Research Assistant

Venenum Career Site; Hamilton Township (NJ); On-site; USD 52,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance

Short and Long Term Disability

Life Insurance

Dependent Care Flex Spending Account

Voluntary Policies

Legal Plan & Identity Theft Protection

401(k) Plan

Paid Vacation & Holiday

Business Casual Environment

Credit Union

Job summary

Genesis Drug Discovery and Development (GD3) in Hamilton, NJ, seeks a motivated chemist to join our sister company Venenum. You will contribute to a multidisciplinary team supporting novel therapeutics and perform analytical work with LC-MS, NMR, and HPLC under guidance.

The role emphasizes learning new techniques, maintaining instruments, data management, and on-site collaboration in a busy pharmaceutical lab environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in chemistry required.
• Experience with LCMS and NMR data interpretation is a plus.
• Familiar with Chemdraw and Microsoft Office.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Must be able to learn new skills on the job.
• On-site laboratory and office work in Hamilton, NJ.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Perform analytical analysis on LC-MS, NMR, and HPLC instruments.
• Maintain instruments and assist with basic troubleshooting.
• Manage chemical compound catalog, registrations, data sheets, labels and documents.
• Handle shipping and invoicing for compound sales and keep records in databases.
• Respond to client inquiries about purity, availability, SDS, and related info.
• Learn new techniques to support chemistry division, potentially running simple reactions.

Skills

Excellent communication

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Ability to learn quickly

Multi-project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemistry

Tools

Chemdraw

Microsoft Office

Job description

Genesis Drug Discovery and Development (GD3 or Company), a member of the Genesis Global Group, is a fully integrated CRO providing services to support drug discovery programs of our clients from target discovery through GLP tox studies. The GD3 portfolio includes services for assay development, synthetic organic and medicinal chemistry, in vitro ADME, DMPK/in-vivo pharmacology and safety toxicology.

We are seeking a highly motivated chemist to join our sister company Venenum located in Hamilton, NJ. The successful candidate will contribute to the work of a multi-disciplinary community of scientists, supporting the development of novel therapeutics.

Responsibilities

• Under guidance of senior team members, perform analytical analysis on various instrumentation, including LC-MS, NMR, and HPLC (preparative and analytical).
• Perform general instrument maintenance and learn to do basic troubleshooting on instruments.
• Follow SOPs to manage our chemical compound collection for both catalog chemicals and client compounds, including registration of compound, weighing of compounds, preparing data sheets, labels and other documents.
• Handle shipping and invoicing for compound sales, and keep good records in company database and accounting systems.
• Respond to client inquires about compound purity, availability, SDS, etc.
• The successful candidate will learn new techniques for support of chemistry division work after training, which may include running simple chemical reactions, or performing in vitro ADME assays such as solubility

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry with 0 to 1 year experience.
• Experience with LCMS and NMR, including data interpretation a plus.
• Familiar with Chemdraw software and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Organizational skills and an attention to detail are essential.
• Must have ability to learn and acquire required skills as noted above.
• Willingness to work both in laboratory and office setting on site.
• Ability to handle multiple projects and work on deadlines.

We Offer

• Competitive Salary
• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Short and Long Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• Dependent Care Flex Spending Account
• Voluntary Policies (Accident, Hospital Indemnity, Critical Illness & Supplemental STD)
• Legal Plan & Identity Theft Protection
• 401(k) Plan
• Paid Vacation & Holiday
• Business Casual Environment
• Credit Union