Laboratory Technician, Analytical Research

Laboratory Technician, Analytical Research & Development

Position Summary

Catalent is a global, high-growth, public company and a leading partner for the pharmaceutical industry in the development and manufacturing of new treatments for patients worldwide. Your talents, ideas, and passion are essential to our mission: to help people live better, healthier lives. 

St. Petersburg is our primary Softgel development and manufacturing facility in North America with capacity of 18 billion capsules per year. Within the Catalent network, we offer a broad range of integrated formulation and analytical services to solve difficult development and manufacturing challenges. 

The Laboratory Technician, Analytical Research & Development supports AR&D by maintaining an operating laboratory, including tasks such as: disposing of laboratory waste, stocking the warehouse with solvents, ensuring solvents in the laboratory are stocked, restocking of lab consumables, performing routine review of standard inventory and removal of expired standards, and other services as necessary. The Laboratory Technician, AR&D supports the evaluation and testing of raw materials, excipients, APIs, in-process and finished product samples. AR&D also performs development and validation of methods used to support release and stability testing of non-commercial products and materials. 

If you share a passion for patient care in the growing world of pharmaceutical manufacturing and would like to be part of a global drug development and delivery leader, then this might be for you

The Role

Responsible for performing daily balance weigh checks and ensuring balance work areas are neat, clean and clear. Ensures all balances are in-service and operational. Collaborates with metrology for servicing when needed.

Responsible for daily standardization of lab pH meters, or when needed. Ensures regents and supplies are available for analyst and ensures that reagents and chemicals are properly labeled and not expired. Ensure designated work areas for pH meters are neat, clean and clear. Ensures pH meters are in-service and operational. Collaborates with metrology for servicing when needed.

Under direction of supervisor, responsible for daily equipment equilibration. Ensures general use equipment areas are neat, clean and clear. Communicates with metrology when service is needed.

Supports AR&D in lab operation tasks such as chemical inventory management, qualitative standards inventory, consumable supplies area, waste disposal, safety initiatives and other services as necessary

Collaborates with Quality Control for shared laboratory operation services

Under the direction of supervisor, prepares lab reagents, test solutions, buffers, mobile phase and other solutions necessary for evaluation and testing of samples.

Under direction of supervisor, after completing training on lab equipment and instruments and demonstrating proficiency in various test procedures, perform testing of samples and products, complete documentation as time of experiment and report results in a timely fashion. 

Embraces the continuous improvement attitude and contributes to laboratory operational excellence. Maintains a safe work environment. Builds and maintains communication and collaboration with various departments such as product development, quality control, metrology, quality assurance and others as necessary. Keep abreast of literature / technology and make recommendations when appropriate. Comply with Catalent, FDA, EPA and OSHA regulations, performing all work in a safe manner. Maintain proper records in accordance with all SOP's and policies

Other duties as assigned.

The Candidate

Requires a minimum of a high school diploma. Prefer an Associates College Degree in science or technology which relates to pharmaceutical industry. 

Must have minimum of two (2) years’ experience in chemical, medical or pharmaceutical setting.

Must have previous exposure to cGMPs or cGLPs. 

Must be able to work a flexible schedule.

Vision requirements include ability to differentiate color (Pass the Ishihara Color Vision Screening) and obtain 20/30 acuity in both far and near vision in each eye with or without corrective lenses. For Catalent’s in-house screening, the acceptable score is to identify at least 4 of 6 numbers in the circles.

Why You Should Join Catalent

Competitive medical benefits and 401K 

152 hours of PTO + 8 Paid Holidays 

Dynamic, fast-paced work environment 

Opportunity to work on Continuous Improvement Processes 

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference. 

Catalent is committed to the health and safety of its employees, visitors and the customers and patients we serve. As a result of the global pandemic, we have modified many of our recruitment and on-boarding processes to maintain everyone’s safety. The Human Resources teams will communicate all necessary safety processes and procedures throughout each stage.

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Catalent is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.

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