Senior Lab Technician

Stefanini; Wayne (NJ); On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A staffing and consulting firm is looking for a candidate in Whippany, NJ, for a temporary position that entails supporting the Product Development team. Responsibilities include developing testing protocols and coordinating various forms of testing. Ideal candidates should have a degree in Food Science or related fields, strong computer skills, and a minimum of one year of industry experience. This role offers a structured 2-3 month engagement with a Monday to Friday work schedule.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience in the food industry or lab experience preferred.
• Ability to learn internal computer systems quickly.
• Knowledge of GMP, GLP, FDA, and OSHA regulations is a plus.
• Good interpersonal skills and likes working in a team.
• Self- Starter with Strong attention to detail
• Excellent organizational skills
• Ability to multi-task
• GMP, GLP, FDA, and OSHA

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Product Development team on testing protocols.
• Support from ideation to project implementation including product testing.
• Coordinate sensory/consumer and analytical testing.
• Coordinating and reporting on shelf life studies
• Specifications input and updates in Interspec
• Develop working knowledge of specification system (Interspec) to enable specifications updates for project implementation.

Skills

Strong computer-based skills in Microsoft Word and Excel

Good interpersonal skills

Self-starter with strong attention to detail

Excellent organizational skills

Ability to multi-task

Multi-tasking

Self-starter

Interpersonal skills

Education

Degree in Food Science or related field

Tools

Interspec

WINLIMS

Job description

We help Procurement and Recruiting departments faced with the challenge of filling multiple IT-related openings for either long-term employment, or short-term projects. They need to find reliable candidates, with the right expertise, quickly and at the right cost to enable their company to remain competitive, and to increase profit and efficiency.

Stefanini provides the IT contract resources you need to implement crucial projects, handle short-term assignments, or fulfill long-term placements. Our IT staffing services free you from the challenges of finding, recruiting, training and retaining high-quality professional staff, and allow you to focus on managing your business growth.

We provide the ongoing skill development to ensure that professionals placed at your site are trained in leading technologies to support your information technology hardware, software, and network infrastructure. Augment your staff for short or long-term engagements, or for specialized expertise on specific projects.

We have more than 25 years of staffing industry knowledge and can provide you with superior

candidates to match your technical and professional needs.

Job Description

Work closely with Product Development team to create protocols designed to test Productivity opportunities, as well as scoping of new Productivity ideas.

Support all steps from ideation through to project implementation, tasks include but are not limited to:

• Product testing
• Coordinating sensory / consumer testing
• Coordinating analytical testing (both internal and external)
• Coordinating and reporting on shelf life studies
• Specifications input and updates in Interspec

Develop working knowledge of specification system (Interspec) to enable specifications updates for project implementation.

Qualifications

• Degree in Food Science or related field preferred (Chemistry, Nutrition, Chem Eng.) with some (1+ years) experience in industry. Lab experience is food is preferred if the degree is not in Food Science/Nutrition.
• Strong computer-based skills in Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Ability to learn internal computer systems such as the specifications system (Interspec) as well as WINLIMS.
• Good interpersonal skills and likes working in a team.
• Self- Starter with Strong attention to detail
• Excellent organizational skills
• Ability to multi-task
• GMP, GLP, FDA, and OSHA

Additional Information

Location: Whippany NJ, USA

Duration: 2-3 Months

Work Schedule: Monday to Friday ; 8:30 am to 4:30 pm with 30 min lunch (Eastern Time)