Environment and in a regulated environment

Responsibilities

• Develop, optimize, and validate ICP-MS analytical methods for new and existing products.
• Execute product and analytical method validation activities including protocol execution and data evaluation.
• Operate and troubleshoot ICP-MS instrumentation and analytical methods to resolve issues.
• Provide analytical support for method development, transfer, validation, and implementation into routine QC operations.
• Coordinate activities with multiple manufacturing and lab sites to support transfers and product launches.
• Support new product introductions ensuring methods are developed, transferred, and change-controlled.

Skills

English fluency

ICP-MS

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

ICP-MS instrumentation

Job description

At Alcon, we're passionate about enhancing sight and helping people see brilliantly. With more than 25,000 associates, we innovate fearlessly, champion progress, and act swiftly to impact global eye health. We foster an inclusive culture, recognizing your contributions and offering opportunities to grow your career like never before. Together, we make a difference in the lives of our patients and customers. Are you ready to join us?

Associate II, Quality Control Lab - Chemistry (Science/Tech/Engineering Path)

is primarily responsible for performing complex analytical activities within the Quality Control Laboratory, including chemical analyses, analytical method development, product validation, and technical troubleshooting, while ensuring compliance with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and regulatory requirements. This position requires an advanced level of laboratory knowledge and technical skills due to the complexity of the instrumentation and analytical techniques utilized, including Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS).

Specifics include:

• Develop, optimize, and validate ICP-MS analytical methods in support of new and existing products.
• Execute product and analytical method validation activities, including protocol execution, data evaluation, documentation, and investigation of unexpected results.
• Operate and troubleshoot ICP-MS instrumentation and analytical methods, applying advanced technical knowledge to identify and resolve instrument, methods, and testing-related issues.
• Provide technical expertise for ICP-MS testing, including method development, method transfer, validation, and implementation into routine Quality Control operations.
• Partner with multiple manufacturing and laboratory sites to coordinate analytical activities, resolve technical issues, support method transfers, and drive successful product launches.
• Provide analytical support for new product introduction and product launch activities, ensuring methods are appropriately developed, validated, transferred, change controls, and ready to support routine testing.

What You'll Bring to Alcon

• Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school +8 yrs; Assoc.+4 yrs)
• The ability to fluently read, write, understand and communicate in English

Work Schedule: 1st Shift 8:00AM-5:00PM (Monday-Friday)

Work Location: Onsite – Fort Worth, TX (North Mfg)

Relocation Assistance/Sponsorship: None

Preferred Qualifications/Skills/Experience

• Prior experience in Chemistry / Lab Environment
• Prior experience in a regulated environment

How you can thrive at Alcon

Work together with colleagues to share standard methodologies and discoveries as work progresses. Discover your career in a fresh way through specific growth and development possibilities. Join Alcon’s mission to provide outstanding, innovative products and solutions to improve sight, improve lives, and grow your career!

Benefits

• Alcon provides a robust benefits package including health, life, retirement, flexible time off for exempt associates, PTO for hourly associates, and much more!

ALCON IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND PARTICIPATES IN E-VERIFY. Alcon takes pride in maintaining an inclusive environment that values different perspectives and our policies are non-discriminatory in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Alcon is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an email to [e-mail] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

At Alcon, we are committed to helping people see better. We believe patients should have access to quality eye care regardless of their economic circumstances; however, barriers to good eye health exist for patients in both developed and emerging markets. Alcon develops and manufactures innovative devices to serve the full life cycle of eye care needs. Its surgical group is one of the largest makers of equipment used for cataract removal and laser vision correction. Its consumer products include the well-known Opti-Free line of contact lens solutions and related products.

Alcon, which was founded in 1945, sells its products in 180 countries worldwide.