Metrology Technician: HPLC & LC-MS Instrumentation Expert

IQVIA Laboratories; Town of Ithaca (NY); On-site; USD 46,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

IQVIA Laboratories in Ithaca seeks a Metrology Technician to perform qualification, calibration, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting and repair of analytical instruments, with emphasis on HPLC systems and LC-MS components.

You will install, qualify and maintain equipment per SOPs, maintain calibration records, support quality investigations and audits, and train staff and remote facilities to ensure reliable and compliant operation.

Qualifications

• Associate's Degree in electronics or mechanical technology
• 1 year experience in a laboratory environment
• Hands-on experience maintaining and troubleshooting HPLC systems and the liquid chromatography components of LC-MS instrumentation
• Hands-on experience calibrating, verifying, maintaining, and repairing laboratory measuring and test equipment
• Proficiency with Windows and Microsoft Office, including Word and Excel
• Other Equivalent combination of education, training, and experience may be accepted in lieu of degree

Responsibilities

• Install and qualify new laboratory equipment, instrumentation, and associated control software according to standard operating procedures
• Perform scheduled and unscheduled calibration, verification, preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of analytical instruments
• Maintain equipment life cycle documentation, calibration records, preventative maintenance programs, inventories, and supporting databases
• Troubleshoot HPLC systems and the liquid chromatography components of LC-MS instrumentation to minimize equipment downtime
• Coordinate vendor installation, qualification, maintenance, repair, and instrument software validation activities
• Create and maintain instrumentation and metrology SOPs, risk assessments, and gap analyses
• Support quality investigations, corrective and preventative actions, audits, business continuity activities, and functional metrics
• Train employees on standard equipment usage and provide technical guidance to junior staff and remote facilities

Skills

HPLC systems

LC-MS components

Calibration

Documentation

Windows

Microsoft Office

Education

Associate's Degree in electronics or mechanical technology

Tools

Windows OS

Microsoft Office

Job description

IQVIA Laboratories in Ithaca seeks a Metrology Technician to perform qualification, calibration, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting and repair of analytical instruments, with emphasis on HPLC systems and LC-MS components.

You will install, qualify and maintain equipment per SOPs, maintain calibration records, support quality investigations and audits, and train staff and remote facilities to ensure reliable and compliant operation.